News

November 23, 2022

Organizers ‘liberate’ DLG dining commons, offering free meals to students

By Mark Alfred

Organizers welcomed students past De La Guerra Dining Commons’ entry swipe station, allowing them to enter and eat at the dining hall without swiping.

November 21, 2022

UC union strike continues into second week

By Mark Alfred, Holly Rusch

Coordinated protests took place at noon today across all UC campuses.

November 21, 2022

UC News

By Sindhu Ananthavel

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

November 21, 2022

Goleta Union School District facing occurrences of anti-Blackness among students; prompting community concern

By Sindhu Ananthavel

The reports were first addressed in a Nov. 7 public statement from Healing Justice Santa Barbara

November 20, 2022

El Congreso sends direct letter to Chancellor to address demands

By Asumi Shuda

El Congreso published its initial list of demands on Apr. 28 and presented the list to university administrators and Yang in a May 4 meeting.

November 20, 2022

Student Health and RCSGD assess gender-affirming care at UCSB

By Asumi Shuda

The expansion was instigated in 2017 following student activism around the inadequacy of gender-affirming care at SHS at the time

November 20, 2022

Vista Point: Weekly goings-on in and around I.V.

By Asumi Shuda

Weekly events in and around Isla Vista.

November 20, 2022

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

By Asumi Shuda

Students now have the opportunity to change their course grades to passed/not passed until Dec. 2.

November 20, 2022

UCSB reduces COVID-19 mitigation efforts beginning winter quarter

By Asumi Shuda

UCSB will discontinue its COVID-19 testing center at Building 434 and end PCR testing on campus entirely.

November 20, 2022

Record number of students attend UCSB

By Mark Alfred

Of the total students enrolled, 23,460 are undergraduates, reflecting the highest levels of undergraduate enrollment at UCSB to date.

November 17, 2022

First week of UC union strikes begins

By Mark Alfred, Holly Rusch

Academic employees across all ten University of California campuses are withholding labor, picketing and marching through campus.

November 14, 2022

Hundreds march at UCSB as largest higher education strike begins

By Mark Alfred, Holly Rusch, Bella Leonard

Over 500 graduate students, employees, faculty members and UC Santa Barbara community members congregated at Davidson Library.

November 12, 2022

New Department of Homeland Security rule aims to preserve Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program amid court scrutiny

By Asumi Shuda

There are nearly 3,460 DACA participants enrolled at a University of California (UC) campus annually.

November 11, 2022

Student leaders advocate for greater physical accessibility of UCSB campus

By Asumi Shuda, Melea Maglalang

The lack of accessibility requirements has resulted in insufficiencies in several campus buildings, presenting barriers to students with physical disabilities.

November 11, 2022

Vista Point: Weekly goings-on in and around I.V.

By Asumi Shuda

Weekly events in and around Isla Vista.

November 10, 2022

Gaucho Grocery Shuttle set to launch in Isla Vista

By Melea Maglalang

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.