Carissa Quiambao

October 21, 2013

Nonprofit Holds Music Festival in SB

By Carissa Quiambao, Hannah Nelson

More than 100 local bands and music industry speakers congregated in Downtown Santa Barbara this past weekend at the New Noise Santa Barbara Music Conference & Festival.

October 21, 2013

UC Regent Addresses Administration Concerns

By Carissa Quiambao

UC Regent and UCSB alum George Kieffer met with students Thursday to discuss hot button UC issues such as Board of Regents meeting locations, the student-Regent disconnect, online classes, cuts to state funding for educa...

October 14, 2013

Westmont College Hosts Seaside Luncheon with Former Secretary of State Kissinger

By Carissa Quiambao

Former Secretary of State and political scientist Henry Kissinger came to a seaside luncheon at Santa Barbara’s Coral Casino to speak about topics ranging from international relations with Syria to American immigration...

October 9, 2013

UCSB Employees Publicly Oppose Updates to University of California Medical Plan

By Carissa Quiambao

UCSB staff and faculty members are joining together on a petition in protest of a recent UC-wide employee health insurance overhaul that could bar many university employees from visiting Santa Barbara’s two major healt...

October 3, 2013

Questioning Napolitano’s Policies

By Carissa Quiambao

New President Meets With Students in Sacramento to Discuss Needs and Interests of Undocumented Members of the UC Community.

October 3, 2013

Office of Financial Aid Assures That Students Most Likely Not to Be Effected by Federal Shutdown

By Carissa Quiambao

In light of the recent government shutdown, the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships announced Tuesday there will most likely “not be a negative impact on educational services and financial aid programs,” althoug...

September 26, 2013

Local Artists Depict Isla Vista in Mural Outside Giovanni’s

By Carissa Quiambao

Urban Art Workshop — a collaboration between Isla Vista artists, students and landlords — will celebrate its new mural this Monday with an evening of food and fun. The Isla Vista-themed artwork is located in the Gio...

September 19, 2013

UC Regents Green Light Plans to Fix UC Mansion

By Carissa Quiambao

The UC Board of Regents approved plans to renovate the university-owned Blake House, a 10-acre property in Kensington, CA, for repairs that could cost from $3.5 million to $6 million.

August 7, 2013

UCSB: A Party School?

By Carissa Quiambao, Marissa Wenzke

Amidst controversial holidays like Deltopia or Isla Vista’s infamous Halloween celebrations, which has attracted thousands of college-aged party-goers for decades, UCSB has been ranked the Number Two ‘Party School’...

July 17, 2013

Seasoned Politician Nominated as UC President

By Carissa Quiambao

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary and former Governor of Arizona Janet Napolitano was recently nominated to serve as the 20th president of the University of California. If approved by the UC Board of Regents...

June 26, 2013

Hearing System Improves Campbell’s Accessibility

By Carissa Quiambao

June 6, 2013

Regents Student Nominee Hopes to Bring Reform

By Carissa Quiambao

The University Board of Regents’ special committee has nominated UC Berkeley fourth-year social welfare major Sadia Saifuddin to be the student regent for the 2014-15 school year. Previously a senator in the Associated...

May 31, 2013

UCSB Student Releases Debut Single Today

By Carissa Quiambao

First year economics and political science major at UCSB Riju Malakar just got signed to Sony’s PMW Records for his hit single, “Skyline,” which drops on iTunes today. The Nexus held an exclusive interview with the...

May 29, 2013

UCSB’s Medical Plan To Transition Next Fall

By Carissa Quiambao

The UCSB Student Health Advisory Committee shared details of Gaucho Health Insurance — UCSB’s new campus-operated health insurance plan for the 2013-2014 school year — yesterday at the Harbor Room in the UCen. The ...

May 22, 2013

Substance Abuse: Perceptions and Reality

By Carissa Quiambao, Rilla Peng

76 percent of UCSB students have consumed alcohol within the past 30 days, and 20 percent of students have taken a prescription drug not prescribed to them, according to the National College Health Assessment 2011 data. ...

AFSCME 3299 continues their strike against the UC system for new labor contracts and fair wages. Judge David Brown issued an injunction that would require 120 employees to work during the strike.

May 21, 2013

Court Works to Keep Hospitals Running During Strike

By Carissa Quiambao

Sacramento Superior Court Judge David Brown issued an injunction yesterday exempting certain union employees from participating in this week’s two-day strike of UC Medical Centers by the American Federation of State, C...