Serrano Ham

October 1, 2026

UCSB announces full-campus renovation one week into the academic year

By Serrano Ham

On Sept. 31, UC Santa Barbara released unexpected campus construction plans that will commence immediately. The plans detail an incredibly lengthy and complex renovation of almost all buildings and infrastructure. These ...

September 24, 2026

UC system announces major rebranding of UCSB

By Serrano Ham

On Friday, Sept. 11 the University of California system announced a major change to one of its most recognizable campuses, revealing that UCSB will no longer stand for University of California, Santa Barbara. 

August 27, 2026

What your UCSB tour guide never told you

By Serrano Ham

The month before the start of the academic year at UC Santa Barbara always finds incoming freshmen in varying states of preparedness. However, whether you have tirelessly researched the clubs the school offers, or not ev...

August 5, 2026

New UCSB Bachelor of Science in artificial intelligence creates professor job insecurity

By Serrano Ham

Ahead of the 2026-27 academic year, professors at UC Santa Barbara are finding themselves increasingly concerned about job security. The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering recently announced a new Bachelor of Scienc...

July 19, 2026

World Cup faces backlash over “colonial optics”

By Serrano Ham

The 2026 FIFA World Cup came under intense scrutiny this week after cultural critics claimed the tournament had become indistinguishable from a European history textbook. Activists have accused FIFA of promoting “syste...

July 2, 2026

The fall of Santa Rosa and the end of civilization

By Serrano Ham

In what some have been calling “the boom heard around the world,” the mighty Santa Rosa Residence Hall, a beloved, if not somewhat misunderstood, member of UC Santa Barbara’s primarily first-year neighborhood, the ...

May 28, 2026

Best ways to NOT accept that you’re graduating

By Serrano Ham

Society always seems to warn against peaking in high school: “The best years of your life are still ahead of you,” “High school doesn’t define who you are.” But what are we supposed to do once we have lived thr...

April 23, 2026

Girl takes first rip of bong, immediately reaches nirvana

By Serrano Ham

A local UC Santa Barbara second-year purity studies major Madonna Phelps has made headlines this week for reaching a state of nirvana, previously only talked about in religious texts. This past Monday, 4/20, people all o...

April 3, 2026

UCSB adds special migration corridors for flocks of touring students

By Serrano Ham

With college acceptances having come in waves throughout the month of March, high school seniors are now faced with the incredibly tough task of saying “I do” to a college. These same colleges must also tackle some t...

March 5, 2026

Student turns in essay without reading books, called “interpretive”

By Serrano Ham

In what is being called a “masterclass in imaginative scholarship,” a UC Santa Barbara student has turned in a literary analysis essay without opening a single assigned book. The essay, supposedly exploring the theme...

February 19, 2026

New Year Part II: Chinese New Year offers resolution do-over

By Serrano Ham

Chinese New Year fell on Tuesday, Feb. 17 and offered people around the world the chance to start the year anew. In the face of failed resolutions only two months into 2026, many people have jumped at the chance to creat...

January 22, 2026

Top 10 ways to ace that interview

By Serrano Ham

Internship recruiting and the summer job search are in full swing, and you might be wondering how to make the job yours. Never fear, the ultimate guide to interviewing is here at the tip of your fingers, complete with 10...

January 15, 2026

Trump purchases Solvang

By Serrano Ham

The nation has been rocked by the news of President Donald Trump’s recent territorial acquisition, which the administration claims is part of his latest bid to increase the national security of the United States. 

November 20, 2025

Disastrous pass time ends freshman’s academic career

By Serrano Ham

With Pass 1 of course registration having concluded this past week, devastated students, especially freshmen, have been left in its wake. UC Santa Barbara has been experiencing unprecedented rates of drop outs as freshme...

November 13, 2025

UCSB releases alternative study spots

By Serrano Ham

With midterm season waning and library hours back after popular demand, UC Santa Barbara has released a list of alternative study spots just in time to accommodate absolutely nobody. With student comfort and accessibilit...

November 6, 2025

Guy Who Doesn’t Read News “Disturbed” by State of the Nation

By Serrano Ham

Commemorating the one-year anniversary of the presidential election, local UC Santa Barbara student and third-year doomscroll studies major Evan Ignorami announced on Oct. 28 that he was “deeply unsettled by the direct...