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.

August 29, 2020

Fall Undergraduate Housing Limited To Those With “Special Circumstances”

By Holly Rusch

The university will offer full refunds for fall quarter housing contracts.

August 22, 2020

The “Uphill Fight that the Black Community in America has Constantly Been Fighting Towards”: UCSB and IV Community Speak on Black Lives Matter Movement

By Arturo Martinez Rivera, Sofía Mejías-Pascoe, Katherine Swartz, Holly Rusch, Max Abrams

As protest headlines disappear from mainstream news, it remains unclear how the Black Lives Matter movement has changed, or will change, the community of Isla Vista and UCSB.

August 20, 2020

SB County Reports First COVID-19 Death in Isla Vista

By Holly Rusch

The I.V. resident was one of two deaths announced by the county on Thursday, bringing the county’s total death count to 84.

August 2, 2020

Amidst Partying in Isla Vista, UCSB Continues To Warn Students About Coronavirus Risks

By Holly Rusch

I.V.’s cramped living conditions, infamous for housing 10 or more people under the same roof, can make tracking the spread of coronavirus increasingly difficult.

June 19, 2020

Majority of Fall Quarter Classes To Be Held Remotely, Tuition and Student Fees Will Not Change

By Holly Rusch

Any student who wishes to continue learning entirely remotely will be given the option to do so.

June 6, 2020

A.S. Senate Passes Two Resolutions Supporting Indigenous Nations

By Holly Rusch

During the public forum, students expressed the importance of representation for Indigenous students, who make up only 1% of the school’s population.

June 1, 2020

Achievement Unlocked: UCSB’s Gaming Community Adapts to Remote Instruction

By Holly Rusch

While clubs have faced difficulties staying together as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Gaucho Gaming is uniquely positioned to make the leap from in-person to digital social events.

May 24, 2020

As Phase Two Reopening Rolls Out, Santa Barbara County Mandates Face Coverings in Public Starting Tuesday

By Holly Rusch

Residents who do not own face coverings can receive one for free at the Santa Barbara Administration building lobby, the Santa Barbara Health Care Center or the Santa Maria Health Care Center.

May 22, 2020

UC Regents Committee Drafts Plans To Reduce UC Food and Housing Insecurity by 2022

By Holly Rusch

The UC has currently been allocated $260 million through the federal C.A.R.E.S. act, $130 million of which was allocated to campuses for the distribution of emergency grants for students.

May 21, 2020

Term in Review: S.A.G. Andrew Nguyen

By Holly Rusch

Reflecting on what he would change about the role, Nguyen looked back to the importance of compassion and empathy that he has learned over the past year.

May 9, 2020

Isla Vista Youth Projects Moves Services Online, Aims To Help Families Impacted by Coronavirus

By Holly Rusch

Isla Vista Youth Projects usually provides year-round, full-day childcare, but the coronavirus pandemic has forced the group to convert its services into an online platform.

April 24, 2020

CU Maintains Senate Majority, Executive Branch Splits Even

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe, Max Abrams, Katherine Swartz, Holly Rusch

For the first time, both the Associated Students election campaigning and results night took place remotely as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the shift to remote instruction.

April 18, 2020

UCSB Confirms Positive Case of Coronavirus in Unaffiliated Individual Who Visited Campus on April 8 and 9

By Holly Rusch

The facility area where the individual was working will be deep cleaned and individuals who were in the area at the same time are being contacted.

April 10, 2020

University of California Announces No Intention To Adjust Tuition Fees

By Holly Rusch

Tuition is set at a UC-wide level, and individual campuses do not have the authority to change it.

April 7, 2020

UCSB Student Affairs Works To Transition to Online Services

By Holly Rusch

Beginning the first week of spring quarter, Student Affairs will be sending students weekly emails that either introduces them to new online services or updates them on old ones.