News

June 8, 2017

The Goings-On in I.V. This Week

By Staff Report

This week's Vista Point includes grad cap decorating, donation-based yoga class, free vegan food and more.

June 5, 2017

I.V. Food Co-op Takes Powerful Step With Solar Panel Installation

By Parry Dong

The Isla Vista Food Cooperative celebrated its recent solar panel installation of solar panels with a ribbon-cutting ceremony this Sunday.

June 5, 2017

A.S. Votes To Boycott Gio’s Until Management Issues Apology

By Stephany Rubio

Associated Students passed a resolution this past Wednesday to boycott Giovanni’s Pizza in Isla Vista after the restaurant staff allegedly discriminated against a Mexican customer.

June 1, 2017

Renovated Food Bank Reopens with Hopes for Refrigeration and Food Recovery

By Allison Garfield

The Associated Students (A.S.) Food Bank reopened on Wednesday after renovations started near the end of Winter Quarter.

June 1, 2017

McNair Program May Be Cut if President Trump’s Federal Budget is Approved

By Supriya Yelimeli

The McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement is a federal scholarship offered to first-generation, low-income students or those who belong to underrepresented minorities in the United States.

June 1, 2017

CSD Holds First Public Safety Town Hall Meeting

By Jose Ochoa

During the meeting, attendees raised the possibility of creating a civilian review board and improving transparency in law enforcement’s crime reporting.

June 1, 2017

Trump Budget a Threat to SB Housing and Infrastructure

By Phi Do

Santa Barbara County could lose more than a million dollars in annual federal funding following President Donald Trump’s first full budget proposal for the 2018 fiscal year.

June 1, 2017

ROTC Cadets Conquer Mount Whitney in Under 15 Hours

By Megan Mineiro

While throngs of students echoed the lyrics to Schoolboy Q’s “Collard Greens” in the sunny haze of Extravaganza, a group of Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadets were headed back to Isla Vista after acco...

June 1, 2017

Once ‘At-Risk Youth’ Dela Cruz Receives UCSB’s Highest Honor

By Josh Ortiz

Dela Cruz has served several positions in A.S., is currently completing her thesis on the history of the Ventura School for Girls and will be graduating with a bachelor's degree in history of public policy this month wit...

June 1, 2017

Vista Point: Weekly Local Freebies and Activities

By Staff Report

Issue XI of the Catalyst magazine will be launching this Thursday at Coffee Collaborative. The event will be from 6-8 p.m. Anyone can stop by to get a free copy of the Isla Vista-themed edition.

May 31, 2017

Senate To Vote on Boycotting Gio’s Pizza

By Stephany Rubio

Associated Students (A.S.) will be voting Wednesday on a resolution to boycott Giovanni’s Pizza in Isla Vista.

May 29, 2017

Career Services To Replace Gaucholink with New Jobs Database

By Victoria Gurrola

UCSB Career Services plans to replace in June its online jobs database, Gaucholink, with a new website called Handshake.

May 28, 2017

4 Suspects Arrested in Isla Vista Stabbing, Robbery

By Supriya Yelimeli

At approximately 12:50 a.m., Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) deputies responded to a report of a strong-armed robbery near the intersection of Pardall Road and Camino Pescadero.

May 27, 2017

A.S. UCSB Senators Sworn In for 2017-18 Term

By Tamari Dzotsenidze

With heightened emotions, the 67th Associated Students Senate conducted their last meeting and the newly elected senators conducted their first meeting after being sworn in as the 68th.

May 27, 2017

Scam-Free Ticketing Platform Wins New Venture Competition

By Jack Hu

This year’s New Venture Competition’s first-place winner is CRYPTIX, a ticketing platform which uses blockchain technology to make the process safer by eliminating fraud and scalpers.

May 26, 2017

UCSB Ranked 2nd Amongst ‘Top Colleges Doing the Most for the American Dream’

By Josh Ortiz

UC Santa Barbara ranks second-best in the nation amongst universities “committed to economic diversity,” according to a New York Times college ranking released Thursday.