Chelsea Brandwein

November 20, 2013

Storke Plaza Gets Snowed In

By Chelsea Brandwein

Philanthropy campus group UCSB First Committee filled Storke Plaza with clouds of snow and blocks of ice yesterday afternoon, offering the campus a winter wonderland featuring an ice-eating contest and warm goodies like ...

November 14, 2013

Proposed Fundraising To Aid Philippine Relief Effort

By Chelsea Brandwein

After Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines last week and left roughly 2,300 dead, Associated Students will vote on a resolution to begin a fundraising event that will collect money every day at the Arbor, University Cen...

October 31, 2013

Halloween Alternatives

By Chelsea Brandwein

Despite efforts to “keep it local,” Halloween weekend will no doubt usher in its fair share of out-of-towners to I.V., making the celebration bigger, louder and crazier than it would be with just Gauchos hitting the ...

October 17, 2013

Cooplearn Bridges the Gap Between Studying and Social Media

By Chelsea Brandwein

Cooplearn, an academic social media page intended to facilitate study groups and other scholastic activity amongst students, is starting to catch on in the UCSB community.

October 15, 2013

UC Campuses To Become Smoke, Tobacco-Free as of January 2014

By Chelsea Brandwein

UCSB is currently making the shift to going totally smoke-and-tobacco-free, as all universities in the 10-campus UC system will be officially designated as non-smoking beginning Jan. 1, 2014.