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April 17, 2025

A week in UC News

By Lizzy Rager

Unions announced a strike on May 1 over the UC-wide hiring freeze and graduate students reported the use of biometric data to determine visa revocations

April 17, 2025

Sable fined $18 million for unauthorized pipeline construction

By Michelle Cisneros, Grace Medecki

The California Coastal Commission voted on April 11 to instate an $18 million penalty on Sable Offshore Corp. for the company’s unpermitted work on rebuilding its pipeline infrastructure.

April 17, 2025

Bear sightings reported at UCSB, Goleta

By Jack Dindia

UCSB police reported a black bear sighting early this morning near Pollock Theater and the Intercollegiate Athletics building.

April 16, 2025

Senate mediates backlash over proposed BCU recruitment changes

By Michelle Cisneros, Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

Several Associated Students entities expressed frustration with a proposal to change their recruitment processes at an April 9 Senate meeting. The Senate also heard reports about Deltopia.

April 16, 2025

Graduate students rally against potential funding cuts

By Lizzy Rager

Hundreds of graduate students rallied on April 8 over funding cuts as the world's largest biomedical research funder, the NIH, looks to cut millions in grants

April 14, 2025

Deltopia fosters community, threatens public safety, student leaders weigh in

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

Students shared their opinions of the 2025 Deltopia festival. They called for increased medical services and recalled uncomfortable experiences with police.

April 14, 2025

How did we get to Deltopia, the UCSB spring street festival?

By Lizzy Rager

Deltopia is more than 20 years old. How did the annual unsanctioned street festival get here, and where is the UCSB tradition heading now?

April 10, 2025

Local businesses meet partygoer demands during Deltopia

By Michelle Cisneros

During their busiest time of the year, I.V. businesses stood ready to sustain Deltopia's activities. Over the weekend, businesses served hundreds of bagels, pizza slices and sandwiches.

April 10, 2025

Volunteers clean up 800 pounds of trash after Deltopia

By Levi Kauffman

Volunteers clad in neon safety vests and equipped with trash grabbers picked up waste from the streets of Isla Vista on Apr. 6, following Deltopia, the annual unsanctioned street festival.

April 10, 2025

Isla Vista Jewish Community celebrates annual Mega Shabbat

By Conor Kelly

Chabad at UC Santa Barbara hosted its biggest event of the year, with a $97,000 budget. Part of the budget went toward security staff at the event.

April 10, 2025

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

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

El Centro and the Education Abroad Program (EAP) are hosting “Maletas y Paletas” on Thursday, April 10, from 4-5 p.m. at El Centro.

April 10, 2025

IVCSD Spring Festival promotes safety with performances and free food, away from Deltopia action

By Dylan Vo

IVCSD hosted its Spring Festival on April 5 in an attempt to draw Deltopia attendees away from Del Playa Drive and mitigate crowds.

April 10, 2025

A week in UC News

By Michelle Cisneros

The State Department terminated several visa records of international students across the UC and stopped requiring diversity statements in faculty hiring.

April 9, 2025

Senate discusses BCU appointment vote, passes bill to obtain economics tools

By Conor Kelly, Jack Dindia

The Senate heard grievances from Kamaya Jackson on the vote to deny her from a co-chair position and passed a bill obtaining tools for economics students.

April 9, 2025

Ten student and graduate visas revoked at UC Santa Barbara

By Lizzy Rager

Seven current students and three graduates visas were terminated, leaving them vulnerable to detention or deportation. Roughly 50 visas were terminated UC-wide