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UC Palestine Collective calls for UC Regents Chair’s resignation

January 26, 2024 by Asumi Shuda

Over 120 student, faculty and community organizations signed the open letter on Dec. 12.
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A.S., EVPSA hold town hall on UC-wide undocumented hiring plan, call for community support at next UC Regents meeting

January 25, 2024 by Lizzy Rager and Devin Gowdy

The campaign advocates for the University of California (UC) to lift hiring restrictions on undocumented students.
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A.S. Executive Officers Mid-year check-in

January 25, 2024 by Sindhu Ananthavel, Asumi Shuda, Anushka Ghosh Dastidar, Alex Levin and Lizzy Rager

The Nexus spoke with all five A.S. execs on the work their offices did over fall quarter.
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Student dining hall workers form union, gain official union recognition from PERB

January 25, 2024 by Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

UC Santa Barbara student dining hall workers formed the first student dining hall union within the university system and gained official union recognition from the Public Employment Relations Board la...
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Santa Barbara County plans new housing project in Isla Vista

January 25, 2024 by Asumi Shuda

Dubbed “St. George Residential Building,” owner of St. George & Associates Ed St. George filed the project’s application on Aug. 3, 2022.
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Vista Point: weekly goings-on in, around Isla Vista

January 25, 2024 by Asumi Shuda

Weekly goings-on in and around Isla Vista.
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UCSB, downtown Santa Barbara gather to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 20, 2024 by Lizzy Rager, Devin Gowdy and Kate Meyers

In conjunction with UCSB groups, the MLK Jr. Committee of Santa Barbara held an on-campus walk on Thursday, and hosted a program at Arlington Theatre on Monday
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IVCSD to implement health vending machine with Narcan and fentanyl test strips at I.V. Community Center

January 20, 2024 by Lizzy Rager

Aegis, an opiate addiction treatment center in Santa Barbara, will fund the machine and its supplies.
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UC News

January 20, 2024 by Sindhu Ananthavel

A weekly recap of news highlights from the nine University of California campuses.
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Board of Supervisors discusses priorities for affordable housing, rezoning

January 20, 2024 by Asumi Shuda

County Director of Planning & Development Lisa Plowman led a conversation with Fifth District County Supervisor and Board of Supervisors Chair Steve Lavagnino to discuss approaches toward affordable h...
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MCC appoints UCSB alum Mickey Brown as new program coordinator

January 19, 2024 by Lizzy Rager

The MultiCultural Center appointed UC Santa Barbara alumnus Mickey Brown as its new program coordinator beginning Winter Quarter 2024. The program coordinator position involves planning and overseei...
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