News

April 29, 2022

A.S. Commission on Student Well-Being Distributes Free Menstrual Products

By Asumi Shuda

This six-month pilot program will make thin and regular pads, as well as tampons, available in nine restrooms in the building.

April 29, 2022

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

By Asumi Shuda

Weekly events in and around Isla Vista.

April 29, 2022

UC Student News

By Sindhu Ananthavel

A weekly recap of up-to-date UC News.

April 28, 2022

Associated Students elections are broken. Eliminating parties will only make it worse.

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

This year’s historically low election turnout makes it clear: Associated Students is failing to connect with the student body.

April 28, 2022

Deficits, Delays and Division: Chancellor Yang’s Involvement in Thirty Meter Telescope Revealed Through Emails

By Sindhu Ananthavel

The UC and Yang kept most details and annual contributions to the Thirty Meter Telescope project under wraps, but emails indicate a strong investment and involvement.

April 27, 2022

Nexus Uncovers UCSB’s Munger Hall Mockup

By Mark Alfred

The Nexus also identified the location of the warehouse where the mockup is being kept: 389 South Los Carneros Road.

April 25, 2022

A.S. Elections Conclude With Historic Low Voter and Candidate Turnout; Seven Senate Seats Remain Unfilled

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

1,849 students did not finish filling out their ballots or did not click submit, rendering their votes void, A.S. Elections Board announced during the Zoom webinar where results were displayed. 

April 25, 2022

A.S. Spring Quarter Elections Results 2022

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

The Nexus will be updating this page with live results from the 2022 Associated Students Election.

April 22, 2022

UCSA Holds Press Conference for Double the Pell Week of Action

By Sindhu Ananthavel

The press conference was hosted by UCSA and featured student leaders representing colleges across the country.

April 22, 2022

Community, Reflection and a Shared Meal: UCSB’s Jewish Community on Celebrating Passover

By Asumi Shuda

Passover is a weeklong holiday beginning on April 15 and ending on April 23 that commemorates the exodus of Hebrews from slavery in Egypt in 13th century B.C.E.

April 21, 2022

A.S. Elections Voting Extended Through Sunday

By Holly Rusch

UC Santa Barbara’s Associated Students Elections Board has extended voting for spring 2022-23 elections until Sunday, April 24.  The voter threshold for Associated Students (A.S.) elections is 20% of the student body....

April 21, 2022

El Congreso de UCSB Holds 29th Annual Latine College Day

By Asumi Shuda

El Congreso de UCSB is a student-led cultural, social and activist organization that works to provide an inclusive space for students of marginalized identities.

April 21, 2022

A Week in UC Student News

By Sindhu Ananthavel

A weekly recap of up-to-date UC News.

April 21, 2022

A.S. Elections See Low Voter Turnout; Voting Opened

By Holly Rusch

The only A.S. constitutional amendment on the ballot, dubbed the Nonpartisan Act, asks students to vote on the elimination of the party system for senatorial candidates as well as for the Internal Vice President.

April 21, 2022

Lee Airton Lectures About Being Non-Binary in Gender-Binaric World

By Asumi Shuda

The event was co-hosted with the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (RCSGD).

April 19, 2022

IVCSD Finance Committee Discusses 2022-23 Budget on Community Engagement

By Mark Alfred

The committee deliberated on the most efficient and cost-effective methods of community engagement, suggesting social media outreach as an effective alternative.