Department of Asian American studies introduces interdisciplinary Ph.D. emphasis
The group of graduate students underpinning the effort gained support from several other departments on campus.
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Disability honor society initiated at UCSB
The UCSB chapter is being funded through the Disabled Students Program (DSP) R.I.S.E. grant.
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QTGSU creates a lasting community for LGBTQIA+ graduate students
The Nexus spoke with members of the Queer and Trans Graduate Student Union’s (QTGSU) board regarding their events and advocacy throughout the past year.
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Kapatirang Pilipino celebrates first Pilipino Cultural Night in four years
The showcase was the organization’s 32nd annual Pilipino Cultural Night.
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Chabad at UCSB’s Mega Shabbat amasses over 800 attendees
Multiple UCSB administration members attended the dinner, including Chancellor Henry Yang and Assistant Vice Chancellor and Dean of Student Life Katya Armistead.
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UCSB community brings awareness about missing UCSB alum
Two months into the search with no leads found, efforts to spread awareness continue throughout the UCSB campus and Isla Vista community.
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UC Santa Barbara DSP director set to retire after 33 years
Throughout his time at UCSB, Gary White has worked at the Women’s Center and Counseling and Career Services — a campus department operating prior to the formation of Counseling & Psychological Ser...
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Munger Hall planning entailed discreet warehouse, covert furniture exchanges, years of secrecy
Hundreds of pages of documents and internal communications yielded the clearest picture yet of the inner workings of the Munger Hall project team.
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Regents aim to employ undocumented students, vote to appoint working group
The decision comes after a number of UC community members advocated for the Opportunity for All campaign at the Regents’ May 16 and 17 meetings.
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Vista Point: weekly goings-on in, around Isla Vista
Weekly goings-on in and around Isla Vista.
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UCSB, Isla Vista communities remember victims of 2014 Isla Vista Tragedy
The Love and Remembrance Garden — located in People’s Park — contains six wooden benches, each commemorating a victim of the tragedy.
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Non-police-affiliated community safety service returns to Isla Vista
Beginning Week 1 of spring quarter, UCIV members set up a station in I.V. with food, water, overdose prevention kits and other resources for local residents.
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A week in UC student news
A weekly recap of news highlights from the nine University of California campuses.
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Mauna Kea Protectors reflect on expanded organizing, look forward
The group organized through statewide strategy meetings, educational events on respective campuses and outreach to the UC Regents and TMT entities.
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UC President Michael Drake issues statement on revised state budget
Published on May 12, the statement praised the proposal maintaining funding for the University of California system.
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Love From Afar
Labyrinth: Grades Search
Aries
March 21 - April 19
Forgetting to take off the ratty AF1’s at the potluck (most Asian households don’t take kindly to shoes in the house!)
Taurus
April 20 - May 20
Wearing your only red t-shirt to every final (Red is a lucky color in many cultures, especially Chinese cultures)
Gemini
May 21 - June 20
Putting spiders in your friend’s wedding dress for good luck (Has its origins in old english folklore, and represents abundance for the couple)
Cancer
June 21 - July 22
Accidentally summoned a ghost by leaving their chopsticks straight up (A superstition that has Chinese origins because the chopsticks are reminiscent of funeral incense)
Leo
July 23 - August 22
Didn’t like your friends significant other so they gifted them an umbrella (The word for umbrella ‘san’ sounds like the word for divorce in Chinese)
Virgo
August 23 - September 22
Believing in horoscopes (The modern western zodiac actually came from Babylonian astrology)
Libra
September 23 - October 22
Walked backwards in Portugal to live out the Faust fantasy (In Portugal, walking backwards allows the devil to know exactly where you are)
Scorpio
October 23 - November 21
Stole a raven from the tower of london as reparations (According to UK superstition, if there aren’t 6 ravens in the tower, the kingdom will fall)
Sagittarius
November 22 - December 21
Breaks a knuckle knocking on wood for good scores on finals (Knocking on wood may have originated from the Celts and their love for tree spirits)
Capricorn
December 22 - January 19
Drunkenly rearranging their apartment for the feng shui at 3 AM (A Chinese cultural practice that harmonizes a person with the energies of the environment around them)
Aquarius
January 20 - February 18
Left out their middle name on their taxes because the Fae run the IRS (Giving the Fae your full name gives them power over you, and the IRS has too much)
Pisces
February 19 - March 20
Hit by a car but the license plate had an angel number (Beyond just blowing up on TikTok, angel numbers were invented by... Pythagoras)
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