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October 21, 2021

A.S. Commission on Disability and Equality Presents “Empowering Student Leaders Series: Reframing Disability”

By Daelyn Einhorn

The meeting began with a disclaimer that there is no singular, homogenous “disabled student experience.”

October 21, 2021

Transfer Student Center Hosts Events for National Transfer Student Week: A Spooktacular Painting

By Pia Ramos

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.

October 21, 2021

Educational Opportunity Program’s American Indian and Indigenous Cultural Resource Center Hosts Week-long Events for Indigenous Peoples’ Day

By Ellah Foster

The week started off with a hybrid celebration where community members gathered to discuss the significance of Indigenous People's Day and their plans.

October 18, 2021

Pass/No Pass No Longer an Option for Major Requirement Courses

By Ellah Foster

With UC campuses returning to in-person instruction this fall, the grading flexibilities installed under remote instruction are now being removed. 

October 18, 2021

Design Review Committee Reviews Details on Munger Hall

By Asumi Shuda

The bedrooms without windows will have a “fresh air supply” coming in and  “virtual windows that simulate daylight.”

October 16, 2021

UC Student-Worker Union Hosts Student Labor Organizing Conference

By Kellan Gilroy

The labor conference featured workshops from AFSCME 3299 members and interns on how to organize on campus.

October 15, 2021

UCSB Terminates Adjunct Faculty Member, Then Asks Him To Continue Teaching a Seminar Pro-Bono

By Atmika Iyer

Following his termination, Interim Dean Mary Hancock requested adjunct faculty member and local emergency physician Jason Prystowsky continue teaching the seminar pro-bono.

October 15, 2021

Students Discuss the Correct Usage of Hispanic, Latino/a and Latinx

By Pricila Flores

Ethnicity labels, such as Latino, Latinx and Hispanic, are a topic of discussion amongst people in various ethnic groups as the language changes. 

October 14, 2021

Julián Castro Speaks Against Texas Abortion Law at UCSB Arts & Lectures

By Atmika Iyer, Holly Rusch

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 our policies, our inst...

October 14, 2021

UCSB Student Dies on Sigma Nu Trip; Fraternity Suspended for Holding “Unsanctioned Event”

By Holly Rusch, Atmika Iyer

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.

October 14, 2021

UC-AFT Lecturers Holds Informational Pickets Across UC Campuses for Better Job Security and Pay

By Mark Alfred, Holly Rusch, Atmika Iyer

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.

October 12, 2021

UCPD Issues Timely Warning for Oct. 9 Aggravated Sexual Assault

By Atmika Iyer

According to the timely warning, multiple individuals prevented the survivor from leaving a room, took her phone and gave her an unknown beverage.

October 12, 2021

Assistant Professor and Researcher Earns Harold J. Plous Award

By Melea Maglalang

The Harold J. Plous award is the highest honor a junior faculty member at UCSB can receive from the College of Letters and Science, recognizing awardees for outstanding performance and promise. 

October 11, 2021

UCSB Student Esmeralda Quintero-Cubillan Holds EVPSA, UCSA and RA Positions

By Holly Rusch

As Quintero-Cubillan recounts, their basic needs advocacy work as a senator and as EVPSA was and is not just political, but extremely personal.

October 9, 2021

Oldest University Center Food Vendor Celebrates 30 Years

By Skylar Moore

Now, 30 years later, Gaum’s stand is a cherished member of the Arbor, bringing business, success and lasting memories. 

October 7, 2021

UCPD Issues Two Timely Warnings Back-to-Back

By Atmika Iyer

Neither one of the survivors currently wishes to press charges, however, UCPD will keep the investigations open in the case that a survivor decides to press charges.