Danny Kolosta

November 10, 2015

Million Student March Movement To Demand Tuition-Free Public College, No Student Debt, $15 Minimum Wage

By Danny Kolosta

Accessible, Attainable, Affordable Coalition UCSB (AAAC) will host #MillionStudentMarch Thursday beginning at Storke Tower to demand tuition-free public colleges, the cancellation of all student debt and a $15 minimum wa...

September 28, 2015

UC Wage Increase Excludes Student Workers, Part-Time Employees

By Danny Kolosta

UC student workers and part-time employees are criticizing UC President Janet Napolitano’s recently announced plan to increase minimum wage for UC employees, claiming the plan is not inclusive of employees working less...

August 22, 2015

Sexual Assault Bill Allowing Punishment for Off-Campus Offenses Passes Unanimously

By Danny Kolosta

Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson’s Senate Bill 186 (SB 186) passed the senate floor with a unanimous 63-0 bipartisan vote on Monday.

May 28, 2015

Gauchos Paddle Out As One

By Danny Kolosta

UCSB Surf Team hosts second annual Memorial Paddle Out to honor victims of May 23, 2014

May 14, 2015

County To Revamp, Lease Clinic Offices

By Danny Kolosta

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved a renovation budget of approximately $335,000 for the Isla Vista Clinic building on Tuesday to refurbish and lease currently vacant office spaces.

May 7, 2015

Students Contribute to Relief Effort for Nepal

By Danny Kolosta

Various UCSB students and campus organization members have collaborated to raise monetary donations through on-campus fundraisers this past week to provide relief support for the victims of the recent Nepal earthquake.

April 23, 2015

UCSB Tackles California Drought

By Danny Kolosta

Isla Vista and university stakeholders are exploring new methods to cope with current drought conditions given California Governor Jerry Brown’s state-mandated water restrictions issued earlier this month.

April 16, 2015

Students Take Back the Night at Anisq’oyo’ Park

By Danny Kolosta

Associated Students Take Back the Night, an organization that advocates combatting sexual assault on campus, will hold a rally and march down Del Playa Drive tonight at Anisq’oyo Park to combat rape culture and sexual ...

April 13, 2015

CA Assembly Bill Seeks to Increase College Sexual Assault Penalties

By Danny Kolosta

A bill requiring universities to include a notation on the transcripts of students found guilty of sexual assault was passed by the California State Assembly Committee on Higher Education last Wednesday after being intro...

April 9, 2015

Political Activist To Lecture On Experience in Egyptian Revolution

By Danny Kolosta

Egyptian political activist Abdallah Helmy Shehata will give a guest lecture on his involvement in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and the organization of social protests that led up to it in 3824 Ellison Hall today at 4 p....

April 2, 2015

Students Protest ‘Keep Isla Vista Safe’ Campaign

By Danny Kolosta

The UCSB Task Force Against Police Brutality and Black Student Union (BSU) held a silent demonstration at the Arbor on Wednesday to protest the Santa Barbara County Sheriff Department’s “Keep Isla Vista Safe” campa...

March 4, 2015

History Professor Lectures On Underground Railroad, Misconceptions

By Danny Kolosta

Pulitzer prize-winning author and Columbia University history professor Eric Foner gave a lecture at Campbell Hall on Tuesday evening on his recently released book Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Undergroun...

February 26, 2015

New Note-Taking Tool in the Works

By Danny Kolosta

The Associated Students’ Office of the Controller is currently conducting research on how to improve student information gathering in the classroom through a new collaborative note-taking program.

February 23, 2015

I.V. First Friday Planners Attempt to Work Around Noise Ordinance

By Danny Kolosta

The planners of the next Isla Vista First Friday event, scheduled for April 3, are exploring different ways to host the monthly program to get around a recently approved county noise ordinance in effect during the first ...

February 12, 2015

Dept. of Sociology To Celebrate 50 Years of Grad Program

By Danny Kolosta

The Department of Sociology will host a research conference this Friday and Saturday to celebrate the graduate program’s 50th anniversary.

February 10, 2015

UC System To Require Immunizations for Incoming Students

By Danny Kolosta

The UC Office of the President (UCOP) announced plans Friday to make immunizations for measles and other diseases mandatory for incoming students beginning in 2017.