News

June 26, 2022

Santa Barbara Residents Hold a Vigil Protesting Overturn of Roe v. Wade

By Mark Alfred

The overturn of Roe v. Wade has sparked nationwide protests and prompted at least 11 states with trigger bans to outlaw or heavily restrict abortion.

June 17, 2022

Gaucho Underground Scholars Celebrates Graduating Seniors

By Asumi Shuda

Gaucho Underground Scholars is a campus organization that works to provide peer-driven support and guidance to formerly incarcerated and system-impacted students.

June 13, 2022

Goleta Starbucks Employees Seek to Unionize

By Mark Alfred

The election, organized through the National Labor Relations Board, could make them the third Starbucks to successfully unionize in California.

June 7, 2022

LIVE: Statewide and Local Primary Election Results 2022

By Nisha Malley, Sindhu Ananthavel, Holly Rusch, Asumi Shuda

The county will release the first polling place results at 9 p.m. and continue to update results throughout the night as additional ballots are received.

June 3, 2022

SBSO Arrests Suspect for Stalking and Hate Crimes in I.V.

By Sindhu Ananthavel

The arrest follows a timely warning sent by the UC Santa Barbara Police Department to the campus community on May 31.

June 2, 2022

Congressman Carbajal Unveils Updated Degrees Not Debt Act, Addresses School Shooting in Uvalde, Texas

By Mark Alfred, Nisha Malley

The congressman emphasized the importance of financial aid in college, attributing his ability to obtain an education at UCSB to the assistance he received.

May 30, 2022

University, Students Comment on Transitional Year of 2021-22

By Asumi Shuda

The year has been nothing short of unconventional as community members navigated changing COVID-19 health guidelines impacted by the pandemic.

May 30, 2022

Vista Point: Weekly Goings-on in and Around Isla Vista

By Asumi Shuda

Weekly events in and around Isla Vista.

May 28, 2022

UCSB Student Among Three Killed in Campus Car Collision

By Mark Alfred

California Highway Patrol, the UC Police Department and the Santa Barbara County Fire Department responded to the collision.

May 28, 2022

Seniors Reminisce on Their Years at UC Santa Barbara

By Mark Alfred

Seniors shared with the Nexus what meant most to them during their time at the university.

May 28, 2022

Isla Vista Tragedies Renew Conversations Around Balcony and Cliff Safety

By Nisha Malley

The hazardous nature of the balconies and cliffs along Del Playa Drive have been a long-posed concern to the I.V. community.

May 27, 2022

News In Review: The 2021-22 Academic Year

By Sindhu Ananthavel, Nisha Malley

The Nexus compiled UC Santa Barbara’s most significant news highlights of the year and the coverage that accompanied them.

May 26, 2022

I.V. Recreation & Park District Looks to Celebrate 50th Anniversary

By Nisha Malley

The anniversary coincides with Halloween — a holiday that the IVRPD celebrated last year with its first-ever Haunted Pumpkin Patch at Estero Park.

May 26, 2022

UCSB Reinstates Mask Mandate for Rest of Spring Quarter

By Asumi Shuda

The original mask mandate was lifted on March 19, after the start of spring quarter. 

May 25, 2022

Isla Vista Beach Closure Lifted

By Sindhu Ananthavel

The initial beach closure was issued on May 19.

May 24, 2022

UCSB and Isla Vista Honor Victims of the 2014 Isla Vista Tragedy

By Holly Rusch, Melea Maglalang

UC Santa Barbara’s Associated Students and Student Affairs, along with the I.V. Recreation & Parks District, held a day of remembrance at I.V.’s Love and Remembrance Garden.