Holly Rusch

Holly Rusch (she/her) is the Lead News Editor for the 2022-23 school year. Previously, Rusch was the University News Editor and co-Lead News Editor for the 2020-21 school year. She can be reached at news@dailynexus.com or hollyrusch@dailynexus.com.

May 15, 2023

Del Playa property owner sues party app Poppin over Deltopia music festival

By Holly Rusch

A Poppin representative told the Nexus that the lawsuit claims are “baseless.”

May 11, 2023

Term in Review: A.S. President Gurleen Pabla

By Holly Rusch

To her successor, incoming president and third-year political science major Tessa Veksler, Pabla advised connecting directly and honestly with the student body.

May 1, 2023

2023 A.S. Election concludes with 20.7% turnout

By Sindhu Ananthavel, Holly Rusch, Nisha Malley, Mark Alfred

The election was the first year without a party system, with all executive and senatorial candidates running Independent.

April 27, 2023

LIVE: A.S. Spring Quarter Elections Results 2023

By Sindhu Ananthavel, Mark Alfred, Holly Rusch, Alex Levin, Nisha Malley, Atmika Iyer

The Nexus will be updating this page with live results from the Associated Students Election, which will be released in-person at the UCen Hub at 7:30.

April 27, 2023

A.S. Senate places hold on upwards of $1 million in student health funding amidst controversy over demolition

By Holly Rusch

The Student Health Services building, currently located on Ocean Road, will be demolished at an unspecified point in the future to accommodate new faculty housing.

April 26, 2023

UCSB student dies in Santa Catalina residence hall

By Holly Rusch

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office coroner deputies arrived on the scene and will be performing a coroner’s investigation and an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

April 24, 2023

Student Health to be relocated after demolition

By Holly Rusch

The proposed lot would be moved to the other side of Ocean Road into a significantly smaller facility — currently the ground parking lot next to the Parking Lot 22 structure.

April 13, 2023

Deltopia makes a comeback with massive crowds, numerous arrests

By Nisha Malley, Holly Rusch

SBSO and the California Department of Alcohol and Beverage Control made 23 arrests and 151 citations over the weekend.

March 13, 2023

For some campus dance groups, practice means a trip to Lot 22

By Holly Rusch

UCSB dance groups — like Taara, a Bollywood-fusion dance team, or Raíces de mi Tierra, a folklórico group — can often be found practicing practicing in the campus parking garage on weeknights.

March 3, 2023

Former UCSB student jailed, charged with 26 counts of unlawful electronic peeping

By Holly Rusch

Noozhawk reported that 12 of the counts pertain to identified victims and the remaining 14 involve unidentified victims, according to Senior Deputy District Attorney Megan Chanda.

March 1, 2023

Students protest TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk’s campus visit

By Mark Alfred, Holly Rusch

Kirk debated with students for several hours on issues related to race, abortion and gender identity.

February 27, 2023

UCSB students provide free tax-filing services to community

By Holly Rusch

The program has been open for two weeks and completed 25 successful tax returns, none of which have been sent back by the IRS.

February 24, 2023

UCSB police lieutenant sentenced to jail for driving under the influence, remains on administrative leave

By Holly Rusch

UCSB could not offer any further information as to whether the lieutenant, Bradley Prows, would return to the police force following his release from jail.

February 18, 2023

Turkish students fundraise, raise awareness for earthquake relief

By Holly Rusch

TSSA hosted fundraisers at Rockfire Grill and partnered with local restaurant SADE Turkish Coffee and Baklava to sell baklava on Feb. 14, raising nearly $1,000 to send to Turkish humanitarian aid organizations.

February 14, 2023

Planned Parenthood Generation Action brings reproductive justice awareness and sex education to campus

By Holly Rusch

PPGA — a campus organization funded by Planned Parenthood — hopes to inform students about the issues women and non-men face when attempting to receive abortions or exercise bodily autonomy not just in California, bu...