Carissa Quiambao

February 6, 2014

Development Proposed at Dublin’s Location

By Carissa Quiambao

January 29, 2014

UC Pres. Hosts First Web Chat

By Carissa Quiambao

UC President Janet Napolitano hosted a live web chat via Google Hangout yesterday with specially-selected student panelists to speak about topics such as tuition, undocumented students, campus diversity and student veter...

January 23, 2014

Regents Deliberate on Salaries, Transfer Support, Academic Calendar, Other Topics

By Carissa Quiambao

At yesterday’s meeting at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay Conference Center, the University of California Board of Regents discussed the issue of sexual assault against women on UC campuses, salaries for UCSB basketba...

January 23, 2014

Regents Meeting Reaches Into Plethora of Topics: Master Plan, Thirty-Meter Telescope Discussed

By Carissa Quiambao

During yesterday’s meeting at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay Conference Center, the University of California Regents discussed the expected federal and state budgets for the UC next year, Chancellor Henry T. Yang’s...

January 15, 2014

A Night of Jazz

By Carissa Quiambao

Warm, rich tones and progressive harmonies waft over the area outside the Coffee Collaborative every Monday night during Monday Night Jazz Residency, featuring the musical stylings of students from a jazz band made up en...

January 9, 2014

Farmers Market: Eat Locally

By Carissa Quiambao

Every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. the Gaucho Certified Farmers Market has planted itself in the parking lot behind the Student Resource Building, bringing products like fresh bread, honey, jam, popcorn and tons of v...

November 25, 2013

New UC President Addresses Student Issues in Private Meeting

By Carissa Quiambao

On Friday, a select group of students met with newly-appointed UC President Janet Napolitano at the Mosher Alumni House to address issues such as tuition rates, diversity at UC campuses and her controversial role as the ...

November 22, 2013

Protesters Express Outrage Over Napolitano’s Exclusive Meeting with UCSB ‘Student Leaders’

By Carissa Quiambao

Chanting mantras like “Undocumented, Unafraid!” and “Hey hey, ho ho, Napolitano’s got to go!”, UCSB students rallied in opposition to the appointment of UC President Janet Napolitano, who will be attending a cl...

November 14, 2013

Speakers Address Rights, Tuition During Public Comment Period

By Carissa Quiambao

Yesterday’s University of California Board of Regents meeting began with a Public Comment session featuring students and workers addressing the rights of union workers and undocumented students, as well as a proposal f...

November 13, 2013

Union Announces Another Strike on UC

By Carissa Quiambao

The American Federation of State, County and Municpal Employees, or AFSCME 3299, declared a patient and care service worker strike against the University of California this past Friday on allegations of attempts by the U...

November 13, 2013

Workshop Held in MCC Discusses Drones in Middle East, Philippines

By Carissa Quiambao

The Muslim Student Association and Kapatirang Pilipino hosted an interactive educational workshop called “From Mindanao to the Middle East: Life Under Drones” yesterday at the Community Affairs Board Office in the Mu...

November 6, 2013

UC Protestors Discuss Financial Issues

By Carissa Quiambao

UC Workers Discuss the Possibility of a Strike at Press Conference

October 31, 2013

To Party or Not To Party

By Jun Ong, Leon Freyermuth, Carissa Quiambao

Whether or not you’re prepared for I.V. to become a police state or for hoards of intoxicated, costumed, scantily-clad revelers to clog Del Playa and onward, it’s happening — the much anticipated, or un-anticipated...

October 30, 2013

Flash Mob To Encourage Solidarity

By Carissa Quiambao

The Student-Worker Coalition for UC Statewide Action will organize a flash mob this Friday, in support of the UC employee union-led demand for better worker compensation for UC service and patient care technicians.

October 24, 2013

My Lunch With a War Criminal

By Carissa Quiambao

A bougie luncheon leaves one editor feeling ripped off.

October 23, 2013

Award-Winning Journalist Sheds Light on Violence in Haiti

By Carissa Quiambao

Acclaimed journalist and global women’s rights activist Anne-christine d’Adesky spoke about the realities and misconceptions of gender-based sexual violence in post-quake Haiti yesterday at the Student Resource Build...