News

May 12, 2020

President Napolitano Recommends Suspension of SAT and ACT

By Katherine Swartz

The ACT and SAT would be optional for two years, with testing requirements eliminated completely for two years after that.

May 10, 2020

UCSB Considers Hybrid-Instruction Courses for Fall Quarter 2020

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

The county confirmed Isla Vista’s first case of coronavirus on March 30. Five weeks later, it remains I.V.’s only confirmed case.

May 9, 2020

Isla Vista Youth Projects Moves Services Online, Aims To Help Families Impacted by Coronavirus

By Holly Rusch

Isla Vista Youth Projects usually provides year-round, full-day childcare, but the coronavirus pandemic has forced the group to convert its services into an online platform.

May 5, 2020

Gauchospace Sees Increased Visits, New Challenges Amid Remote Instruction Transition

By Jackson Guilfoil

Professors, teaching assistants and students are in the midst of cramming a quarter’s worth of normally in-person courses into GauchoSpace’s online platform.

May 5, 2020

All Summer Sessions To Be Conducted Remotely, University Announces

By Max Abrams

The university has yet to announce a decision about the status of fall quarter instruction.

May 4, 2020

The Furry Faces Behind UCSB’s Pet Community

By Alexandra Leal Silva

The job of running an Instagram dedicated to a pet may seem easy, but there’s always “the pressure for everything to look nice, have a defined ‘aesthetic’ and post frequently.”

May 3, 2020

UCSB Information Technology Will Pilot Student Internship Program in Summer 2020

By Yiu-On Li

The internships will focus students on UCSB-wide development and implementation of Salesforce, JupyterHub, data, cloud, library and web services.

May 2, 2020

UC Davis Student Sues the UC Over Spring-Term Student Fees in Class-Action Lawsuit

By Max Abrams

Students who have paid “any fees” to the UC for this spring term are included in the lawsuit and will have their student fees reimbursed if the court sides with the plaintiff.

May 1, 2020

UCSB Teaching Assistants End Wildcat Strike, Submit Withheld Winter Quarter Grades

By Katherine Swartz

UCSB graduate students were the last of any UC campus to continue withholding grades.

April 30, 2020

The Elephant in the Zoom: How Student Orgs Are Adapting to Virtual Member Engagement

By Michelle Lee

According to the Office of Student Life, there are currently 366 registered campus organizations at UCSB, many of whom are attempting to transfer their membership services online.

April 29, 2020

UC Santa Cruz COLA Strikers To Submit Withheld Fall and Winter Grades

By Katherine Swartz

Around 80 UCSC graduate students who were dismissed from their spring TA positions are still without work.

April 28, 2020

Goleta City Council Votes To Provide Library Services in Isla Vista

By Arturo Martinez Rivera

The chosen option for a hybrid-style library includes multiple pop-up services, such as book vending machines, book drops, pop-up libraries and a cargo van.

April 26, 2020

Sixth UCPD Lawsuit Filed Against Department, Alleging Sexual Harassment

By Evelyn Spence

In the sixth lawsuit, filed in February, former officer Amanda Siegel levies accusations against current UC Police Department Officer Michael Little and Sergeant Gregory Smorodinsky.

April 25, 2020

As Students Disappear From Campus and I.V., So Do Their Jobs

By Max Abrams

For many student employees who send money home or juggle multiple jobs to pay their way through college, paid administrative leave or remote work study isn’t enough.

April 24, 2020

CU Maintains Senate Majority, Executive Branch Splits Even

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe, Max Abrams, Katherine Swartz, Holly Rusch

For the first time, both the Associated Students election campaigning and results night took place remotely as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the shift to remote instruction.