Megan Mineiro

June 1, 2017

ROTC Cadets Conquer Mount Whitney in Under 15 Hours

By Megan Mineiro

While throngs of students echoed the lyrics to Schoolboy Q’s “Collard Greens” in the sunny haze of Extravaganza, a group of Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadets were headed back to Isla Vista after acco...

May 23, 2017

Over 200 gather for Memorial Vigil

By Megan Mineiro, Jose Ochoa

April 19, 2017

External Vice President of Local Affairs Debate: Dumlao vs. Stoll

By Megan Mineiro

April 6, 2017

UCs See Drop in International Applicants

By Megan Mineiro

UC Santa Barbara saw a 10 percent increase in international undergraduate applicants for the 2016-17 admissions cycle, while two fellow UC campuses saw the first decreases in more than a decade.

January 15, 2017

SpaceX Launch Commences Groundbreaking Satellite Program After Eight Years In Development

By Megan Mineiro

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc Saturday morning, carrying ten Iridium NEXT satellites into low-Earth orbit.

December 1, 2016

Women’s Basketball Takes a Knee for Social Justice

By Sean White, Megan Mineiro

More than half of the players on the UCSB women’s basketball team have taken to kneeling during the national anthem procession beginning at the team’s exhibition game versus Cal State Los Angeles on Nov. 6.

November 9, 2016

Trump Claims Swing States for an Executive Seat

By Cheryl Sun, Megan Mineiro

A wave of red swept the electoral map Tuesday night as Donald J. Trump won in a stunning upset the 2016 Presidential election with a victory in 30 states.

August 25, 2016

Letter from the Editor: A Look Ahead for the Class of 2020

By Megan Mineiro

Class of 2020, welcome to paradise. Now that you stand at the gateway, allow me to give you a look inside what the future holds in store for you.

July 12, 2016

A Pokémon Takeover in Isla Vista

By Megan Mineiro

Students have been biking, skating and running furiously through the streets of Isla Vista, channeling their 1990s nostalgia as they join the Pokémon GO craze sweeping the nation.

May 26, 2016

Gambian UCSB Student Granted Political Asylum in the United States

By Megan Mineiro

Once living out of his car and contemplating suicide, student Alagie Jammeh now has a bright future in the U.S.

May 16, 2016

Summer Star Wars Course Summons New Padawans

By Megan Mineiro

The Film and Media Studies Dept. will offer a course this summer to explore a franchise that gave rise to a stronger fandom than ever seen before — Star Wars.

April 22, 2016

Campus United Emerges Dominant in Associated Students Election

By Supriya Yelimeli, Sierra Deak, Megan Mineiro, Josh Ortiz

For the first time in over five years, UCSB students saw three new political parties emerge to compete for positions in the Associated Students election.

April 10, 2016

Activists Say Gun Violence is a ‘Profit-Driven Crisis’

By Megan Mineiro

Legislators and activists spoke Thursday night at the Marjorie Luke Theatre in Santa Barbara on gun violence in America and what can be done to address the "profit-driven crisis."

March 3, 2016

SB Residents Challenge Students to Consider the Individuals Behind the Refugee Crisis

By Megan Mineiro

For Santa Barbara residents Robert and Robin Jones, the village of Molyvos on the Greek island of Lesvos is home for nine months out of the year. From April to November 2015, they witnessed firsthand the flood of refugee...

February 3, 2016

Dean Oliver Appointed First African American President of Claremont Undergrad College

By Megan Mineiro

Melvin Oliver, dean of the College of Letters and Science, will become the sixth president of Pitzer College this summer and the first African American to ever be appointed president of one of the five undergraduate coll...

January 28, 2016

County Allocates Funds for Additional Homeless Shelters

By Megan Mineiro

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors allocated $128,000 in contingency funds last week for additional shelter services for the approximately 1,400 homeless individuals seeking refuge from El Niño rain storms.