UCSB Supporter Marilyn Gevirtz Passes Away

Marilyn Gevirtz, long time UC Santa Barbara supporter, distinguished donor and namesake of the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education passed away Sept. 27.
read more

Community Rallies Against Energy Company Drilling Off SB Coast

Santa Barbara community members held a rally Wednesday at the Goleta Valley Community Center (GVCC) calling on California Governor Jerry Brown and the State Lands Commission (SLC) to deny energy compa...
read more

I.D.E.A.S. Conference Promotes Education For Undocumented Students

UC Santa Barbara Improving Dreams, Equality, Access & Success (I.D.E.A.S.) hosted the “Undocu-generations” conference at the Student Resource Building Saturday to engage students, parents and comm...
read more

‘We’re fUCked’ Campaign Ends With Rally

The Associated Students Office of the External Vice President of Statewide Affairs (EVPSA) held a rally in front of Storke Tower on Friday to conclude the week-long “We’re fUCked” campaign to pr...
read more

Supervisors Debate New Energy Program

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors is currently considering adopting the Community Choice Energy program, which would allow the County to buy electricity wholesale and thereby potentially p...
read more

SBCC Remembers May 23, 2014

Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) held a memorial tree planting Wednesday to honor the six victims of the events of May 23 last year at the school’s West Campus.
read more

I.V. Earth Day Highlights Environmental Issues

UCSB Environmental Affairs Board (EAB) hosted the annual Isla Vista Earth Day festival at Anisq’Oyo’ Park on April 25 to celebrate the environment and bring the community together following last y...
read more

State Bill Aims To Improve 911 Response

Santa Barbara Assemblyman Das Williams recently proposed AB 510, a statewide bill to better reroute mobile 911 phone calls for quicker responses to emergencies.
read more

UCSB Students Travel to Ferguson for Alternative Spring Break

Community Affairs Board (CAB), an official board of the Associated Students Legislative Council comprised of students who do community service events, went on a trip to Ferguson, Missouri, during spri...
read more

Students Clean Up I.V. Beaches

The Coastal Fund, a student organization that does restoration work on Isla Vista beaches, held a sunset beach clean-up along the beach of the 6700 block of Del Playa Road down to Sands Beach this pas...
read more

Humyn Rights Board, Students for Justice in Palestine Host Talk

Associated Students Humyn Rights Board held a talk titled “Occupation, Ethnic Cleansing, & Israeli Apartheid 101” on Thursday in the Conference Room of El Centro as part of Humyn Rights Week 2015.
read more

American Indian Author, Poet Reads from Newest Book

American Indian author, poet and professor at Washington and Lee University Deborah A. Miranda gave a lecture Tuesday evening at the HSSB McCune Conference Room about her latest novel, Bad Indians: A ...
read more

Community Meets for Year’s Second Town Hall, Brainstorms I.V. Taxes

Students and I.V. residents attended the second Isla Vista self-governance town hall of the year on Saturday at the Anisq’Oyo’ Park to discuss potential taxation policies and funding models under ...
read more

Campus Looks To Improve University Lighting

The UCSB Police Department (UCPD) hosted its annual Lighting and Safety Walk Thursday evening to inspect light posts and light bulbs on campus in an effort to make the university safer and more light-...
read more

Campaign Presents Panel of LGBTQ Students

Gauchos Against Hate, a new campus-wide campaign that focuses on accepting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community, held an event at the Loma Pelona Center Thursday night t...
read more