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UCSB extends passed/not passed deadline citing academic uncertainty amid strikes

November 20, 2022 by

Students now have the opportunity to change their course grades to passed/not passed until Dec. 2.
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UCSB reduces COVID-19 mitigation efforts beginning winter quarter

November 20, 2022 by

UCSB will discontinue its COVID-19 testing center at Building 434 and end PCR testing on campus entirely.
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Record number of students attend UCSB

November 20, 2022 by

Of the total students enrolled, 23,460 are undergraduates, reflecting the highest levels of undergraduate enrollment at UCSB to date.
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First week of UC union strikes begins

November 17, 2022 by and

Academic employees across all ten University of California campuses are withholding labor, picketing and marching through campus.
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Hundreds march at UCSB as largest higher education strike begins

November 14, 2022 by , and

Over 500 graduate students, employees, faculty members and UC Santa Barbara community members congregated at Davidson Library.
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New Department of Homeland Security rule aims to preserve Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program amid court scrutiny

November 12, 2022 by

There are nearly 3,460 DACA participants enrolled at a University of California (UC) campus annually.
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Student leaders advocate for greater physical accessibility of UCSB campus

November 11, 2022 by and

The lack of accessibility requirements has resulted in insufficiencies in several campus buildings, presenting barriers to students with physical disabilities.
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Vista Point: Weekly goings-on in and around I.V.

November 11, 2022 by

Weekly events in and around Isla Vista.
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Gaucho Grocery Shuttle set to launch in Isla Vista

November 10, 2022 by

The main objective of the project is to combat food insecurity by hosting a direct route to local grocery stores, thus providing a more convenient mode of transportation with a reliable schedule.
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Get out the vote: campaigning efforts occur across campus

November 10, 2022 by and

Carbajal’s Get Out The Vote Campaign reached out to UCSB students to vote through texts, phone calls, door-to-door outreach and tabling at the UCen.
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Academic workers prepare for Nov. 14 strike

November 10, 2022 by and

The strike is based on allegations that the UC has engaged in unfair labor practices throughout the process to negotiate a new contract for employees.
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National Weather Service issues wind and flood advisories for Santa Barbara County

November 10, 2022 by

The advisories warned recipients of minor flooding in low-lying and poor-drainage areas and roadways, according to Noozhawk. 
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Incumbents succeed in reelection bids down the ballot; local races decided by a handful of votes

November 10, 2022 by , , , and

Santa Barbara County voters cast 75,799 ballots of 237,759 voters, amounting to a turnout rate of 31.88%.
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LIVE: Statewide and Local Midterm Election Results 2022

November 8, 2022 by , , , and

Providing live updates on local races, statewide races, and propositions on the ballot for the November 2022 midterm election
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One case dismissed, two proceed to evidentiary hearings in IVP’s restraining order cases against UCSB students

November 8, 2022 by

Evidentiary hearings in regard to Patel and the anonymous student will be held on Dec. 12, although the court tentatively ruled that Schaefer did not meet the burden of proof for a restraining order a...
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