News

May 16, 2024

Term in Review: EVPLA Osaze Osayande

By Lizzy Rager

EVPLA Osaze Osayande reflected on her term for the academic year. She focused on expanding non-punitive measures, securing health and safety resources and increasing office transparency.

May 16, 2024

Term in Review: EVPSA Vero Caveroegusquiza

By Asumi Shuda

The EVPSA primarily focused on basic needs advocacy and UCSA at the UC level, pushing for multiple funding projects and legislation.

May 16, 2024

Term in Review: A.S. President Tessa Veksler

By Sindhu Ananthavel

Veksler cited internal growth in Associated Students (A.S.) and the connection between communities on campus as highlights of her term.

May 16, 2024

Term in Review: IVP Sohum Kalia

By Alex Levin

Internal Vice President Sohum Kalia reflected on his term, outlining successes of his internal approach, while acknowledging shortcomings of his leadership over a divisive year in the association.

May 16, 2024

Term in Review: S.A.G. Nathan Lee

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

Associated Students Student Advocate General Nathan Lee reflected on his term for the 2023-24 school year, which placed focus on casework, outreach and advocacy projects.

May 15, 2024

Encampment enters third week, makes little progress in University negotiations

By Lizzy Rager

UC Santa Barbara administrative figures gave unclear answers on who could responsibly negotiate the UCSB Liberated Zone demands.

May 15, 2024

UCSB Liberated Zone holds die-in for Palestine outside library entrance

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar, Michelle Cisneros

Students from the UC Santa Barbara Liberated Zone encampment physically blocked the Paseo West entrance to the library in a die-in for Palestine on May 13.

May 13, 2024

SALU-UAW organizes May Day rally

By Lizzy Rager, Asumi Shuda

The effort follows the University’s refusal to recognize the Student Dining Labor Union in February, saying its unit size was too small.

May 13, 2024

UC News

By Sindhu Ananthavel

San Diego Police officers stormed the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on UC San Diego’s campus on Monday morning, dismantling the encampment and arresting roughly 64 people.

May 13, 2024

Inside the UCSB Skate Club

By Michelle Cisneros

Once a week, members of the UC Santa Barbara Skate Club perform kickflips, ollies and 180s in the strip between the Interactive Learning Pavillion and the library late at night as other members cheer.

May 13, 2024

UC hires firm to investigate violence at UCLA encampments

By Alex Levin

The UC will hire 21st Century Policing Solutions to lead an independent investigation of the actions that led to violence at the UCLA encampments, announced in a May 7 press release.

May 10, 2024

In Photos | Encampment

By Daily Nexus Photography

May 10, 2024

UCSB students respond to pro-Palestine encampment

By Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran, Christopher Vargelis

Students observing the encampment had different perspectives about how it has affected the campus climate.

May 10, 2024

“UCSB Workers for Palestine” lead campus walkout; strike vote to be held “as early as next week”

By Michelle Cisneros

UC Santa Barbara academic workers and researchers led a campus walkout in solidarity with Palestinian liberation on May 1. The march was held concurrently with International Workers’ Day.

May 10, 2024

UCSB American Indian and Indigenous Student Association reignites organization’s community, advocates for new initiatives

By Leo Herbstman

AIISA tabled at the Arbor on May 5, also known as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Remembrance (MMIWR) day to bring awareness to a major problem plaguing Indigenous communities within the United States and abroad.