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April 16, 2020

Melissa Perez for Student Advocate General

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

The Daily Nexus endorses Melissa Perez to serve as the next student advocate general.

April 16, 2020

Alia Reynolds for External Vice President for Statewide Affairs

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

The Daily Nexus endorses Alia Reynolds for the position of EVPSA.

April 16, 2020

Tianna White for Internal Vice President

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

The Daily Nexus endorses Tianna White for internal vice president.

April 13, 2020

UCSB To Conduct Summer Sessions A, C, D and E Through Remote Instruction, No Decision Made On Later Sessions Yet

By Sanya Kamidi

Some summer courses are traditionally held online each summer, but with the transition to fully remote instruction, courses designed to be taught in-person will now have to be adjusted to online as well.

April 11, 2020

A Recreational Cannabis Shop in I.V.? It’s Closer Than You Think

By Max Abrams

Santa Barbara County will award one recreational dispensary license to the top applicant in each of the county’s six “community plan areas,” including Isla Vista.

April 10, 2020

A.S. Senate Allocates $80,000 to Student Relief Groups To Support Those Affected by Coronavirus

By Jackson Guilfoil

Both organizations provide financial relief to students through various means and can use the total $80,000 to help students experiencing financial hardship.

April 10, 2020

University of California Announces No Intention To Adjust Tuition Fees

By Holly Rusch

Tuition is set at a UC-wide level, and individual campuses do not have the authority to change it.

April 8, 2020

UCSB Minecraft Server: Building a Home Away From Home

By Melea Maglalang

Missing the usual sights of Storke Tower, the University Library and the UCen, UCSB fourth-year Charles Neumann took it upon himself to recreate the campus in a Minecraft server. 

April 7, 2020

UCSB Student Affairs Works To Transition to Online Services

By Holly Rusch

Beginning the first week of spring quarter, Student Affairs will be sending students weekly emails that either introduces them to new online services or updates them on old ones.

April 7, 2020

UCSB Student Who Returned to Campus on April 3 To Move Out of Dorm Tests Positive for Coronavirus

By Holly Rusch

The student then received the positive coronavirus test result after returning home after April 3.

April 7, 2020

Santa Barbara County Issues Stay Well at Home Order

By Aniket Mehrotra

The county order, which went into effect on Sunday at 5 p.m. and will last at least until May 4, clarifies restrictions enacted in the statewide stay-at-home-order.

April 5, 2020

As In-Person Research Goes Dormant, UCSB Researchers Explore New Methods of Work

By Arturo Martinez Rivera

Despite the shuttering of research on campus, there are still alternatives for student researchers, such as proposing ideas for future projects.

April 4, 2020

In Photos | Less Than 30 Turn Out For Deltopia 2020, Nearly All Stick to Their Homes

By Daily Nexus Photography

In the weeks leading up to the annual Deltopia, university and local officials warned students not to celebrate.

April 3, 2020

Management Company Wolfe & Associates Suffers Data Breach

By Christina Muoio

Wolfe & Associates was first notified about the data breach by the Santa Barbara Police Department on March 5.

April 3, 2020

UCEAP Suspends All Spring and Summer Study Abroad Programs

By Sanya Kamidi

It’s unclear how many students are still currently abroad, either due to travel restrictions or their personal desire to stay abroad.

April 3, 2020

UCSB Eases Pass/No Pass Grading Policies in Light of Coronavirus Impact

By Jackson Guilfoil

Students normally have to decide to have their classes graded P/NP by week seven but can now make the switch anytime up until June 5, the last day of spring quarter instruction.