News

May 29, 2024

Organizers ‘liberate’ DLG and Carrillo Dining Commons

By Lizzy Rager

An autonomous collective took over the Carrillo Dining Commons and De La Guerra Dining Commons on May 28 to give students free food.

May 27, 2024

GoGaucho maximizes student access, efficiency

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

The S.A.G. Office and a group of engineering students have joined forces in revitalizing a mobile and web application called GoGaucho as a “one-stop-shop” for UCSB engagement.

May 24, 2024

MSA organizes fundraiser for aid in Palestine

By Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran

The UCSB Muslim Student Association has organized a sweatshirt fundraiser in collaboration with “Islamic inspired” clothing brand Iradah to support humanitarian aid in Palestine.

May 24, 2024

IVCSD parking and mobility town hall reveals ambitious parking solutions

By Lizzy Rager

Dixon Resources Unlimited and the IVCSD collaborated to collect a year's worth of parking data in Isla Vista at a May 14 town hall.

May 24, 2024

IVFP plans to significantly increase police presence for Deltopia 2025

By Lizzy Rager

IVFP Lieutenant Garrett TeSlaa said policing will "triple" next Deltopia. The decision follows an unprecedented number of citations and medical emergency calls this year.

May 24, 2024

Highlights of Regents’ May 2024 Meeting

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar, Michelle Cisneros, Josh Rhodes

At the May 14-16 UC Regents meeting, the Regents discussed San Benito Housing funding, student-athlete initiatives, peer mentorship programs, student degree programs tuition and more.

May 24, 2024

UC News

By Lizzy Rager

UCSC is the first campus to strike in UAW proclaimed strike effort, and a UC Davis student was reported missing.

May 23, 2024

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

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

EOP and the MENASARC are hosting “MENASARC Meals” on Thursday, May 23, from 5-7 p.m. at the MENASARC in the Student Resource Building (SRB).

May 22, 2024

UCSB met with federal civil rights complaint for allegedly permitting harassment of A.S. President

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

The Brandeis Center filed a federal civil rights complaint against UCSB on May 16 for being complicit in “persistent anti-Semitic bullying,” on behalf of the Associated Students President.

May 22, 2024

UAW holds walkout in solidarity with UCSC worker’s strike

By Michelle Cisneros

The UAW 4811 UCSB chapter held a walkout at the Chem Lawn on May 20 in solidarity with striking academic workers at UCSC. The walkout began at 11:30 a.m. with roughly 100 attendees.

May 20, 2024

UC News

By Sindhu Ananthavel

Former UCLA oncologist wins retried gender discrimination case, awarded $14 million. Charges remain against UC Berkeley student for animal removal after four felony counts dropped.

May 20, 2024

Student mother at UCSB proves you can do it all

By Josh Rhodes

Fourth-year Chicana/o studies major Nallely Leyva-Diaz is a single mother of three at UC Santa Barbara, balancing work and school while taking care of her children — Ava, Mateo and Adan.

May 17, 2024

EVPLA hosts health and safety town hall, centers harm-reduction and peer support

By Lizzy Rager

With around 30 attendees, the event was the third town hall this year by the External Vice President for Local Affairs.

May 17, 2024

EVPLA, UCSB Blum Center host I.V. renter’s housing crisis forum

By Michelle Cisneros

The EVPLA Office and UC Santa Barbara's Blum Center Student Leader Team co-sponsored a Renters’ Crisis Housing Forum on May 14 to discuss Isla Vista housing.

May 16, 2024

Stalker at large asks students for number, offers money to meet, UCPD reports

By Lizzy Rager

On May 14 and 15, an alleged stalker approached two students, once at night and once in the afternoon. The suspect remains at large and the investigation is ongoing.

May 16, 2024

A.S. Judicial Council lifts injunction on budget deliberations, determines that A.S. President’s budget recommendation violates legal code

By Alex Levin

President Tessa Veksler’s recommendation to reallocate the Associated Students Program Board rollover funds to the Finance and Business Committee violates legal code, the Associated Students Judicial Council announced ...