Lizzy Rager

June 4, 2025

Missed evidence and conflicts of interest: Behind the controversial UCSB Associated Students 2025 election

By Lizzy Rager

A presidential candidate did not drop out due to Daniyal Siddiqui's direct actions though the Judicial Council charges him for it

May 25, 2025

A week in UC student news

By Lizzy Rager

Governor Gavin Newsom reduces budget cuts to the UC in revised budget and UC Riverside prepares climate action plan.

May 22, 2025

Term in Review: A.S. IVP Açúcar Pinto

By Lizzy Rager

2024-25 A.S. IVP Açúcar Pinto reflected on several projects accomplished over the academic year, amid roadblocks from administration.

May 21, 2025

A.S. election concludes with lowest voter turnout in a decade following three weeks of delay

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar, Lizzy Rager, Jack Dindia, Michelle Cisneros

Following three weeks of delay to election results, the 2025 Associated Students Spring General Election concluded with a 20.42% voter turnout.

May 19, 2025

Missing UCSB student found dead in Big Bear Lake

By Lizzy Rager

Third-year sociology major Tanner Prentiss was found at 10:23 a.m after an extensive search by deputies and the Sheriff’s Dive Team

May 15, 2025

UCSB moving forward with faculty housing, lawsuit over Ocean Road records heightens

By Lizzy Rager

The projects include the controversial faculty and staff housing project Ocean Road. A lawsuit regarding documents on its progress will likely go to trial

May 14, 2025

Two pedestrians hit in Isla Vista vehicle collision

By Lizzy Rager

The women were lodged underneath the vehicle before emergency medical services arrived. One sustained "major injuries" and the other sustained "minor injuries."

May 14, 2025

County board of supervisors unanimously approve I.V. Rental Housing Inspection Pilot Program

By Lizzy Rager

The rental inspection program will employ inspectors to check if units in Isla Vista are up to building and health code standards.

May 12, 2025

A week in UC student news

By Lizzy Rager

An ROTC instructor at UCLA joins a lawsuit against Trump over the military's transgender ban and over $800 million cut from local Berkeley organization grants

May 8, 2025

El Congreso urges Chancellor Yang to meet demands before leaving

By Lizzy Rager

After three years since meeting with Chancellor Yang and delivering their demands, a student activist group has asked him to respond before retiring this year

May 8, 2025

Diez visas de estudiantes y recién graduados fueron revocadas en UC Santa Bárbara

By Lizzy Rager, Sofia Benitez

Diez visas estudiantiles internacionales han sido revocadas por el gobierno federal, según informó Kiki Reyes, portavoz de medios de UC Santa Bárbara, aproximadamente tres meses después de que la administración de T...

May 5, 2025

County rental inspection program will proactively investigate Isla Vista building, health violations

By Lizzy Rager

While no draft language of the program has been published yet, the County Board of Supervisors will hear more robust plans at its May 6 meeting.

May 2, 2025

James B. Milliken appointed as 22nd UC president, succeeding Michael V. Drake

By Lizzy Rager

James B. Milliken, chancellor of the University of Texas system, will serve as the next University of California President beginning August 1, 2025.

May 1, 2025

Students rally and hold vigil to remember lives lost in Armenian Genocide

By Lizzy Rager

The Armenian Student Association has called for UCSB to acknowledge April 24 as Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day and establish April as Armenian Heritage Month

April 28, 2025

A week in UC student news

By Lizzy Rager

The UC may decrease its in-state admissions according to state lawmakers, and UC Berkeley opened a $110 million engineering center

April 17, 2025

A week in UC News

By Lizzy Rager

Unions announced a strike on May 1 over the UC-wide hiring freeze and graduate students reported the use of biometric data to determine visa revocations