News

October 15, 2019

Center Dedicated to Helping Victims of Sexual Violence Opens in Isla Vista

By Jackson Guilfoil

STESA will pay exactly one dollar in rent a year to the I.V. CSD, which is allowing them to use space in a building owned by Santa Barbara County.

October 15, 2019

50 Years In the Making: Isla Vista Community Center Celebrates Soft Opening

By Jackson Guilfoil

Efforts to open the center began in the 1970s, when the building that now houses the Isla Vista Clinic was sold, prompting activists to seek a new space.

October 14, 2019

Timely Warning Issued for North Campus Faculty Housing Burglaries

By Max Abrams

The burglaries took place sometime between the evening of Oct. 11 and the morning of Oct. 12.

October 14, 2019

In Photos | Pardall Carnival & Meet Your Neighbors Day

By Daily Nexus Photography

Nexus photographers captured photos of the festival fun.

October 11, 2019

Gov. Newsom Signs “Abortion Pill” Bill Into Law

By Sanya Kamidi

A similar bill, Senate Bill 320, made it through the California State Assembly and Senate last year before it was vetoed by former Gov. Jerry Brown.

October 11, 2019

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Encouraging Voter Turnout & Education Into Law

By Alexandra Leal Silva

The bill aims to enhance voter registration by directing campuses to hire civic and voter empowerment coordinators to develop a civic and voter empowerment action plan.

October 11, 2019

Gov. Newsom Signs New Senate Bill to End UC’s “Wage Theft” Exemption

By Max Abrams

The bill mandates that the UC pay its nearly 140,000 employees on their regularly scheduled payday.

October 10, 2019

“She doesn’t know that she’s a sea lion and she doesn’t know where she is”: Unhealthy Sea Lion Spotted on I.V. Beaches

By Katherine Swartz

As Rogers would soon discover, the sea lion was seen in multiple places across the Isla Vista beaches over the weekend and was showing signs of domoic acid toxicosis.

October 10, 2019

RCSGD Launches Second Annual Out List

By Sanya Kamidi

The list launches this Friday, Oct. 11, on National Coming Out Day.

October 10, 2019

Memes and Self-Deprecation: A UCSB Professor’s Key to the Belly Laugh

By Max Abrams

Bob Kennedy — a linguistics lecturer at UCSB — first dipped his toes in the university’s meme scene years ago, when he began posting on a now-defunct Facebook group.

October 10, 2019

Fourth Mountain Lion Sighting Spooks Students

By Evelyn Spence

The school has sent out a number of warnings over the past few weeks about mountain lion sightings.

October 10, 2019

I.V. CSD Considers Turning Deltopia Into a Sanctioned Festival

By Arturo Martinez Rivera

The Isla Vista Community Services District discussed a proposal from Lucidity Festivals to turn Deltopia into a more controlled community celebration and festival.