News

January 21, 2020

UC Regents Postpone Tuition Vote After Students Raise Concerns

By Evelyn Spence

The UC Regents will discuss two different potential models of tuition hikes at its Wednesday meeting.

January 20, 2020

UCSB’s Mental Health Task Force Launches New Website for Student Well-Being

By Amelia Buckley

UC Santa Barbara’s Mental Health Task Force launched its new Student Wellbeing Website — a place for students to access resources and support for their mental health and well-being.

January 20, 2020

Students and Faculty Focus on Challenges Facing UCR During Search for UC President

By Heather Carr

While the UCR speakers raised similar issues as those at UCLA, many statements addressed challenges facing the campus specifically.

January 18, 2020

C.A.B. Gives Students Opportunity to Volunteer Countrywide

By Arturo Martinez Rivera

C.A.B.’s free week-long volunteer trips are held during winter and spring break, and the group also holds a weekend trip during spring quarter.

January 17, 2020

UCSB Community Holds Vigil To Mourn Lives Lost in Ukranian Plane Crash

By Katherine Swartz, Max Abrams

Attendees gathered under the A.S. Annex on Thursday afternoon, using poetry and candles to mourn the 176 lives lost when a Ukranian passenger jet was shot down in Iran on Jan. 8.

January 16, 2020

In Photos | UCSB Students Mourn Victims of Iran Plane Crash

By Daily Nexus Photography

UCSB students came together on Thursday to mourn the 176 lives lost in the Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 plane crash.

January 16, 2020

C.A.P.S. First Annual Report Shows 57% Increase in Total Visits Over Five Years

By Arturo Martinez Rivera

UC Santa Barbara’s Counseling & Psychological Services compiled its first ever annual report containing details regarding clinical and student statistics.

January 16, 2020

Downvote the Old, Upvote the New: r/UCSantaBarbara Grows in Community Members

By KJ Clay

In the last eight years, the number of submissions to the page has grown by nearly 500%.

January 16, 2020

“The UC should strive for better”: Students, Faculty and Stakeholders Share Suggestions for the Next UC President at UCLA Public Forum

By Yiu-On Li

Students, faculty and UC system stakeholders sharing their advice, ideas and hopes for the type of president they would like to see next.

January 16, 2020

This Week in UC News 1/9 – 1/16

By Staff Report

Showcasing the top stories of the week from other UC student newspapers

January 16, 2020

Isla Vista Beautification Program Provides Work for Local Houseless People

By Jackson Guilfoil

Part of Ron Moomey’s transition out of houselessness came from a job with the SeeClickFix program in I.V. called Isla Vista Beautiful. 

January 16, 2020

A.S. Senate Proposes New International Senator Seat

By Max Abrams

The A.S. Senate introduced a new bill that would add an international student senator seat, the first of its kind within Associated Students. 

January 16, 2020

How Isla Vista Businesses Survive the Long Winter

By Chloe Kimmel

Running an Isla Vista storefront is not all lattes and catchy names — businesses can be forced to hibernate for long stretches at a time when UC Santa Barbara is not in session.

January 14, 2020

Intersectional Feminists Releases Demands to University, Local Fraternities

By Sanya Kamidi

The demands were put together from over 1,000 survey responses from a Google form the organization first released during the demonstration.

January 9, 2020

First Female Chancellor of UCSB and Within the UC System, Barbara Uehling Charlton, Passes Away at 87

By Arturo Martinez Rivera

She passed away at the age of 87 on Jan. 2 due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease, her obituary read.

January 9, 2020

Isla Vista Restorative Justice Program Enrollment “Right On Track,” Deputy Says

By Evelyn Spence

The program, aimed at curbing the number of citations issued in Isla Vista, allows residents who have violated one of three ordinances the chance to wipe the violations from their permanent record.