Campus

April 17, 2025

Bear sightings reported at UCSB, Goleta

By Jack Dindia

UCSB police reported a black bear sighting early this morning near Pollock Theater and the Intercollegiate Athletics building.

April 16, 2025

Senate mediates backlash over proposed BCU recruitment changes

By Michelle Cisneros, Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

Several Associated Students entities expressed frustration with a proposal to change their recruitment processes at an April 9 Senate meeting. The Senate also heard reports about Deltopia.

April 16, 2025

Graduate students rally against potential funding cuts

By Lizzy Rager

Hundreds of graduate students rallied on April 8 over funding cuts as the world's largest biomedical research funder, the NIH, looks to cut millions in grants

April 9, 2025

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

By Conor Kelly, Jack Dindia

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.

April 9, 2025

Ten student and graduate visas revoked at UC Santa Barbara

By Lizzy Rager

Seven current students and three graduates visas were terminated, leaving them vulnerable to detention or deportation. Roughly 50 visas were terminated UC-wide

April 2, 2025

Unions embark on second joint strike asking UC for ‘fair’ contracts

By Michelle Cisneros, Katie Poon

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.

March 20, 2025

Senate discusses housing, Deltopia, Spring Election

By Michelle Cisneros, Conor Kelly

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.

March 8, 2025

Food Not Bombs provides free weekly dinners to community

By Finnegan Kite

Volunteers served meals to about 50 attendees, including students, homeless people and other Isla Vista residents

March 8, 2025

Lorax look-alikes ‘speak for the trees’

By Levi Kauffman

CALPIRG organized the event to get students to draft public comments for the United States Forest Service on the Wildfire Risk Reduction Project

March 4, 2025

Campus service, patient care workers strike at Storke

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

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.

March 1, 2025

UC health clinicians, researchers, technicians lead two-day strike

By Lizzy Rager, Grace Medecki

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

February 28, 2025

Campus unsure of federal memo effect on race-related resources

By Michelle Cisneros

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.

February 27, 2025

Take Back the Night hosts first ever town hall with SASA

By Lucy Wellons

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.

February 22, 2025

Senate plants seeds to bring football back to UCSB

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar, Conor Kelly

The resolution aims to propel the new chancellor and the next Associated Students president to take on the project.

February 21, 2025

Students receive over $255,000 in funding for teaching careers

By Lyla Merk, Cari Tookoian

The funds help students at the Gevirtz graduate school get into teaching careers at the Santa Barbara Unified school district.

February 19, 2025

A.S. opens special election, 20% voter threshold required for potential constitutional changes

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

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.