Ari Plachta

November 16, 2015

Swimmer Speaks on Novel, Record-Breaking Journey

By Ari Plachta

Open-water swimmer and author Diana Nyad spoke and held a signing of her new novel, Find a Way, Saturday at a UCSB Arts & Lectures event in Campbell Hall. Nyad swam 110 miles from Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida in...

November 12, 2015

Nyad to Speak About Record Swim, Memoir

By Ari Plachta

In 2013, at the age of 64, Diana Nyad swam 110 miles from Cuba to Florida; she will speak about the record-setting feat, as well as her newly published memoir, on Saturday Record-setting long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad ...

October 27, 2015

Activists Host Event To Promote Consent Culture

By Ari Plachta

Student and local community activists will hold #PledgeforConsentCulture on Wednesday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. in front of Storke Tower to promote “consent culture” as an alternative to rape culture. Third-year global ...

October 14, 2015

Students Gather in The Hub for First Democratic Debate

By Ari Plachta

UCSB-4-Bernie hosted a live screening of the first Democratic Presidential Debate of the 2016 race Tuesday evening in the Hub. Democratic presidential candidates currently include former Governor of Rhode Island Lincoln ...