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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.

December 3, 2021

Uncertainty and Stress Is the Norm for Hundreds of Students Living in Hotels

By Mark Alfred, Yiu-On Li, Kyra Schimpf, Melea Maglalang

280 students are currently residing in hotels as a result of the ongoing housing shortage.

December 2, 2021

UC Eliminates Testing Requirement in Admissions

By Sindhu Ananthavel

All other admissions criteria will remain, following the dropping of the test requirement.

December 2, 2021

UCSB Alumnus, IVCSD General Manager Runs for State Assembly in 2022

By Atmika Iyer

The UC Santa Barbara 2014 alumnus is centering his campaign around education, housing, childcare and climate change. Presently, he's the first to announce his candidacy.

December 2, 2021

Nexus News Team Introduces Community Outreach Beat

By Sindhu Ananthavel, Asumi Shuda

In an effort to expand our coverage and more accurately represent our community, we are creating a new community outreach beat within the news section beginning Winter Quarter 2022.

December 2, 2021

IVCSD Presents Alternative Deltopia for the First Time

By Asumi Shuda

Now, with spring quarter fast approaching, IVCSD reconvened its Spring Festival Ad Hoc Committee this year to plan for this alternative event in 2022.