Katherine Swartz

June 27, 2020

Hours Ahead, But Left Behind: International Students Face Uncertainty With Remote Instruction

By Katherine Swartz

The switch to remote learning forced international students to quickly decide whether to stay in Santa Barbara or go to their home countries

June 20, 2020

“Walking, talking, living embodiments of resilience”: Students and Faculty Address Anti-Blackness at UCSB in Zoom Panel

By Katherine Swartz

The Zoom panel, titled “State Violence, Anti-Blackness, and the Black Student Experience,” was hosted by the Center for Black Studies Research at UCSB.

May 27, 2020

Zoombombing Interrupts Second 71st Senate Meeting in a Row

By Katherine Swartz, Evelyn Spence

The Senate now plans to meet this Friday at 11 a.m. and again on May 3 at 6 p.m.

May 22, 2020

UC Suspends ACT and SAT in Admissions

By Katherine Swartz

If a new test has not been implemented by 2025, the testing requirement for California students will be eliminated altogether.

May 21, 2020

Swearing in of 71st A.S. Senate, A.S. Executives Overshadowed by Recall Fight Against President Beasley, Zoombombing

By Sanya Kamidi, Katherine Swartz

Despite the controversy about Beasley during the 70th Senate meeting, his swearing in came and went with little fanfare.

May 21, 2020

Term in Review: IVP Alli Adam

By Katherine Swartz

Transparency and availability in A.S. posed a challenge this spring with a remote quarter, but Adam led the Senate’s shift to weekly Zoom meetings and deemed the transition a success. 

May 12, 2020

Newly Narrowed Title IX Regulations To Affect UCSB and the UC System

By Katherine Swartz

The regulations were approved by Secretary DeVos on May 6 and must be implemented at all educational institutions that receive federal funding by August 2020.

May 12, 2020

President Napolitano Recommends Suspension of SAT and ACT

By Katherine Swartz

The ACT and SAT would be optional for two years, with testing requirements eliminated completely for two years after that.

May 1, 2020

UCSB Teaching Assistants End Wildcat Strike, Submit Withheld Winter Quarter Grades

By Katherine Swartz

UCSB graduate students were the last of any UC campus to continue withholding grades.

April 29, 2020

UC Santa Cruz COLA Strikers To Submit Withheld Fall and Winter Grades

By Katherine Swartz

Around 80 UCSC graduate students who were dismissed from their spring TA positions are still without work.

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 2, 2020

UC Will Not Fire “Career Employees” Due To Coronavirus Through End of June

By Katherine Swartz

Napolitano clarified that this does not mean that there will not be cutbacks on hours or layoffs for staff as part of “typical student and career employee summer staffing" adjustments.

March 31, 2020

Moratoriums on Evictions Due to COVID-19 Issued on Statewide and County Level

By Katherine Swartz

Evictions may only be halted if the tenant cannot pay rent because of coronavirus, according to the statewide executive order.

March 5, 2020

UAW 2865 To Vote To Strike Over Unfair Practice Charges Against the UC

By Katherine Swartz

UAW 2865 alleges that the UC has committed multiple unfair labor practices in its response to the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) movement.

February 28, 2020

Two Days In, UCSB COLA Wildcat Strike Draws Close to 2,000 Supporters

By Katherine Swartz

UCSB’s graduate students are from the second campus within the UC system to go on strike in the fight for a COLA.

February 24, 2020

Breaking: UCSB Graduate Students Vote To Begin Full Strike on Thursday for Cost-of-Living Adjustment

By Katherine Swartz, Sanya Kamidi

UCSB 4 COLA is calling for a monthly amount of $1,807.51.