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November 21, 2021

UCSB Faces Community Backlash for Munger Hall Design

By Atmika Iyer

Billionaire Charles Munger and the university received criticism from local architects and UCSB students and faculty due to both a lack of consultation for the design and the design of Munger Hall.

November 21, 2021

SASA Town Hall Discusses Timely Warning System, Frustration With Administration

By Holly Rusch

SASA requested that for future timely warnings — along with including trigger warnings in the headline and email body as well as fewer details of the assault — clearer locations be provided.

November 19, 2021

Indus and Dhadkan Co-Host Dandiya Diwali Celebration on Campus

By Shruthi Vasudevan

The evening began with the traditional puja — a worship ritual conducted with prayers to Hindu deities. The puja was followed by dinner, catered from local Indian restaurant Masala Spice.

November 19, 2021

Women’s Center Presents “Black Aesthetics: Representing Relations of Bodies, Land and Ecologies”

By Melea Maglalang

The lecture explored the representation of Black and Indigenous peoples in relation to physical landscapes in North America.

November 19, 2021

Historian Annette Gordon-Reed Speaks About the History of Race and School Segregation in Texas

By Nisha Malley

The Pulitzer Prizing-winning author promoted her latest book about the historical significance of Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating slave emancipation in the United States.

November 18, 2021

A.S. Holds Housing Town Hall; University Announces Intent To Extend Hotel Contracts

By Mark Alfred, Kyra Schimpf

During the meeting, administration heard out student concerns and announced their decision to extend university housing contracts

November 18, 2021

UCSB Closes Linda Vista COVID-19 Testing Location; Plans To Implement New Testing System

By Atmika Iyer

The only testing site now available to students is the Loma Pelona Center.

November 18, 2021

IVRPD and I.V. Community Reimagine Pardall Gardens

By Melea Maglalang

A public survey conducted by the IVRPD identified Pardall Gardens as a community priority for renovations.

November 18, 2021

Gaucho Underground Scholars Host Formerly Incarcerated Student Day

By Emelie Risha

The event included a tour of UC Santa Barbara with an emphasis on sites of activism, followed by lunch, a reentry resource fair and a ceremony honoring the ambassadors of the year.

November 18, 2021

Ali Guajardo, Eclasia Wesley, Kayla Martensen and Levette Morales Analyze The Criminalization of BIPOC Youth in Foster Care at MCC Event

By Andrea Johnson Reporter

The event was moderated by Isabella Restrepo who hosted four panelists who discussed their relationship with the foster system as social workers, former foster youth or both.

November 16, 2021

University of California Lecturers Set To Strike This Week After Historic Vote Passes

By Mark Alfred

UC-AFT will strike over the UC’s refusal to bargain over an updated parental leave policy and failure to participate in statutory impasse procedures in good faith.

November 12, 2021

UCSB Creates Munger Mock-up in Local Warehouse

By Atmika Iyer

The Nexus acquired photos of the university’s Munger mock-up through an anonymous source.

November 10, 2021

UC Lecturers Union To Hold Strike Authorization Vote Over Alleged Unfair Labor Practices Committed by the University of California

By Mark Alfred

UC-AFT said there are two specific unfair labor practices that the union would strike over: refusal to negotiate over the UC parental leave policy and an unfair time constraint included in a UC contract offer.

November 10, 2021

CU Boulder Historian Gives Virtual Lecture on Community Engagement and Accountability

By Yiu-On Li

Patricia Limerick discussed how collaboration between humanities and S.T.E.M. majors inside and outside of the classroom can move the world forward.

November 8, 2021

UCSB Students Advocate for Campus Grocery Shuttle

By Kyra Schimpf

The prospective program is still in its initial planning phase, and the project’s group is still looking for insight into student perspectives on a grocery shuttle service.