Term in Review: EVPLA Hailey Stankiewicz
Stankiewicz worked tirelessly within the EVPLA Office even after she stepped into her interim role as IVP amidst unprecedented A.S. dysfunction.
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News
Terms in Review: IVPs Hailey Stankiewicz and Sydney Kupsh
Hailey Stankiewicz served as interim-IVP after the removal of former IVP Bee Schaefer on Nov. 28, until the special election of Sydney Kupsh on Feb. 15.
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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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Term in Review: S.A.G. Kristen Wu
The Office of the Student Advocate General (S.A.G.) provides peer-to-peer support for and advocates on the behalf of UCSB students.
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Term in Review: EVPSA Marvia Cunanan
Cunanan prioritized championing the needs of students with disabilities through her state and local lobbying work as External Vice President for Statewide Affairs.
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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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Students form Autism Advocacy & Awareness organization to build community for individuals on the spectrum
The campus organization spreads awareness about autism, empowers individuals on the spectrum and cultivates a safe environment at UCSB.
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TED Talk speaker Victoria Browne discusses student-athlete mental health stigmas
The UCSB MHPP sponsored the event in collaboration with a variety of UCSB and Santa Barbara City College athletic and campus organizations.
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Tenants union prepares legal challenge to CBC & The Sweeps mass eviction
CSTA delivered undated letters to residents last month, urging them not to move out unless out of choice.
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Limited course offerings hurt students, cost campus millions internal warning shows
The Office of Undergraduate Education privately recognized over-enrollment struggles students face.
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Asian American, Pacific Islander activists discuss Asian American activism, bias, violence
The events featured local Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) activists who discussed Asian American activism and anti-AAPI bias and violence.
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Union, community members protest layoffs in HFA department on May Day
Set on International Workers’ Day, the event sought to raise awareness of labor issues on campus.
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El Congreso de UCSB celebrates 30th annual Latine College Day
The conference was held in person this year for the second time since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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RCSGD celebrates 4th annual Trans Week of Visibility
The week-long programming of events served as an extension of International Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31.
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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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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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