Simren Verma

October 11, 2018

Edible Campus Program Breaks Ground on Its Biggest Project Yet

By Simren Verma

The program plans to donate the food from the farm to the A.S. Food Bank in the University Center and the Miramar Food Pantry.

October 4, 2018

Madeline Loudon Is Sole Declared Candidate for EVPSA Special Election

By Simren Verma

The special election comes following the disqualification of Mayela Morales in May.

September 30, 2018

Governor Brown Vetoes “Abortion Pill” Bill

By Simren Verma

California Senator Connie Leyva originally introduced SB 320 in Feb. 2017.

September 20, 2018

UC Commits to Using 100% Renewable Electricity Sources by 2025

By Simren Verma

The UC commitment precedes Governor Jerry Brown’s signing of Senate Bill 100 on Sept. 10.

August 23, 2018

Abortion Pill In Public Universities One Step Closer to Becoming Law

By Simren Verma

The bill would require all University of California and California State University campuses to offer the pills by Jan. 1, 2022, including UCSB.

June 30, 2018

Brown Signs Budget Act of 2018, Increases Funding to UC

By Simren Verma

Napolitano has yet to release a statement on the signed Budget Act, and it is unknown at this time whether the funding was enough to prevent a future in-state tuition increase for UC students.

May 24, 2018

Divestment Vote Canceled, 69th Senate Meeting Shut Down by ‘Civil Disobedience’

By Shomik Mukherjee, Simren Verma, Sanya Kamidi, Héctor Sánchez Castañeda

When the dust settled, it was another instance — the fifth time in six years — in which divestment failed to pass at UC Santa Barbara, which remains the only undergraduate UC campus not to have passed the resolution.

May 17, 2018

Senate Fails to Vote on Divestment After Senators Walk Out of Meeting

By Shomik Mukherjee, Simren Verma

The controversial “divestment” resolution was brought to the table for the fifth time in six years on Wednesday, but 12 senators and proxies didn’t return to the over 10-hour-long meeting after a brief recess.  

May 17, 2018

Term in Review: EVPLA Batsheva Labowe-Stoll

By Simren Verma

Former EVPLA Batsheva Labowe-Stoll reflects on her time in the position.

May 16, 2018

BREAKING: EVPSA-Elect Disqualified from A.S. Public Office

By Simren Verma, Evelyn Spence

Elections Board has not yet confirmed the reason for Morales’s disqualification.

May 16, 2018

A.S. To Vote on Divestment for Fifth Time in Six Years

By Simren Verma

A similar resolution on divestment was proposed last May and failed to pass following a ten-hour discussion. This was the fourth time that a resolution relating to divestment failed to pass within the UCSB A.S. Senate in...

May 2, 2018

First UC System-Wide Title IX Coordinator Resigns

By Simren Verma

Kathleen Salvaty, the first person to serve in the position of system-wide Title IX Coordinator for the University of California, announced her resignation from the position in an interview with the Nexus last week.

April 24, 2018

Eight A.S. Exec. Candidates Do Not Support UCen Renovation, Which Would Raise Student Fees

By Simren Verma

Eight candidates running for an A.S. executive position denounced the proposed “NewCen” ballot measure, which would raise student fees to fund the University Center renovation.

March 16, 2018

UC Regents Raise Out-Of-State Tuition, Cite Low Funding in State Budget Plan

By Simren Verma

The University of California Board of Regents approved a 3.5 percent tuition increase for out-of-state undergraduate students Thursday afternoon.

March 8, 2018

Decrease in Law Enforcement Expected for Deltopia

By Simren Verma, Katie Wolf

The UC Santa Barbara Police Department plans to decrease law enforcement presence at this year’s Deltopia, which is expected to take place on April 7.

February 15, 2018

Transfer Student Alliance To Receive A.S. Resources With New BCU Status

By Simren Verma

The Transfer Student Alliance will now be able to use A.S. resources and collaborate with other BCUs on campus. They will also receive an advisor and a significant increase in funding.