Max Abrams

Max Abrams served as the lead news editor for the 2020-2021 school year. He is from Buffalo. That's all you need to know.

October 31, 2019

“Haunt the Loop” Ghosted by Children: Trick-or-Treat Event Yields Lower Turnout Than Expected

By Max Abrams, Katherine Swartz

The weekend event drew six people — three of whom were children — down from fifty last year.

October 24, 2019

Speculation and Scrutiny: Community Reacts to Timely Warning

By Katherine Swartz, Max Abrams

The warning drew equal parts speculation and scrutiny when key information surrounding the two alleged incidents of date-rape drug use were left undisclosed in the email.

October 17, 2019

Community Leaders and Students Discuss Basic Needs at On-Campus Town Hall Event

By Max Abrams

Students directed questions about basic needs — which encompass housing, food insecurity and money — to a panel of five members.

October 14, 2019

Timely Warning Issued for North Campus Faculty Housing Burglaries

By Max Abrams

The burglaries took place sometime between the evening of Oct. 11 and the morning of Oct. 12.

October 11, 2019

Gov. Newsom Signs New Senate Bill to End UC’s “Wage Theft” Exemption

By Max Abrams

The bill mandates that the UC pay its nearly 140,000 employees on their regularly scheduled payday.

October 10, 2019

Memes and Self-Deprecation: A UCSB Professor’s Key to the Belly Laugh

By Max Abrams

Bob Kennedy — a linguistics lecturer at UCSB — first dipped his toes in the university’s meme scene years ago, when he began posting on a now-defunct Facebook group.

September 26, 2019

UC Student Governments Call for Divestment of Thirty Meter Telescope Project

By Max Abrams

The letter asks the UC to cease funding for TMT and for any faculty or staff working on the project to “speak out against the exploitation of Mauna Kea.”

September 21, 2019

A Look Inside UCSB’s Blockchain Community

By Max Abrams

Because most universities don’t offer accredited classes taught by professors, students often resort to teaching each other.

September 20, 2019

Formerly Incarcerated Student Wants To Make A “Blueprint” For Others To Pursue Higher Education

By Max Abrams

After losing nearly half his life to the prison system, Ryan Flaco Rising’s outlook felt bleak — except for his hopes of going to college.

August 29, 2019

U.S. Government Sues SoCal Edison For Allegedly Sparking Rey Fire

By Max Abrams

Listed in the suit is Southern California Edison, an electrical services company; Frontier Communications, a telecommunications company; and Utility Tree Service, a tree trimming company.

August 3, 2019

UCSB Files Suits Against Amazon, Target and Others Over Alleged Exploitation of Intellectual Property

By Max Abrams

The documents credit three full-time UCSB professors with inventing the patents: James “Jim” Speck, Steven DenBaars and Shuji Nakamura.

August 3, 2019

UC Announces Tentative Agreement With UPTE for Two New 5-Year Contracts

By Max Abrams

If ratified, the two contracts would be valid until fall 2024.

July 22, 2019

Students Condemn UC and Chancellor Yang’s Involvement in Thirty Meter Telescope, Express Support for Native Hawaiians

By Max Abrams

Yang is the chair of the telescope's board of governors, a position he has held since 2007.

July 8, 2019

UC Regents Elect Former State Politician as New Chair

By Max Abrams

Prior to assuming the role of board chair, Pérez worked as a regent after being appointed to the position in 2014 by former California Gov. Jerry Brown.

July 5, 2019

New Initiative Aims To Address Basic Needs and College Affordability through Marijuana Cultivation Tax

By Max Abrams

UCSB students have rallied behind a new initiative calling for the redirection of a year-old cultivation tax, asking that the money collected from the tax be used to address college affordability.