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March 5, 2020

On-Campus Halal & Kosher Food Program Helps Students With Dietary Restrictions

By Daniel Seo

Shofet’s project, created to address halal and kosher dietary restrictions, grew into an established Halal and Kosher Program last spring.

February 28, 2020

Two Days In, UCSB COLA Wildcat Strike Draws Close to 2,000 Supporters

By Katherine Swartz

UCSB’s graduate students are from the second campus within the UC system to go on strike in the fight for a COLA.

February 28, 2020

Breaking: UCSC Dismisses 54 Graduate Students on COLA Strike for Failure to Turn In Fall Quarter 2019 Grades

By Evelyn Spence, Max Abrams

Several graduate students who received dismissal letters posted screenshots of them on social media.

February 27, 2020

A.S. Senate Passes Resolution in Support of COLA Movements and UCSC Strikers

By Max Abrams

The resolution's authors emphasized the need for undergraduate support.

February 27, 2020

Freedom Rider Bernard Lafayette Jr. Talks Civil Disobedience for the Modern Age

By Sean Crommelin

The discussion was organized by the Associated Students Program Board and marked Lafayette’s first visit to the university.

February 27, 2020

UCSB Student Advocates For the Replacement of European Traditions Requirement

By Arturo Martinez Rivera

The European Traditions requirement has been part of UC Santa Barbara’s General Education Program in some form since the 80s.

February 27, 2020

University, Organizations Discuss Voter Registration Efforts as California Primary Approaches

By Arturo Martinez Rivera, Chloe Kimmel

In I.V., registration numbers have peaked at 13,000 registered voters during presidential election years.

February 24, 2020

Breaking: UCSB Graduate Students Vote To Begin Full Strike on Thursday for Cost-of-Living Adjustment

By Katherine Swartz, Sanya Kamidi

UCSB 4 COLA is calling for a monthly amount of $1,807.51.

February 23, 2020

Graduate Students Occupy Cheadle Hall Until Midnight, Rally for COLA and University Support of UCSC Strikers

By Katherine Swartz, Sanya Kamidi

Graduate students from advocacy group UCSB 4 COLA organized the sit-in in response to a call for solidarity from UCSC graduate students.

February 21, 2020

In Photos | “UC, UC, you’re no good, pay your workers like you should”: UCSB Graduate Students Rally In Solidarity With UCSC

By Daily Nexus Photography

Live coverage of the Cheadle Hall occupation can be viewed on Twitter at @dailynexus.

February 20, 2020

Graduate Students To Occupy Cheadle Hall All Day Friday For Cost-of-Living Adjustment

By Katherine Swartz

In addition to supporting the UCSC cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) movement, UCSB graduate students are fighting for their own COLA of $1,807.51 a month. 

February 20, 2020

25 Years Later, Women’s Rights Icon Anita Hill Returns to UCSB

By Katherine Swartz, Holly Rusch

Hill did not dwell on her own experiences in the Senate Judiciary Committee and instead focused her speech on the work that still remains after the launch of the #MeToo movement.

February 20, 2020

University-Owned Housing To Be Offered to Non-UCSB Students With Local Summer Internships

By Jackson Welsh

The new initiative allows students from any college or university with a summer job or internship in the Santa Barbara area to stay in UCSB-owned housing for the summer.

February 20, 2020

Promise Scholars Program Installs Healthy Snacks, Menstrual Product Stations Around Campus

By Celeste Chavez Hernandez

The snacks and menstrual products are available to all students on campus, regardless of income. 

February 14, 2020

UCSB Students for Justice in Palestine Calls for Boycott of SB Hillel Trip To Israel and Palestine

By Sanya Kamidi

The executive director of the Santa Barbara Hillel, Rabbi Evan Goodman, has organized and led the trip for the past five years.

February 13, 2020

Interactive Campus Map Will Relaunch After University Receives Additional Funding

By Madeline Myers

The map began as a joint academic project between the geography department and other data providers on campus.