Nina Rossi

August 5, 2025

Why worry about the world when we can just party? A reflection on UCSB’s political climate and the absence of intellectual discourse

By Nina Rossi

Nina Rossi reflects on the Isla Vista bubble, and the necessity of political discourse.

April 10, 2025

AITO: Out-of-Towners at Deltopia?

By Lucy Dixon, Nina Rossi

I.V. felt like Disneyland this past weekend By Nina Rossi As I walked down the streets of Isla Vista on Deltopia Eve felt like our town had been invaded. But oddly enough, it gave me a huge ego boost. Every time my frien...

February 20, 2025

U-Mail: Advice from a wise 7-year-old

By Nina Rossi

I’m looking at my jewelry rack when suddenly my gold bracelet, which I coined as my “dayge bangle,” begins to look a little weird. It appears to have turned into a dolphin-shaped Sillybandz. Here we go again. I...

February 6, 2025

Ask AJ: Advice for first years (and everyone navigating winter quarter)

By Nina Rossi

MIP, DUI and that damn curb — keeping your record clean As a Gaucho, you or one of your friends may get a Minor in Possession in these next four years, but what does this mean, and how does it affect you? A Minor in ...

January 4, 2025

U-Mail: The Art of Giving a Fuck

By Nina Rossi

To: Whoever Needs to Hear This The moment finals ended, I felt an unfamiliar sensation. It was the nonchalant version of me spiriting away. Then again, maybe it was never there, and I never noticed under the mountain of ...

August 30, 2024