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Students Share Quarantining Experiences as In-person Instruction Resumes

Students have been reporting both positive and negative experiences with UCSB’s quarantining process, with many being in self-isolation for different reasons and periods of time. 
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Access Card Shortage Leaves Students Empty-Handed

Many students on campus still have not received their Access Cards for the 2021-22 school year.
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National Redistricting Impacts Isla Vista

There are three potential consequences for Isla Vista from redistricting: I.V. remains in the third district, I.V. is moved into another district or I.V. is split between two districts. 
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UCSB Enforces Randomized COVID-19 Testing Amongst Vaccinated Students

Unvaccinated students have to be tested weekly and thus are not included in the random testing program.
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A.S. Commission on Disability and Equality Presents “Empowering Student Leaders Series: Reframing Disability”

The meeting began with a disclaimer that there is no singular, homogenous “disabled student experience.”
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Transfer Student Center Hosts Events for National Transfer Student Week: A Spooktacular Painting

In celebration of National Transfer Student Week, the TSC has been setting up events since Oct. 18 and will continue its festivities until Oct. 21.
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Educational Opportunity Program’s American Indian and Indigenous Cultural Resource Center Hosts Week-long Events for Indigenous Peoples’ Day

The week started off with a hybrid celebration where community members gathered to discuss the significance of Indigenous People's Day and their plans.
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Pass/No Pass No Longer an Option for Major Requirement Courses

With UC campuses returning to in-person instruction this fall, the grading flexibilities installed under remote instruction are now being removed. 
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Design Review Committee Reviews Details on Munger Hall

The bedrooms without windows will have a “fresh air supply” coming in and  “virtual windows that simulate daylight.”
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UC Student-Worker Union Hosts Student Labor Organizing Conference

The labor conference featured workshops from AFSCME 3299 members and interns on how to organize on campus.
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UCSB Terminates Adjunct Faculty Member, Then Asks Him To Continue Teaching a Seminar Pro-Bono

Following his termination, Interim Dean Mary Hancock requested adjunct faculty member and local emergency physician Jason Prystowsky continue teaching the seminar pro-bono.
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Students Discuss the Correct Usage of Hispanic, Latino/a and Latinx

Ethnicity labels, such as Latino, Latinx and Hispanic, are a topic of discussion amongst people in various ethnic groups as the language changes. 
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Julián Castro Speaks Against Texas Abortion Law at UCSB Arts & Lectures

The event — titled “Waking Up From My American Dream” — was the first Arts & Lectures component of the “Justice for All” series, which aims to “[confront] the inequalities that shape ou...
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UCSB Student Dies on Sigma Nu Trip; Fraternity Suspended for Holding “Unsanctioned Event”

On May 21, Michalski and his fraternity brothers were in Running Springs when Michalski fell and “sustained severe injuries.” Michalski died on May 25 at the Loma Linda Medical Center.
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UC-AFT Lecturers Holds Informational Pickets Across UC Campuses for Better Job Security and Pay

The union has been trying to renegotiate lecturer contracts for over three and a half years, arguing that the lack of job security and low salaries are unfair.
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