Katherine Swartz

Katherine Swartz was the 2021-22 editor in chief of the Daily Nexus. Previously, Swartz was the University News Editor for the 2020-2021 school year. She can be reached at kswartz@dailynexus.com or news@dailynexus.com, and on twitter @kv_swartz.

February 23, 2020

Graduate Students Occupy Cheadle Hall Until Midnight, Rally for COLA and University Support of UCSC Strikers

By Katherine Swartz, Sanya Kamidi

Graduate students from advocacy group UCSB 4 COLA organized the sit-in in response to a call for solidarity from UCSC graduate students.

February 20, 2020

Graduate Students To Occupy Cheadle Hall All Day Friday For Cost-of-Living Adjustment

By Katherine Swartz

In addition to supporting the UCSC cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) movement, UCSB graduate students are fighting for their own COLA of $1,807.51 a month.

February 20, 2020

25 Years Later, Women’s Rights Icon Anita Hill Returns to UCSB

By Katherine Swartz, Holly Rusch

Hill did not dwell on her own experiences in the Senate Judiciary Committee and instead focused her speech on the work that still remains after the launch of the #MeToo movement.

February 20, 2020

3rd District Supervisor Candidates Field Community Questions at Isla Vista Town Hall

By Katherine Swartz, Jackson Guilfoil

Questions written by attendees prior challenged the candidates on issues including environmental policy, mental health and affordable housing in I.V. and the county as a whole.

February 18, 2020

Janet Napolitano, UCSC Administration Warn of Termination to Striking UCSC Graduate Students

By Katherine Swartz

Napolitano said the UC would not re-open the union’s current contract nor would it agree to a COLA in addition to the current contract.

February 11, 2020

UCSB Graduate Students Present Demands for Cost-of-Living Adjustment

By Katherine Swartz

UC San Diego, UC Los Angeles and UC Davis graduate students also held rallies yesterday in support of a COLA at their respective universities.

January 30, 2020

I.V. CSD Moves Forward With Proposal To Absorb Compost Collective

By Arturo Martinez Rivera, Katherine Swartz

The I.V. CSD moved forward with a proposal to absorb the IVCC and support the organization.

January 23, 2020

Rock the Vote SB Declared Illegitimate by National Org, Shuts Down Operations

By Katherine Swartz

A representative from the national Rock the Vote organization confirmed that Rock the Vote SB was formed in August 2019, but as of now is “not a legitimate chapter.”

January 17, 2020

UCSB Community Holds Vigil To Mourn Lives Lost in Ukranian Plane Crash

By Katherine Swartz, Max Abrams

Attendees gathered under the A.S. Annex on Thursday afternoon, using poetry and candles to mourn the 176 lives lost when a Ukranian passenger jet was shot down in Iran on Jan. 8.

January 9, 2020

An Exhilarating Year of Film: The Best of 2019

By Katherine Swartz

2019 proved to be a historic year for film.

January 9, 2020

UCSB Undergrad Seat on Systemwide Title IX Student Advisory Board Filled

By Katherine Swartz

Reynolds noted that the timing of her appointment is particularly important in light of recent sexual assault allegations against fraternity members during Fall Quarter of 2019.

January 8, 2020

Buddha Bowls Robbed By Armed Suspect

By Katherine Swartz

The suspect, described as a Hispanic male in his late 20s or early 30s wearing a hooded sweatshirt and jeans, was armed and took an “undisclosed” amount of money.

December 9, 2019

Biological Sciences II Building Temporarily Evacuated Following Report of “Strong Burning Smell”

By Sanya Kamidi, Katherine Swartz

An all clear was given around 4:50 p.m. and students, staff and faculty were allowed to return to the building.

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 21, 2019

Graduate Student Accuses UC Regent Kieffer of Sexual Misconduct, Calls for Systemwide Policy Change

By Katherine Swartz

Ora said she chose to speak during public forum due to frustration not only with the Regents’ system, but the entire University of California process for investigating sexual misconduct.

November 20, 2019

A.S. Senate Unanimously Passes Resolution in Support of Trump’s Impeachment

By Katherine Swartz

The resolution calls Trump’s alleged actions “illegal” and writes that it is “Congress’s duty to impeach a President who commits high crimes and misdemeanors while in office.”