Kyra Schimpf

March 31, 2022

Isla Vista Youth Projects Partners With Veggie Rescue To Address Food Insecurity in Community

By Kyra Schimpf

The food stand is open every first, second and fourth Thursday of each month.

March 7, 2022

IVCSD Holds “Lighting Walk” To Assess Street Lighting in I.V.

By Sindhu Ananthavel, Kyra Schimpf

Volunteers gathered at the Isla Vista Community Center and then split into groups, with each group walking through a different quadrant of I.V. and making note of its underlit areas.

March 4, 2022

UCSB Department of Recreation and Isla Vista Recreation & Park District Team Up To Host Outdoor Fitness Sessions

By Kyra Schimpf

The event on Saturday began with a Zumba session that ran until 11:45 a.m. and then switched to a beginner’s hula-hoop class that ran until approximately 12:30 p.m.

February 27, 2022

UCSB’s Department of Health and Wellness Hosts Four-Week Project To Improve Body Image

By Kyra Schimpf

The sessions were held over four weeks from Feb. 2 to Feb. 24, with weekly sessions involving exercises, roleplays and discussions.

February 5, 2022

UCSB Professors Receive Distinguished Grant for Research Projects

By Kyra Schimpf

Anthony Barbieri, Chinese history professor, and Sherene Seikaly, associate professor of history, received $60,000 each in research grants.

January 17, 2022

UCSB Library Creates Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration for the Month of January

By Kyra Schimpf

The commemoration includes a wide variety of materials, some of which are available for students to check out.

December 3, 2021

Uncertainty and Stress Is the Norm for Hundreds of Students Living in Hotels

By Mark Alfred, Yiu-On Li, Kyra Schimpf, Melea Maglalang

280 students are currently residing in hotels as a result of the ongoing housing shortage.

November 26, 2021

IVCSD Holds Transportation Town Hall to Improve Mobility in I.V.

By Kyra Schimpf, Daelyn Einhorn

In approximately a year, the board plans to complete its proposal for improving transportation in Isla Vista and present it to the community for input.

November 18, 2021

A.S. Holds Housing Town Hall; University Announces Intent To Extend Hotel Contracts

By Mark Alfred, Kyra Schimpf

During the meeting, administration heard out student concerns and announced their decision to extend university housing contracts

November 8, 2021

UCSB Students Advocate for Campus Grocery Shuttle

By Kyra Schimpf

The prospective program is still in its initial planning phase, and the project’s group is still looking for insight into student perspectives on a grocery shuttle service.

November 4, 2021

Vista Point: Weekly Goings-on in Isla Vista

By Atmika Iyer, Holly Rusch, Melea Maglalang, Kyra Schimpf

The 2021-22 Nexus News Team has revived our old column, "Vista Point," to keep our readers informed of local events and happenings.

November 4, 2021

Students Celebrate Halloween in Local Sanctioned Programming

By Kyra Schimpf

UC Santa Barbara and local governmental organizations put on sanctioned events for students to take part in during Halloween weekend.

October 28, 2021

UCSB Student Via Bleidner Hosts On-Campus Event for Essay Collection

By Kyra Schimpf, Yiu-On Li

Bleidner wrote and published her novel while being a full-time student at UCSB.

October 26, 2021

Students Share Quarantining Experiences as In-person Instruction Resumes

By Regan Wheatley, Kyra Schimpf

Students have been reporting both positive and negative experiences with UCSB’s quarantining process, with many being in self-isolation for different reasons and periods of time.