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August 24, 2019

Honors for Who? A Look Into Diversity in UCSB’s Honors Program

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

Almost half of the 1,713 students in the honors program in 2018-19 school year identified as white, despite white students making up only about 30% of the total student body. 

August 20, 2019

Orientation for Spanish-Speaking Parents of Incoming Students Celebrates Inaugural Summer

By Madeline Thompson

The transition to college can be especially hard for first-generation students and their parents if they have no experience with universities, Medina emphasized.

August 13, 2019

“Power Is Found In The Community”: Santa Barbara Gathers at Vigil for Mass Shootings

By Alex Bumpers

Over fifty members of the Santa Barbara community convened downtown last Monday evening to mourn those who were killed in the mass shootings in Dayton, El Paso and Gilroy.

August 12, 2019

UCPD Cases To Be Stalled in Court For Six Months As UCSB Completes Internal Investigations

By Sanya Kamidi

The lawsuits allege wide misconduct within the police department, retaliation for reporting said misconduct and violations of the California Whistleblower Protection Act.

August 10, 2019

Timely Warning Issued for Assault on Campus-Adjacent Property

By Katherine Swartz

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is currently searching for the suspect.

August 5, 2019

Former UC Graduate Student Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Regents, Claiming Lack of Due Process in Title IX Proceedings

By Sanya Kamidi

The student is suing on his own behalf as well as on behalf of all other UC students who were disciplined under several different sexual harassment and sexual violence policies.

August 3, 2019

UCSB Files Suits Against Amazon, Target and Others Over Alleged Exploitation of Intellectual Property

By Max Abrams

The documents credit three full-time UCSB professors with inventing the patents: James “Jim” Speck, Steven DenBaars and Shuji Nakamura.

August 3, 2019

UC Announces Tentative Agreement With UPTE for Two New 5-Year Contracts

By Max Abrams

If ratified, the two contracts would be valid until fall 2024. 

July 30, 2019

UC Regents Discuss Implementing Fixed Tuition Plan

By William Daniel

According to Regent Lark Park, the issue came down to, “How do we fund the university we want?”

July 29, 2019

Freshman Summer Start Program Expands to San Miguel Residence Hall

By Katherine Swartz

Students in FSSP have historically lived in San Nicolas Hall, and in recent years, have stayed in that hall for their entire first year. 

July 27, 2019

Anthropology Professor Celebrates 32nd Consecutive Summer Traveling Across the World to Teach at UCSB

By Alex Bumpers

Kundu’s first official quarter teaching at UCSB was the winter of 1988. He hasn’t stopped since.

July 26, 2019

UCSB Admission Rate Drops to 29.7%

By Madeline Thompson

Out of a pool of 176,695 applicants, 108,178 students were admitted as incoming freshmen across the nine UC campuses.

July 22, 2019

Students Condemn UC and Chancellor Yang’s Involvement in Thirty Meter Telescope, Express Support for Native Hawaiians

By Max Abrams

Yang is the chair of the telescope's board of governors, a position he has held since 2007.

July 18, 2019

Two Women Report Incidents of Fondling at Portola

By Evelyn Spence

The suspect is approximately 6 feet tall, has a “thinner build,” brown hair and was wearing a blue jacket at the time of the second incident. 

July 9, 2019

Water Rescue Called In For Drunk Rafters, Aborted Shortly After Group Tows Themselves In

By Sanya Kamidi

The individuals had been out in the ocean for approximately fifteen minutes before the water rescue was called in.

July 5, 2019

New Initiative Aims To Address Basic Needs and College Affordability through Marijuana Cultivation Tax

By Max Abrams

UCSB students have rallied behind a new initiative calling for the redirection of a year-old cultivation tax, asking that the money collected from the tax be used to address college affordability.