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May 24, 2018

All Newly-Elected A.S. Senators Sworn In, Meeting Ends With Full Agenda Unaddressed

By Evelyn Spence, Sanya Kamidi

The meeting ended just after 5:30 p.m. with more than a quarter of the agenda left unaddressed.

May 24, 2018

Journalism Certificate Program Comes to UCSB

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

A journalism certificate program will be available for students at UC Santa Barbara beginning Fall Quarter 2018, which would allow students to take courses specific to journalism that are taught by trained professionals.

May 24, 2018

Backpacks Memorialize Victims of Mass School Shootings Across U.S.

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

Four years after the UC Santa Barbara and Isla Vista community lost six of its members on May 23, 2014, the community continues to honor their lives and reminds its members of the importance of healing and coping with tr...

May 22, 2018

BREAKING: Special Election for EVPSA Will Be Held Fall Quarter

By Evelyn Spence

Currently “appeals” are in place, according to the minutes, although specifications regarding Morales’ disqualification were not discussed during Monday’s meeting.

May 22, 2018

Second-Year UCSB Student Reported Missing Monday Morning, Later Found Deceased

By Evelyn Spence

A missing persons report was filed for Wang around 9:40 a.m. on Monday morning, according to Charlene Wu, one of Wang’s current housemates in Manzanita Village.

May 21, 2018

On-Foot Navigation App Wins TAMID Tank

By Eric Moon

TAMID held their first TAMID Tank May 9 in the Corwin Pavilion, which had a similar format to that of the ABC television show, “Shark Tank.”

May 17, 2018

Senate Fails to Vote on Divestment After Senators Walk Out of Meeting

By Shomik Mukherjee, Simren Verma

The controversial “divestment” resolution was brought to the table for the fifth time in six years on Wednesday, but 12 senators and proxies didn’t return to the over 10-hour-long meeting after a brief recess.

May 17, 2018

Term in Review: A.S. President Hieu Le

By Evelyn Spence

Former A.S. President Hieu Le did many notable things during his time in office, and he reflects on those events here.

May 17, 2018

Term in Review: IVP Jasmine Sandhu

By Sanya Kamidi, Phi Do

Former IVP Jasmine Sandhu reflects on her time in office.

May 17, 2018

Term in Review: S.A.G. Jack Tannenbaum

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

Former S.A.G. Jack Tannenbaum helped develop the new position during the 2017-2018 school year.

May 17, 2018

Term in Review: EVPSA Kristin Hsu

By Katie Wolf

Former EVPSA Kristin Hsu remembers her time in office during the 2017-2018 school year.

May 17, 2018

Term in Review: EVPLA Batsheva Labowe-Stoll

By Simren Verma

Former EVPLA Batsheva Labowe-Stoll reflects on her time in the position.

May 16, 2018

BREAKING: EVPSA-Elect Disqualified from A.S. Public Office

By Simren Verma, Evelyn Spence

Elections Board has not yet confirmed the reason for Morales’s disqualification.

May 16, 2018

A.S. To Vote on Divestment for Fifth Time in Six Years

By Simren Verma

A similar resolution on divestment was proposed last May and failed to pass following a ten-hour discussion. This was the fourth time that a resolution relating to divestment failed to pass within the UCSB A.S. Senate in...

May 14, 2018

Sexual Battery Reported on Campus Point

By Sanya Kamidi

A woman was reportedly groped at Campus Point on Sunday morning, according to the UC Santa Barbara Police Department. The victim reported that an unfamiliar man “grabbed her buttocks” at approximately 10:20 a.m. whil...