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Senate discusses BCU appointment vote, passes bill to obtain economics tools

April 9, 2025 by and

The Senate heard grievances from Kamaya Jackson on the vote to deny her from a co-chair position and passed a bill obtaining tools for economics students.
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Ten student and graduate visas revoked at UC Santa Barbara

April 9, 2025 by

Seven current students and three graduates visas were terminated, leaving them vulnerable to detention or deportation. Roughly 50 visas were terminated UC-wide
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Unions embark on second joint strike asking UC for ‘fair’ contracts

April 2, 2025 by and

Following their first joint strike in late February, two unions, including service workers, health care employees and other University of California employees, went on strike again on April 1.
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Senate discusses housing, Deltopia, Spring Election

March 20, 2025 by and

During their March 5 meeting, the Associated Students 75th Senate discussed housing with a county supervisor, resources for Deltopia and lock-in fee increase proposals.
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Food Not Bombs provides free weekly dinners to community

March 8, 2025 by

Volunteers served meals to about 50 attendees, including students, homeless people and other Isla Vista residents
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Lorax look-alikes ‘speak for the trees’

March 8, 2025 by

CALPIRG organized the event to get students to draft public comments for the United States Forest Service on the Wildfire Risk Reduction Project
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Campus service, patient care workers strike at Storke

March 4, 2025 by

Campus service and patient care workers took over Storke Tower from Feb. 26-27 in protest of the University of California’s “illegal” efforts to hold up contract negotiations.
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UC health clinicians, researchers, technicians lead two-day strike

March 1, 2025 by and

Joining over 20,000 workers across the system, UPTE CWA 9119 led a strike after accusing the university of bargaining their worker contracts in bad faith
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Campus unsure of federal memo effect on race-related resources

February 28, 2025 by

A Feb. 14 Department of Education memo stated education institutions can't use race in decisions across “all” aspects of student life. Institutions risk losing federal funding if they don't comply...
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Take Back the Night hosts first ever town hall with SASA

February 27, 2025 by

A panel of campus officials and community leaders discussed campus resources and support for sexual assault survivors at a Take Back the Night town hall on Feb. 19.
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Senate plants seeds to bring football back to UCSB

February 22, 2025 by and

The resolution aims to propel the new chancellor and the next Associated Students president to take on the project.
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Students receive over $255,000 in funding for teaching careers

February 21, 2025 by and

The funds help students at the Gevirtz graduate school get into teaching careers at the Santa Barbara Unified school district.
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A.S. opens special election, 20% voter threshold required for potential constitutional changes

February 19, 2025 by

Associated Students is holding a special election this quarter from Feb. 18-28 to make significant constitutional changes that will impact the spring quarter general elections.
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Single students celebrate Valentine’s with ‘Bouquets of Self-Love’

February 14, 2025 by

The SRB was filled with colorful flowers, pastries and decorative stationery for the UC Santa Barbara Women’s Center’s “Bouquets of Self-Love” event on Feb. 4.
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Student associations files lawsuit against the Department of Education over ‘illegal’ DOGE data access

February 13, 2025 by

Staffers from DOGE reportedly gained access to DOE systems that had personal information of millions of students enrolled in federal aid programs
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