In Photos | Neighborhood Plug: Cimelia Creations

When Amelia Busenhart left home for college, she began making jewelry with treasures she found on long beach walks and ocean jumps with her friends. These tokens symbolize home and the mark of another...
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In Photos | Neighborhood Plug: Digitally Stella

Stella Landers, a fourth-year communication and technology management major, began her business, Digitally Stella, during the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. After her father and stepmothers’ cater...
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In Photos | Student-Run Businesses Find a Home in I.V.

An unexpected byproduct of the COVID-19 pandemic has emerged in Isla Vista: small businesses run by local students. On Monday, Sept. 20, three UC Santa Barbara students could be found drumming up busi...
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Your “Gamer Girl” Aesthetic Has Real Consequences

Syd Haupt unpacks Asian fetishization, outlining the consequences of "Asian aesthetics."
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Your Performative Activism is Showing Again

Sydney Haupt discusses the recent attacks again Asian Americans in Atlanta and performative activism on social media.
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