Evelyn Spence

Evelyn Spence harbors a great love for em dashes and runs on nothing but iced coffee, Jolly Ranchers and breaking news. She serves as the managing editor and can be reached at evelyn@dailynexus.com, managing@dailynexus.com or at @evelynrosesc on Twitter.

March 5, 2020

“I think people are just fed up”: COLA Organizers Call For Thursday UC-Wide Work Stoppage As Movement Reaches All 10 UC Campuses

By Evelyn Spence

With the launch of a COLA group at UCSF, all 10 UC campuses now have rumblings of COLA organizing on their respective campuses.

February 28, 2020

Breaking: UCSC Dismisses 54 Graduate Students on COLA Strike for Failure to Turn In Fall Quarter 2019 Grades

By Evelyn Spence, Max Abrams

Several graduate students who received dismissal letters posted screenshots of them on social media.

February 13, 2020

Across UC System, Graduate Students Unite for COLA Movement

By Evelyn Spence

At the root of the UC COLA movements is the concept of rent burden; students’ rent burdens vary, but across the UC, organizers have been using it to calculate COLAs specific to their universities.

February 5, 2020

Unknown Suspect or Suspects Cause “Significant Damage” to Women’s Restroom in Buchanan Hall

By Evelyn Spence

None of the students saw anyone leaving the area, according to the police report.

January 28, 2020

AFSCME Patient Care Workers Reach Tentative Contract With UC After Three Years of Negotiations

By Evelyn Spence

AFSCME reached a tentative contract agreement with the university for its 16,000 patient care workers less than a week after it reached an agreement for a contract for its service workers.

January 27, 2020

No Reported Cases of Coronavirus on Campus, Student Health Says

By Evelyn Spence

The email comes after several UCSB students posted on the UCSB subreddit, r/UCSantaBarbara, late Sunday night with rumors about the virus.

January 23, 2020

Three Years Later, AFSCME Service Workers Reach Tentative Contract Agreement With UC

By Evelyn Spence

The UC's largest union reached a tentative four-year contract agreement. AFSCME has been negotiating for a new contract since 2017.

January 22, 2020

Fifth Suspect Arrested For I.V. Armed Robbery; Additional Suspect in Custody Pleads Not Guilty

By Max Abrams, Evelyn Spence

The armed robbery, which took place on Nov. 18 reportedly around 10:30 a.m., resulted in the university issuing a “secure in place,” causing some campus buildings to independently lock down.

January 21, 2020

UC Regents Postpone Tuition Vote After Students Raise Concerns

By Evelyn Spence

The UC Regents will discuss two different potential models of tuition hikes at its Wednesday meeting.

January 9, 2020

Isla Vista Restorative Justice Program Enrollment “Right On Track,” Deputy Says

By Evelyn Spence

The program, aimed at curbing the number of citations issued in Isla Vista, allows residents who have violated one of three ordinances the chance to wipe the violations from their permanent record.

January 6, 2020

“Pattern of Burglaries” Occur in Manzanita Residence Hall Over Winter Break

By Evelyn Spence

The burglaries happened between the mornings of Jan. 3 and Jan. 4.

December 10, 2019

Two Additional Suspects Arrested For Nov. Isla Vista Armed Robbery

By Evelyn Spence

SBSO, with the assistance of the San Francisco Police Department, served three search warrants in San Francisco on Friday at the each of the suspects’ homes.

November 26, 2019

Police Issue Debris Flow Evacuation Warnings for Areas of SB City, Goleta

By Evelyn Spence

During the storm, individuals should avoid going out and stay off the roads.

November 26, 2019

Cave Fire Grows to 4,100 Acres, UCSB Emphasizes No Threat To Campus

By Evelyn Spence, Sanya Kamidi, Katherine Swartz, Max Abrams

Classes for the remainder of the week were cancelled at 10:44 a.m. on Tuesday in an email sent by Chancellor Yang, but the fire “poses no threat to our campus,” with no evacuations planned.

November 25, 2019

Painted Cave Fire Poses “No Immediate Threat” to Campus, Officials Say

By Evelyn Spence

Campus officials are “closely monitoring the situation” and are in touch with local safety officials, according to the email.

November 23, 2019

Police Arrest Two Suspects in I.V. in Connection With Armed Robbery

By Evelyn Spence

Initial reports came in around 10:23 a.m. on Monday that three individuals had fled a house on the 6500 block of Sabado Tarde Road in Isla Vista after reportedly robbing two victims at gunpoint.