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May 13, 2018

IVRPD Appoints New Board Member for Seven-Month Term

By Maura Fox

The Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District appointed a new member to the board of directors at Thursday’s meeting after a nine-week long position vacancy.

May 10, 2018

Annual Juggling Festival Returns to I.V.

By Anyi Cheng

Profits from the festival will be donated to the Standing Together to End Sexual Assault (STESA) organization, formerly named Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center.

May 10, 2018

Isla Vistans Would Pay $30 a Year for New Tax Promising to Fund I.V. Services

By Jose Ochoa

The Isla Vista Community Services District estimates a proposed tax, which will come to a vote this June, will generate approximately $702,444 in annual revenue for the district and cost I.V. residents an additional $30....

May 10, 2018

20-25 Reported Rapes in Isla Vista Over 3-Year Period, CSD Report Finds

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

The Isla Vista Community Services District introduced a preliminary report on Tuesday detailing sexual assault and misconduct cases on campus and in Isla Vista since 2013.

May 10, 2018

C.A.P.S. Director Explains Lack of Long-Term Counseling

By Katie Wolf

UC Santa Barbara’s Counseling and Psychological Services does not offer long-term counseling because its staff limitations and budget do not currently allow it, according to Clinical Director Turi Honegger.

May 10, 2018

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May 10, 2018

Cannabis Measure Receives CSD Endorsement

By Evelyn Spence

The Isla Vista Community Services District voted on Tuesday to endorse Measure T, which would allow the county to tax cannabis operations within unincorporated areas of the county, including I.V.

May 10, 2018

AFSCME Strike Comes to an End, A.S. Passes Resolution in Support

By Evelyn Spence

The Associated Students Senate passed a resolution during a meeting Wednesday night expressing support for the UC workers union’s three-day strike.

May 7, 2018

AFSCME Begins Strike, Draws Over 200 Supporters at UCSB

By Evelyn Spence, Sanya Kamidi, Vianna Mabanag, Luke Dorsey

Workers from all 10 UC campuses plan to strike from May 7 to May 9. Participants on UCSB’s campus will strike from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. during these days.

May 7, 2018

Student Organizers Move to Pass Prop 68, Which Would Fund I.V. Parks

By Katie Wolf

The legislation will be used to combat the negative effects of California’s natural disasters, according to IVRPD chairman Jacob Lebell.

May 6, 2018

Tenant-Landlord Mediation Program Comes to I.V.

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

The tenant landlord mediation services will foster better relationships between tenants and landlords in I.V., according to Jonathan Abboud, I.V. CSD manager.

May 6, 2018

UCSB Will Switch From U-mail to Gmail

By Victoria Gurrola

Students will see no significant change to their emails other than the fact that they will be logging into Gmail instead of Office 365.

May 4, 2018

Hot Pot Restaurant to Open in Isla Vista by End of May

By Shomik Mukherjee

A Chinese personal hot pot restaurant will open in the next few weeks on the Embarcadero Loop in Isla Vista, the owner confirmed Wednesday.

May 3, 2018

Structure Fire on Del Playa Drive

By Evelyn Spence

Santa Barbara Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 6767 Del Playa Drive in Isla Vista on Thursday night.

May 3, 2018

A.S. Elections Sees Increase In Voter Turnout

By Evelyn Spence, Hayley Tice

Almost 40 percent of the UC Santa Barbara student body voted in the Associated Students Elections on April 26, the highest voter turnout since the 2014 spring quarter election.

May 2, 2018

“Intersectionality” Founder Kimberlé Crenshaw Graces Campbell Hall

By Sean White

Last Wednesday, April 25, attendees at Campbell Hall heard the words of Kimberlé Crenshaw, who popularized the concept of “intersectionality” nearly three decades ago.