News

July 2, 2019

UCSB Teaching Assistant Under Fire From Colleagues, Students for Transphobic Tweets

By Evelyn Spence

The Twitter account, which features the T.A.'s photograph and name, contains hundreds of tweets and retweets espousing transphobic views.

June 29, 2019

CSD Discusses Possibility of Bookmobile, Library Branch in I.V.

By Arturo Martinez Rivera

The discussion stems from a larger public assessment of library needs the Goleta Valley Library is currently conducting.

June 28, 2019

UC Gains $4 Million in Funding for Summer Financial Aid

By Sanya Kamidi

Students who qualify can use the additional aid beginning this Summer Session A.

June 28, 2019

Campus Point 2.0: New Coffee Shop to Replace Coffee Collab

By Sanya Kamidi

Nelson’s vision for Campus Point Coffee is simple: He wants Isla Vistans to use the space as a place to come together.

June 27, 2019

Two MCC Bathrooms To be Converted To All-Gender

By Sanya Kamidi

Gary Lawrence, director of the University Center, said he hopes to have the signs installed by July 15.

June 26, 2019

iV Menus Owner Trial Postponed To December

By Sanya Kamidi

December will mark two years since Galoustian was first arrested in I.V. on three felony charges of rape.

June 25, 2019

2019-2020 A.S. Executives: A Look Ahead

By Evelyn Spence, Sanya Kamidi, Max Abrams, Arturo Martinez Rivera, Katherine Swartz

The Nexus sat down with the five executives and asked them to speak about their plans for the upcoming year.

June 22, 2019

UC Announces New Measures to Fortify Admissions Process

By Max Abrams

UC’s decision to reform its admission process arrives roughly three months after several universities across the U.S. were accused of using unfair backdoor methods to admit students.

June 20, 2019

Promise Scholars Program Sees First Graduating Class

By Sanya Kamidi

The program, the first of its kind in the nation, strives to give low-income students resources and guidance to help them graduate in four years with minimal debt.

June 20, 2019

Police Arrest Three Suspects for Burglary in I.V. During UCSB Graduation Weekend

By Evelyn Spence

As of Sunday night, police tied together four burglaries that happened in I.V. over the course of the weekend, according to SBSO Sergeant Jarom Kemp.

June 15, 2019

Firefighters Respond to Three Fires in I.V. Early Saturday Morning

By Evelyn Spence

The fire was put out by 12:38 a.m.

June 11, 2019

Student Regents: How Representative Are They of the UC?

By Sanya Kamidi

An overwhelming proportion of the student regents have come from UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Davis.

June 6, 2019

Spotlight Shines on Different Stages: Campus Groups Host Alternative Graduations

By Sanya Kamidi, Evelyn Spence

The majority of the alternative graduation ceremonies will be held in the next two weeks.

June 6, 2019

LGBTQIA+ Vignettes: Class of 2019

By Daily Nexus Staff

The Nexus hopes to provide a platform — in this issue and in future ones — for LGBTQIA+ students at UCSB to share their lived realities on this campus.

June 6, 2019

Pay-What-You-Can Photography Event Inspires Other Students To Give Back

By Sanya Kamidi

It was the desire to strike a good balance between paying artists for their art and making grad photos as accessible as possible that led Kiyomi Morrison to create the event.