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October 27, 2022

Halloween in Isla Vista

By Siddharth Chattoraj

A look into the history of crowds and crime during Halloween weekend in Isla Vista and the consequent deterrents and restrictions put in place.

October 8, 2022

Nexus explained: UC campus crime data from 2008-2016

By Siddharth Chattoraj, Christy Yu

Crimes rose across the UC campuses and the UCSB police arrested a higher rate of people than other campuses over the years.

August 28, 2022

Rating “Rate My Professor”: exploring trends in UCSB professor ratings

By Zach Gold, Gama Aristondo, Stella Jia

In 2020, the quality of teaching, which had increased the year prior, begins to decrease while the difficulty reaches a peak, likely due to remote learning. 

July 24, 2022

Santa Barbara County Surges into High COVID-19 Transmission Level

By Asumi Shuda, Siddharth Chattoraj

There are currently 1,033 active cases in the county, with six deaths reported within the week of July 8 and July 14.

July 18, 2022

Political Engagement Patterns of UCSB Professors

By Julia Ong, Cameron Clark, Stella Jia

Political contributions from UCSB professors reaches a peak in 2020 at over $12,000 donations.

April 9, 2022

Review of Associated Students 2021-22 Budget

By Alex Rudolph, Holly Rusch

The budget funds the functions of all Senate and executive offices and a variety of boards, committees, commissions and other entities that support student life on campus.

February 17, 2022

UCSB S.T.E.M. Departments Focus on Diversity and Inclusion in its Programs and Courses

By Stella Jia, Alex Rudolph

The number of Black students has gone from 503 students in 1997-98 to 967 students in 2021-22. The 2017-18 school year had 1,090 Black students the highest number since.

February 10, 2022

Students Frustrated by Modified Unit Cap for Class Registration

By Nisha Malley, Alex Rudolph

The policy also prevented all students from achieving full-time status — which requires a minimum enrollment of 12 units — until their second registration period.

January 13, 2022

Isla Vista, UCSB’s COVID-19 Cases Spike With Winter Surge

By Atmika Iyer, Alex Rudolph, Stella Jia

As of Jan. 12, UCSB is reporting 262 active cases, and the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard is reporting 635 active cases in Isla Vista. 

November 7, 2021

On-Campus Bike Thefts Increase From Previous Years

By Stella Jia, Alex Rudolph

During the first month of fall quarter, there were 76 reported bike thefts on campus in the first 30 days after move-in weekend on Sept. 19.

October 29, 2021

PRA Reveals Grading Trends From UCSB Over the Last Six Years

By Alex Rudolph

Compared to grades given before Spring Quarter 2020, 409 courses changed the percentage of A’s, B’s or C’s given out by more than 30 percentage points.

October 25, 2021

California State Controller Publishes UC Employee Earnings

By Alex Rudolph

Five of the College of Engineering’s (CoE) six undergraduate academic departments made up the six departments at UCSB with the highest professor and lecturer average gross pay in 2020.

October 19, 2021

Mold, Insects and Pests at UCSB

By Alex Rudolph

The top three listed pests specified in the requests were ants, with 1,732 reports; roaches, with 276 reports; and bed bugs, with 239 reports since 2016.

October 14, 2021

Isla Vista’s COVID-19 Numbers Remain Low After Students Move Back for In-Person Instruction

By Atmika Iyer, Alex Rudolph

UCSB has reported 57 positive COVID-19 cases since Sept. 19. Three of these cases have been from UCSB employees, two from graduate students and the remaining 52 cases were from undergraduates.

October 8, 2021

Annual UCPD Report Shows Increase in Burglaries, Motor Vehicle Threats in 2020

By Alex Rudolph

Burglary was the most common crime in 2020 with 36 cases, an increase of 18 cases from the previous year. Of the 18 additional cases, 17 occurred on campus but not in student housing.

October 6, 2021

Fall Quarter Course Sizes and Waitlists

By Alex Rudolph

As for the first day of class, Sept. 23, every single department except for writing & literature (College of Creative Studies) had at least one course with students on the waitlist.