News

November 6, 2025

Library holds Día de los Muertos ofrenda presentation

By Kyla Chambers

The UC Santa Barbara Library presented a display of ofrendas, traditional altars set up to honor the deceased, created by students and staff on Oct. 29.

November 6, 2025

Campus contends with budget reductions

By Michelle Cisneros, Jack Dindia

Former Chancellor Henry T. Yang announced that departments would face permanent budget reductions, although the full effects of the reductions are unclear. 

November 6, 2025

Analyzing one year of diversity statements on department websites

By Michelle Cisneros, Krithi Saravanan

The Nexus looked at over 70 department, program and service websites to see if their diversity statements have changed since the onset of President Trump's second term in office.

November 5, 2025

Vista Point: Weekly goings-on in, around Isla Vista

By Jack Dindia

ONDAS Student Center hosts "Matcha on my Mind: Exploring the First-Gen Identity" and Health & Wellness hosts "Build a Fruit Cup"

November 5, 2025

Senate passes $20,000 in funding toward Library Late Night Study, proposes S.N.A.P. alternatives

By Wynne Bendell

The A.S. Senate passed funding to partially reinstate the Library’s Late Night Study hours and discussed additional programs for students losing SNAP benefits. 

November 5, 2025

A week in UC student news

By Michelle Cisneros

UC continues to grapple with federal budget cuts, UC Berkeley extended housing guarantee and Pasadena sued UCLA for allegedly relocating football games.

November 5, 2025

Ezra Klein talks ‘failures’ of the Democratic party, proposes strategies to take back power

By Wynne Bendell, Levi Kauffman

Political commentator, journalist and author Ezra Klein spoke at the Arlington Theatre to a crowd of over 2,000 UC Santa Barbara students and community members.

November 5, 2025

Campus supplements S.N.A.P. benefits

By Iris Guo

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are delayed until further notice. There are several campus resources for students facing food insecurity.

November 5, 2025

Board of Supervisors denies permit transfer to Sable

By Jack Dindia, Iris Guo

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors denied the transfer of county permits for the Las Flores Pipeline from ExxonMobil to Sable Offshore in a 4-1 vote on Nov. 4.

November 4, 2025

Students react: Proposition 50

By Jack Dindia

With the Nov. 4 special election ballot, voters will decide on Proposition 50, which will change California’s congressional districts if passed.

October 31, 2025

UCSB music department brings keys to campus

By Michelle Cisneros

The Department of Music’s “Keys on Campus” program comes to campus.

October 31, 2025

UCSB groups host discussion on militarism and climate change

By Maggie McGair

The Bren Environmental Justice Club, UCSB Researchers Against War and Veterans for Peace discussed the U.S. military industrial complex and climate crisis.

October 31, 2025

Hindu YUVA hosts Diwali celebration on campus

By Sahasra Nistala

The UC Santa Barbara chapter of Hindu YUVA hosted a Diwali celebration on Oct. 23, a day after the completion of the holiday’s five-day festival. 

October 31, 2025

IVTU offers resources for student tenants in I.V.

By Jack Dindia

The Isla Vista Tenants Union provides housing-related services, such as educating tenants on their rights, to students who are Isla Vista residents. 

October 31, 2025

American Indian and Indigenous Collective creates community spaces and resources

By Iris Guo

At the American Indian and Indigenous Student Association Center, Indigenous or native-identifying students can find a community space and access resources.

October 31, 2025

Students bring Cachuma Café to Isla Vista

By Lucy Wellons, Noura Elkhatib

Cachuma Café is a new student-run pop-up cafe where UCSB students can have drinks such as the kulfi cold brew, tiramisu cold brew and the Cachuma sunrise.