Isla Vista Community Services District prepares for move out
IVCSD will pilot a variety of new projects to address the waste generated by move out in I.V., according to a press release.
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Annual URCA week showcases student research across various topics
URCA Week is a five-day event where students showcase their various research and creative projects.
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Nonprofit law firms back CBC & The Sweeps residents resisting eviction
If and when residents refuse to heed the evictions order Core Spaces vowed to “pursue legal recourse.”
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Munger Hall first pitched at CalTech, USC; dorm awaits changes at UCSB
UCSB’s plans for Munger Hall are effectively in stasis as the design team awaits updates from the billionaire.
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SJP displays apartheid wall as part of Palestine Liberation Week
Discussion around Israel and Palestine has historically been a contentious topic at UCSB.
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UCSB dining hall employees campaign to unionize amid poor conditions, low pay, harassment
UCSB Residential Dining operates four dining commons that serve over two million meals a year and employ a part-time student staff of under 500.
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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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Gauchos for Recovery celebrates 10 years with “Generation Recovery” art and music festival
GFR aims to build a supportive community of peers through offering recovery-oriented meetings, events and professional support.
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Del Playa property owner sues party app Poppin over Deltopia music festival
A Poppin representative told the Nexus that the lawsuit claims are “baseless.”
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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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Vietnamese Student Association presents first Culture Night in four years
Vietnamese Culture Night (VCN) presented the theme of “Each of Us, a Dreamer” this year following four years of dormancy.
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Taiwanese American Student Association hosts annual night market
This was the first year since the COVID-19 pandemic that TASA was able to hold the night market in Storke Plaza.
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A.S. Program Board brings Daedalum Luminarium to UCSB
The Daedalum Luminarium is one of the many Architects of Air exhibits that have debuted across the world.
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A.S. Bike Committee responds to community concerns over bike path accessibility near ILP
The construction of the building eliminated the bike path that students typically took toward the S.T.E.M. buildings on the east side of campus.
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Term in Review: A.S. President Gurleen Pabla
To her successor, incoming president and third-year political science major Tessa Veksler, Pabla advised connecting directly and honestly with the student body.
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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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