News

April 30, 2023

A week in UC student news

By Alex Levin

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

April 29, 2023

IVCSD talks financial outlook, state of the district at annual retreat

By Nisha Malley

IVCSD General Manager Jonathan Abboud provided briefings on the current staffing resources and the financial state of the district as well as an update on services, community spaces and special projects.

April 29, 2023

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office details extensive inventory of ‘military equipment’

By Nisha Malley

SBSO maintains a sizable stock of military equipment available for use, including unmanned aerial drones, bomb robots and armored vehicles, long range precision rifles, explosives and chemical agents.

April 29, 2023

Santa Barbara MTD proposes bus line changes, new services starting August

By Nisha Malley

The proposed changes include increasing its UC Santa Barbara shuttle service Line 28 and connecting Lines 23 and 25 through a reconfiguration of the bus routes.

April 28, 2023

Housing co-ops provide community for college students of Isla Vista

By Asumi Shuda

SBSHC operates five co-op houses in total, each with its own cultures and histories:

April 28, 2023

MultiCultural Center and Middle Eastern, North African, South Asian Resource Center hosts Bazaar

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

The event, much like a traditional bazaar, was complete with an array of student vendors, all displaying and selling their work.

April 28, 2023

Annual Isla Vista Earth Day Festival features vendors, bands, activities

By Katie Poon

The festival featured tie-dye activities, free succulent giveaways, potting and more.

April 27, 2023

LIVE: A.S. Spring Quarter Elections Results 2023

By Sindhu Ananthavel, Mark Alfred, Holly Rusch, Alex Levin, Nisha Malley, Atmika Iyer

The Nexus will be updating this page with live results from the Associated Students Election, which will be released in-person at the UCen Hub at 7:30.

April 27, 2023

UC Academic Senate approves new bachelor’s degree requirement

By Sindhu Ananthavel

The new campus experience requirement was approved Feb. 21 and applies to all UC undergraduate students.

April 27, 2023

UCSB student charged with felony for allegedly vandalizing car

By Nisha Malley

The car belonged to a fellow UCSB student.

April 27, 2023

A.S. Senate places hold on upwards of $1 million in student health funding amidst controversy over demolition

By Holly Rusch

The Student Health Services building, currently located on Ocean Road, will be demolished at an unspecified point in the future to accommodate new faculty housing.

April 27, 2023

Humanities, Fine Arts lecturers slowly learn of layoffs

By Mark Alfred

UC-AFT — the union representing lecturers across the University of California — said it intends to push back against the dismissals.

April 27, 2023

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

By Asumi Shuda

Weekly goings-on in and around Isla Vista.

April 26, 2023

In Photos: Italian Cooking Night

By Jerry Huang

With rain drizzling outside and warm light aglow, the UC Santa Barbara Italian Club hosted an Italian cooking night with Katie’s FUNd Program in collaboration with Chef Dario Furlati from the restaurant Ca’Dario. The...

April 26, 2023

UCSB student dies in Santa Catalina residence hall

By Holly Rusch

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office coroner deputies arrived on the scene and will be performing a coroner’s investigation and an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

April 25, 2023

Santa Barbara County, largest weed grower in the state, reports declining revenue

By Nisha Malley

Since Santa Barbara County imposed its cannabis operations tax in 2018, the program has generated over $50 million in government revenue since its inception.