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November 12, 2021

UCSB Creates Munger Mock-up in Local Warehouse

By Atmika Iyer

The Nexus acquired photos of the university’s Munger mock-up through an anonymous source.

November 10, 2021

UC Lecturers Union To Hold Strike Authorization Vote Over Alleged Unfair Labor Practices Committed by the University of California

By Mark Alfred

UC-AFT said there are two specific unfair labor practices that the union would strike over: refusal to negotiate over the UC parental leave policy and an unfair time constraint included in a UC contract offer.

November 10, 2021

CU Boulder Historian Gives Virtual Lecture on Community Engagement and Accountability

By Yiu-On Li

Patricia Limerick discussed how collaboration between humanities and S.T.E.M. majors inside and outside of the classroom can move the world forward.

November 8, 2021

UCSB Students Advocate for Campus Grocery Shuttle

By Kyra Schimpf

The prospective program is still in its initial planning phase, and the project’s group is still looking for insight into student perspectives on a grocery shuttle service.

November 8, 2021

University of California Lecturers Prepare To Strike as Years of Negotiations Fail To Make the Progress They Seek

By Mark Alfred

After three years of bargaining and negotiations with UC management yielded little success, the UC-AFT is preparing for a strike.

November 6, 2021

UCSB Student Faces Additional Charges of Sexual Assault

By Atmika Iyer

The dates of his alleged crimes from both cases range from October 2020 all the way to June 2021. 

November 5, 2021

City of Goleta To Sue UCSB for Underhousing Students

By Atmika Iyer

The consequence of this alleged violation was an unprecedented housing crisis, with many students having to resort to living in Goleta.

November 5, 2021

“Munger Hall Has Got To Go:” Students Protest Munger Hall and Eviction of Students Living in Hotels

By Atmika Iyer, Asumi Shuda

UCSB students and faculty have grappled with a severe housing crisis since last summer; Munger Hall is the university’s proposed solution. 

November 5, 2021

County Engages in Mediation With UCSB for Violation of Long Range Development Plan

By Atmika Iyer

The university’s plan to build Munger Hall as a solution to the housing crisis will leave students at UCSB before 2025 without much of a solution.

November 4, 2021

Community Protests Heavy Police Presence During Halloween Weekend

By Holly Rusch

The festival, hosted by a coalition of student and local organizations, held live music, speakers and community artists selling local wares.

November 4, 2021

Munger Responds to Architecture Criticism, UCSB Stands By Design

By Atmika Iyer, Asumi Shuda

“I’d rather be a billionaire and not be loved by everybody than not have any money,” Munger told MarketWatch.

November 4, 2021

Vista Point: Weekly Goings-on in Isla Vista

By Atmika Iyer, Holly Rusch, Melea Maglalang, Kyra Schimpf

The 2021-22 Nexus News Team has revived our old column, "Vista Point," to keep our readers informed of local events and happenings. 

November 4, 2021

UCSB Hosts Eighth Día De Los Muertos Celebration

By Nisha Malley

This marks the eighth celebration of Día de Los Muertos at UC Santa Barbara, which began in 2014 when a group of Latinx faculty members founded the Latinx UCSB Networking Association. 

November 4, 2021

Associate Professor Discusses Decolonial Feminism, Archipelagic Relationalities at MCC Event

By Melea Maglalang

Figueroa-Vásquez’s novel, “Decolonizing Diasporas: Radical Mappings of Afro-Atlantic Literature,” examines how dictatorships affect the intimate lives of people.

November 4, 2021

Students Celebrate Halloween in Local Sanctioned Programming

By Kyra Schimpf

UC Santa Barbara and local governmental organizations put on sanctioned events for students to take part in during Halloween weekend. 

November 3, 2021

Regeneration: Environmentalist Paul Hawken Restores Hope on the UCSB Campus

By Mariam Bagdady

Hawken dedicated the lecture to expanding on his book "Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation," as well as redefining sustainability.