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January 10, 2022

RCSGD Leads Walk Through Campus in Observance of World AIDS Day

By Yiu-On Li

The event aimed to raise awareness of and stand in solidarity with people living with human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

January 8, 2022

UCSB Gives Instructors Discretion Over Holding Classes In-Person or Remotely For Last Two Weeks of January

By Atmika Iyer

UCSB is the only UC school to not fully extend remote learning through Jan. 28.

January 7, 2022

Some UC Campuses Extend Remote Learning Period; UCSB Still To Return on Jan. 18 While COVID-19 Cases Peak for University

By Atmika Iyer

UC Santa Barbara is yet to make any such announcement about extending its remote learning period.

January 2, 2022

UCSB Students, Faculty, Community Demand Action at Climate Rally

By Yiu-On Li

The organizers timed the event to coincide with the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland.

January 2, 2022

UCSB Hosts 44th Annual Turkey Trot

By Yiu-On Li

More than 200 participants walked, jogged and ran through courses that snaked along and through the UCSB Lagoon, Del Playa Drive and the Devereux Lagoon.

December 29, 2021

Public Health Identifies First Few Confirmed Cases of Omicron Variant in Santa Barbara County

By Atmika Iyer

Though one among the four confirmed cases received the first two doses of the Pfizer vaccine, the other three did not have vaccine records in the California Immunization Registry.

December 21, 2021

UCSB Announces Remote Learning for First Two Weeks of Winter Quarter

By Holly Rusch, Atmika Iyer

Current plans indicate that UC schools will remain online till Jan. 17, 2022, though that plan may change depending on the spread of COVID-19.

December 14, 2021

Santa Barbara County Urges People To Avoid Oceans and Creeks After Heavy Rain

By Holly Rusch

Untreated rainwater — known as storm water — is currently flowing through Santa Barbara’s drainage system into oceans, creeks and other waterways and can be potentially hazardous.

December 14, 2021

University of California Recognizes Student Researcher Union

By Holly Rusch

The acknowledgement comes after a bevy of legislative backing for the union, including 49 members of the California State Assembly and 30 members of California’s congressional delegation.

December 8, 2021

City of Goleta Pursues Litigation Against UCSB, University Maintains No Wrongdoing

By Atmika Iyer

Since the City of Goleta originally announced its intent of litigation, the university still has not seen the lawsuit.

December 8, 2021

Student Researchers Union Votes to Authorize Strike, Union Members Optimistic for Negotiations

By Holly Rusch, Sindhu Ananthavel

Rebecca Martin, an organizer with SRU-UAW and a first-year electrical and computer engineering doctoral student, said that the union is currently in a state of determining “strike-readiness.”

December 7, 2021

CAPS Overwhelmed With Students Requests, Students Struggle To Get Services

By Holly Rusch

This fall quarter, C.A.P.S. is booking intakes approximately two months after that initial brief assessment because of an increased student demand for C.A.P.S. services and the limited availability of community providers...

December 6, 2021

Nexus Explained: Long Range Development Plan, Ocean Road Housing and Munger Hall Housing

By Atmika Iyer, Holly Rusch

The following article is an explanation of the Long Range Development Plan, the Ocean Road faculty and staff housing project and the Munger Hall student housing project.

December 5, 2021

Texas Court Ruling Puts Future of DACA Program in Jeopardy

By Nisha Malley

An estimated 4,000 undocumented students are enrolled across UC campuses, according to 2020 data.

December 3, 2021

DLG Late Night Cancelled Post-Pandemic

By Yiu-On Li, Josie Hurwitz

Collin Hill, a chef in the salad department at DLG, explained that there used to be two full-time cooks involved in the late-night shift who now help with the dinner shift instead.