Supriya Yelimeli

November 3, 2016

A.S. Senate Approves Funding for Ben Shapiro Event After Six-Hour Meeting

By Josh Ortiz, Supriya Yelimeli

Over 100 students staged a “Blackout” at the Associated Students Senate meeting on Wednesday, protesting the A.S. funding of a College Republicans event to host conservative speaker Ben Shapiro for a critique on the ...

October 31, 2016

Calm Halloweekend Third Year in a Row

By Supriya Yelimeli

Halloween weekend passed without incident for the third year in a row, with total arrests down nearly 50 percent from 2015.

October 27, 2016

Teamsters Grill UC Over Low Wages, Food Security

By Supriya Yelimeli

Occidental College produced a study Oct. 17 that reported more than 70 percent of UC’s clerical, administrative and support workers struggle with food insecurity.

October 27, 2016

Administrative Error Causes $16,000 Setback in A.S. Budget

By Supriya Yelimeli

Due to an error in processing student lock-in fees, UC Santa Barbara administration failed to collect 96 cents from each student for Fall Quarter, resulting in a $16,000 deficit from the Associated Students budget.

October 24, 2016

Obama Endorses Salud Carbajal for Congress

By Supriya Yelimeli

President Barack Obama endorsed Salud Carbajal for Congress on Monday, backing the Democratic candidate in his race for California's 24th Congressional District.

October 20, 2016

UCSB Voter Guide 2016

By Supriya Yelimeli

Prepare for Election Day in Isla Vista with the UCSB Voter Guide.

October 13, 2016

UCSB Soccer Player Arrested for Assault With a Deadly Weapon, Reckless Driving

By Supriya Yelimeli

A UC Santa Barbara soccer player was arrested on Oct. 4 after almost backing into a campus parking officer with his vehicle, according to the UCSB Police Department.

October 13, 2016

Law Enforcement Down 30 Percent for Halloween

By Supriya Yelimeli

Over 250 officers were stationed in Isla Vista last year, but community efforts to “keep things local” have convinced local police to cut down.

October 6, 2016

Isla Vista Divided by Party Politics in Supervisor Race

By Supriya Yelimeli, Josh Ortiz

Although it occupies a little over a square mile, Isla Vista is brimming with over 20,000 UC Santa Barbara students, retirement communities and clusters of longtime residents.

October 4, 2016

Witnesses Testify in Campus Rape Case

By Supriya Yelimeli

Witnesses presented testimony Tuesday against Daniel J. Chen, a former UCSB student who was arrested for the rape of a female student in February 2016.

September 29, 2016

New Transfer Center Opens in the Library

By Supriya Yelimeli

UC Santa Barbara held a grand opening for the transfer student center in the UCSB Library on Wednesday, celebrating a work in progress since the library opened doors in January.

September 28, 2016

Black Lives Matter Rally Against Police Brutality Planned for Thursday

By Supriya Yelimeli

Students from Santa Barbara High School have organized a Black Lives Matter rally to take place Thursday at De La Guerra Plaza.

September 22, 2016

UCSB Student, Hermanas Unidas Member Passes Away at 21

By Supriya Yelimeli

Marissa Chavez, who had just turned 21, was going to begin her fourth year at UCSB on Thursday. She was originally from Hawaiian Gardens, and would have been the first person in her family to graduate from college.

September 22, 2016

Community Center Meets Pitfalls, Success

By Supriya Yelimeli

Isla Vistans have sought a community center for nearly 50 years, but as the town shifts and reconfigures with each decade, the project has become a perpetual work in progress.

September 22, 2016

Campus Construction Chugs Along

By Supriya Yelimeli

Year-old construction projects are finding their ways to a close in the near future.

September 13, 2016

UCSB Students Join Protests Against Dakota Access Pipeline

By Supriya Yelimeli

Several University of California students drove over 1,000 miles this week to spend the last days of summer break in North Dakota — but their road trip had little to do with vacation.