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May 20, 2022

UCSB’s Nikkei Student Union Hosts Its Second Annual Culture Night

By Melea Maglalang

The Nikkei Student Union (NSU) held Culture Night to spotlight Japanese-American heritage and culture through the various performances.

May 20, 2022

Santa Ynez’s Lavender Living Fosters Community Amongst LGBTQIA+ Students at UCSB

By Asumi Shuda

The Lavender Living Learning Community (LLC) is located in the Gibraltar Village of Santa Ynez and is a new housing option that was established between 2017 and 2019.

May 20, 2022

AIICRC Creates Community for American Indigenous Students at UCSB

By Asumi Shuda

The American Indian and Indigenous Cultural Resource Center (AIICRC) was one of the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) Cultural Resource Centers created in the late 1990s.

May 19, 2022

Mauna Kea Protectors UCSB Calls for UC To Divest From TMT Project

By Asumi Shuda

Mauna Kea Protectors (MKP) UCSB was established approximately between 2017 and 2018 in light of the construction of the telescope.

May 19, 2022

UC Santa Barbara Plans To Close Campus Dental Clinic

By Mark Alfred, Nisha Malley

The closure has been in the works for well over a year, according to SHS Executive Director Dr. Vejas Skripkus.

May 18, 2022

A.S. Senate Discusses Bill Calling for Reparations for Black Students

By Sindhu Ananthavel, Holly Rusch

The bill — titled a Resolution in Support of Reparations for Black and African Identified Students — was authored by third-year global studies major and Letters and Sciences Senator Love Maia

May 18, 2022

Two UCSB Professors Awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

By Asumi Shuda

Fellows chosen from the application process are given a significant fiscal grant to support their research and projects for a year.

May 18, 2022

UCPD Issues Timely Warning for Burglary Committed by Unknown Suspect

By Nisha Malley

UCPD is currently investigating the crime.

May 14, 2022

UCSB Students Call for Expansion on Resources for Asexual and Aromantic Community

By Asumi Shuda

Both asexuality and aromanticism can be experienced within a variety of spectrums and LGBTQIA+ intersections.

May 14, 2022

oSTEM at UCSB Creates Space for LGBTQIA+ Students in S.T.E.M. Fields

By Melea Maglalang, Kyra Schimpf

Blaes said the existence of oSTEM can help establish a space for LGBTQIA+ students in S.T.E.M. fields by affirming their presence.

May 13, 2022

UCSB Discontinues COVID-19 Screening Survey

By Asumi Shuda

The campus is providing an On Demand Screening Survey for departments that wish to continue utilizing the screening survey.

May 13, 2022

UC Santa Barbara Health and Wellness Hosts “Let’s Talk: Male Body Image @ UCSB”

By Melea Maglalang

Attendees shared their thoughts about the difficulties in talking about body image and their experiences.

May 12, 2022

Students for Justice in Palestine Demonstration Prompts Conversation About Israel-Palestine Conflict

By Holly Rusch, Atmika Iyer

Discourse on the Israel-Palestine conflict has historically been controversial at UCSB

May 12, 2022

Trans and Queer Commission Holds Town Hall on LGBTQIA+ Advocacy

By Kyra Schimpf

UC Santa Barbara’s Associated Students Trans & Queer Commission held a Spring Town Hall in the MultiCultural Center lounge on May 9 at 6 p.m. to discuss local LGBTQIA+ advocacy and receive community feedback regard...