News

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.

December 1, 2021

Man Commits Murder-Suicide at Calle Real Best Western, a Hotel Housing UCSB Students

By Atmika Iyer

The university is aware of the shooting and has reached out to the students living at the hotel to understand how they were impacted by the shooting.

December 1, 2021

Vista Point: Weekly Goings-On in Isla Vista

By Holly Rusch, Atmika Iyer

This week’s Vista Point includes events happening throughout December because this will be the last print edition of Fall Quarter 2021.

November 28, 2021

RCSGD Vigil for Trans Day of Remembrance Mourns Deaths From Transphobic Violence

By Nisha Malley

The event marked the university’s first on-campus event dedicated to Trans Day of Remembrance.

November 26, 2021

IVCSD Holds Transportation Town Hall to Improve Mobility in I.V.

By Kyra Schimpf, Daelyn Einhorn

In approximately a year, the board plans to complete its proposal for improving transportation in Isla Vista and present it to the community for input.