UC voices support of decision after State Senate blocks ACA 6
ACA 6 would require employees under the UC to be held to basic state labor standards
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Removal of CSO Telescope from Mauna Kea summit underway
The California Institute of Technology Submillimeter Observatory telescope will be fully removed by December 2033 at the latest.
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UC Board of Regents appoints 2024-25 Student Regent
Student regent-designate Josiah Beharry spoke with the Nexus on his plans for the future.
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A.S. President Summer update
2023-24 UC Santa Barbara Associated Students President Tessa Veksler detailed new initiatives planned for the upcoming school year
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A.S. EVPSA Summer update
2023-24 External Vice President for Statewide Affairs Vero Caveroegusquiza shared progress her office has made over the summer.
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Highlights of the Regents’ July 2023 meeting
The Regents convened at UCSF Mission Bay from July 18 to July 20.
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A.S. Senate swears in 74th cohort
A.S. executives were sworn in by their predecessors, and the 74th senate was then collectively sworn in.
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A.S. Senate passes bill to improve financial transparency
The bill requires any entities receiving A.S. funds to provide monthly line-item reports on fiscal spending to the Finance and Business Committee.
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Students for Justice in Palestine hosts Palestine Liberation Week
The week consisted of various speakers, demonstrations and a wall in the Arbor educating on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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UCSB, Isla Vista communities remember victims of 2014 Isla Vista Tragedy
The Love and Remembrance Garden — located in People’s Park — contains six wooden benches, each commemorating a victim of the tragedy.
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Mauna Kea Protectors reflect on expanded organizing, look forward
The group organized through statewide strategy meetings, educational events on respective campuses and outreach to the UC Regents and TMT entities.
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Terms in Review: IVPs Hailey Stankiewicz and Sydney Kupsh
Hailey Stankiewicz served as interim-IVP after the removal of former IVP Bee Schaefer on Nov. 28, until the special election of Sydney Kupsh on Feb. 15.
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2023 A.S. Election concludes with 20.7% turnout
The election was the first year without a party system, with all executive and senatorial candidates running Independent.
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LIVE: A.S. Spring Quarter Elections Results 2023
The Nexus will be updating this page with live results from the Associated Students Election, which will be released in-person at the UCen Hub at 7:30.
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UC Academic Senate approves new bachelor’s degree requirement
The new campus experience requirement was approved Feb. 21 and applies to all UC undergraduate students.
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Love From Afar
Labyrinth: Grades Search
Aries
March 21 - April 19
Forgetting to take off the ratty AF1’s at the potluck (most Asian households don’t take kindly to shoes in the house!)
Taurus
April 20 - May 20
Wearing your only red t-shirt to every final (Red is a lucky color in many cultures, especially Chinese cultures)
Gemini
May 21 - June 20
Putting spiders in your friend’s wedding dress for good luck (Has its origins in old english folklore, and represents abundance for the couple)
Cancer
June 21 - July 22
Accidentally summoned a ghost by leaving their chopsticks straight up (A superstition that has Chinese origins because the chopsticks are reminiscent of funeral incense)
Leo
July 23 - August 22
Didn’t like your friends significant other so they gifted them an umbrella (The word for umbrella ‘san’ sounds like the word for divorce in Chinese)
Virgo
August 23 - September 22
Believing in horoscopes (The modern western zodiac actually came from Babylonian astrology)
Libra
September 23 - October 22
Walked backwards in Portugal to live out the Faust fantasy (In Portugal, walking backwards allows the devil to know exactly where you are)
Scorpio
October 23 - November 21
Stole a raven from the tower of london as reparations (According to UK superstition, if there aren’t 6 ravens in the tower, the kingdom will fall)
Sagittarius
November 22 - December 21
Breaks a knuckle knocking on wood for good scores on finals (Knocking on wood may have originated from the Celts and their love for tree spirits)
Capricorn
December 22 - January 19
Drunkenly rearranging their apartment for the feng shui at 3 AM (A Chinese cultural practice that harmonizes a person with the energies of the environment around them)
Aquarius
January 20 - February 18
Left out their middle name on their taxes because the Fae run the IRS (Giving the Fae your full name gives them power over you, and the IRS has too much)
Pisces
February 19 - March 20
Hit by a car but the license plate had an angel number (Beyond just blowing up on TikTok, angel numbers were invented by... Pythagoras)
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