Lizzy Rager

May 30, 2024

UC News

By Lizzy Rager

Opportunity for All bill heads to state Senate for June voting, UC San Diego satellite missions to understand climate change selected by NASA

May 29, 2024

74th cohort of A.S. executives, senators turnover after contentious year within A.S.

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar, Lizzy Rager

The 75th cohort of Associated Students Executives and Senators were sworn into office at the May 22 Senate meeting. Outgoing executives and senators reflected on a the year.

May 29, 2024

Organizers ‘liberate’ DLG and Carrillo Dining Commons

By Lizzy Rager

An autonomous collective took over the Carrillo Dining Commons and De La Guerra Dining Commons on May 28 to give students free food.

May 24, 2024

IVCSD parking and mobility town hall reveals ambitious parking solutions

By Lizzy Rager

Dixon Resources Unlimited and the IVCSD collaborated to collect a year's worth of parking data in Isla Vista at a May 14 town hall.

May 24, 2024

IVFP plans to significantly increase police presence for Deltopia 2025

By Lizzy Rager

IVFP Lieutenant Garrett TeSlaa said policing will "triple" next Deltopia. The decision follows an unprecedented number of citations and medical emergency calls this year.

May 24, 2024

UC News

By Lizzy Rager

UCSC is the first campus to strike in UAW proclaimed strike effort, and a UC Davis student was reported missing.

May 17, 2024

EVPLA hosts health and safety town hall, centers harm-reduction and peer support

By Lizzy Rager

With around 30 attendees, the event was the third town hall this year by the External Vice President for Local Affairs.

May 16, 2024

Stalker at large asks students for number, offers money to meet, UCPD reports

By Lizzy Rager

On May 14 and 15, an alleged stalker approached two students, once at night and once in the afternoon. The suspect remains at large and the investigation is ongoing.

May 16, 2024

Term in Review: EVPLA Osaze Osayande

By Lizzy Rager

EVPLA Osaze Osayande reflected on her term for the academic year. She focused on expanding non-punitive measures, securing health and safety resources and increasing office transparency.

May 15, 2024

Encampment enters third week, makes little progress in University negotiations

By Lizzy Rager

UC Santa Barbara administrative figures gave unclear answers on who could responsibly negotiate the UCSB Liberated Zone demands.

May 13, 2024

SALU-UAW organizes May Day rally

By Lizzy Rager, Asumi Shuda

The effort follows the University’s refusal to recognize the Student Dining Labor Union in February, saying its unit size was too small. 

May 8, 2024

Encampment continues for second week, Liberated Zone releases demands

By Lizzy Rager

Since the encampment was erected on May 1, between North Hall, known as Malcolm X Hall, and the UCSB Library, organizers have set up around 50 tents on the expanse.

May 8, 2024

A.S. Senate passes “A Resolution to Condemn The Israeli Government’s and the IDF’s Dehumanization of the Palestinian People”

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar, Lizzy Rager

The Senate passed the resolution in a 13-4-2 vote at the May 1 Senate meeting.

May 6, 2024

Supervisor Capps holds housing and safety listening session after cliff fall incident

By Lizzy Rager

Attendees discussed long-term solutions for cliff erosion, erratic college student behavior and the balance between enforcing safe solutions and not interfering with oceanside views

May 3, 2024

Survivor of attempted abduction tells her story

By Lizzy Rager

Esther Hernandez walked the Lagoon trail at night to destress. But a man, hidden on the unlit path, attempted to drug and abduct her. This how she used her wits and survived.

May 2, 2024

A.S. Elections conclude with 22.26% voter turnout

By Sindhu Ananthavel, Asumi Shuda, Anushka Ghosh Dastidar, Alex Levin, Lizzy Rager

The 2024 UC Santa Barbara Associated Students Spring General Election concluded on April 26, with the Associated Students Elections Board releasing live results in person in the University Center Hub.