News

March 17, 2024

EVPLA, community members question Restorative Justice Program suspension at Deltopia Town Hall

By Lizzy Rager

A.S. EVPLA hosted the first-ever Deltopia Town Hall with panelists from IVFP, UCPD and more. Attendees questioned the RJ suspension and how the county and University is preparing for Deltopia.

March 14, 2024

SJP, Black Studies hold ‘Day of Interruption’ rally, teach-in to end UC repression

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar, Lizzy Rager

Students for Justice in Palestine, the Department of Black Studies and several campus organizations united for a “Day of Interruption” on March 7.

March 14, 2024

A.S. members allege Senate pro-tempores of misconduct and harassment

By Sindhu Ananthavel

A statement alleged behavior violating the UCSB Student Code of Conduct, including harassment, intimidation and suppression of the voices of Senators and Associated Students (A.S.) members

March 12, 2024

UC launches Climate Resilience course

By Sindhu Ananthavel

The course will be taught at UCSB by environmental humanities professor Ken Hiltner and environmental studies assistant professor Summer Gray.

March 12, 2024

UC News

By Sindhu Ananthavel

A weekly recap of news highlights from the nine University of California campuses.

March 12, 2024

UCSB cuts down 50-year-old tree at campus bus loop due to falling branches

By Sindhu Ananthavel

Campus will replant another new tree at an unspecified date.

March 11, 2024

Student Ethics Bowl team places second at national competition

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

The UC Santa Barbara Ethics Bowl student team competed in the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl competition in Cincinnati from Feb. 24-25, taking home the second place prize af...

March 11, 2024

UCSB doctoral student announces seven-day hunger strike

By Asumi Shuda

Department of Education doctoral student Charlene Macharia listed several demands to administration on March 9 in the wake of the suspension of the MultiCultural Center.

March 10, 2024

SBC Supervisor Capps hosts community safety meeting about bluff safety, seeks public suggestions

By Grace Medecki

Isla Vista Community Services District (IVCSD), Santa Barbara County Parks Department staff and other community leaders joined Capps to speak on the progress and completed improvements to ensure bluff safety.

March 10, 2024

Alumnus publishes I.V. nature photography book as “tribute to Isla Vista”

By Melody Xu

The 300-page book, “Isla Vista Seasons,” is filled with photos from Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve to Campus Point Beach “and everything in between.”

March 8, 2024

CalFresh finds grocery waiver underutilized by county post-storm

By Devin Gowdy

The Food and Nutrition Service approved a request on Feb. 9 for an extension on the CalFresh benefits affected by last month’s storm to recover food loss until March 4 — but the waiver was underutilized, according to...

March 8, 2024

‘U.S. Building of the Year’ Interactive Learning Pavillion: the need, the design and now

By Lizzy Rager

The Interactive Learning Pavilion (ILP) won “US Building of the Year” in a contest by World-Architects with 42% of 5,000 votes.

March 8, 2024

Student Affairs seeks student input on UC President one-time funding

By Asumi Shuda

Ideas must be submitted by Sunday, March 18.

March 7, 2024

Senators object to IVP chairing Senate meeting, demand for IVP’s resignation

By Alex Levin

UC Santa Barbara Associated Students Off-Campus Senator and second president pro tempore Amelia Rowe objected to Internal Vice President Sohum Kalia’s chairship by raising a point of order at the Associated Students Se...

March 7, 2024

S.U.N. sues UCSB for failure to comply with PRA request on housing

By Asumi Shuda

UCSB emeritus professor of sociology Richard “Dick” Flacks convened the lawsuit following the University’s failure to comply with a Public Records Act request.