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February 16, 2024

Gauchos Go Green hosts sustainable Valentine’s Day cardmaking

By Michael Zhang

Gauchos Go Green hosted a sustainable Valentine’s Day crafts session on Saturday, Feb. 10, at Sea Lookout Park. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., participants created cards using recycled arts and crafts supplies sourced from ...

February 16, 2024

EVPLA holds voter registration event in Isla Vista

By Devin Gowdy

The Associated Students Office of the External Vice President for Local Affairs hosted a voter registration event on Feb. 9 in the Isla Vista Community Center in preparation for election day on March 5. The “IV: I Vo...

February 16, 2024

SBCC student arrested in I.V. for robbery, assault

By Alex Levin

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Santa Barbara City College student on Sunday, Feb. 11, at 2:40 a.m. for robbery, conspiracy and assault causing great bodily injury. The perpetrator, 19-year-old Chr...

February 16, 2024

Family Literacy Program hosts its first Lunar New Year event

By Alissa Orozco

The Community Affairs Board Family Literacy Program hosted its first-ever Lunar New Year event for local K-12 students on Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Isla Vista Community Center. Family Literacy Program (FLP) is a branch...

February 15, 2024

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

By Asumi Shuda

Weekly goings-on in and around Isla Vista.

February 14, 2024

Rizz tips?: Guy I asked out on sunset walk pushes me off the sea bluff

By Toe Schmoburg

He kept yelling “WHO ARE YOU” and “WHY ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME” when I knew inside that I was his one true love.

February 13, 2024

Interactive Learning Pavilion wins World-Architects’ U.S. Building of the Year

By Sindhu Ananthavel

The building provided 2,000 classroom seats and increased the campus’ classroom capacity by 33%.

February 13, 2024

UCSB HFA hosts “Beyond Tokenism: Celebrating Black Life in America” Panel

By Siduo Zhang

The panel covered tokenism in academia and the local community

February 13, 2024

UC News

By Sindhu Ananthavel

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

February 12, 2024

UC extends first-year commitment deadline

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

The University of California Office of the President announced an extension to the first-year Statement of Intent to Register deadline from May 1 to May 15, in a Feb. 7 email press release to the Daily Nexus. The new dea...

February 12, 2024

SDLU holds rally, march to office of Executive Director of Campus Dining

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

The UC Santa Barbara Student Dining Labor Union held a rally on Friday, Feb. 2, to rally campus support and pressure the university to accommodate union demands. The union — composed of student dining hall workers acro...

February 9, 2024

Santa Barbara County proclaims local emergency following storm

By Sindhu Ananthavel

The local emergency announcement was made by Santa Barbara County, then by Governor Gavin Newsom.

February 9, 2024

YDSA petitions for meal swipe rollovers

By Lizzy Rager, Grace Medecki

The UC Santa Barbara chapter of Young Democratic Socialists of America petitioned for campus dining halls to implement meal swipe rollovers, garnering over 2,000 signatories — 8% of the student population — as of Feb...

February 9, 2024

UC Workers Union calls for UC Regents to divest from Blackstone

By Asumi Shuda

Blackstone is a private equity asset manager and a major shareholder of the University of California (UC), contributing $1 billion in Blackstone Real Estate Trust holdings to the University.