News

April 3, 2022

UCSB Returns Small Portion of Tuition Money From Spring Quarter 2020

By Atmika Iyer

Credits ranged from $32.29 for graduate students to $63.34 for undergraduate students. The money was also returned to students who had since graduated. 

April 3, 2022

Vista Point: Weekly Goings-On in Isla Vista

By Holly Rusch, Atmika Iyer

Weekly events in and around Isla Vista.

April 1, 2022

UCSB Sorority Kappa Alpha Theta Chapter House First in California To Be Green Certified

By Holly Rusch

The Green Business Program of Santa Barbara County is part of a statewide Green Business program that provides “resources, assistance, and evaluations” for businesses aiming to significantly reduce their carbon footp...

April 1, 2022

“Pass Down the Torch”: The Four-Year Journey to the New A.S. Bike Shop

By Yiu-On Li

The path to breaking ground on the Bike Shop dates back to 2018, when then-Associated Students (A.S.) President Hieu Le proposed the NewCen and planned to include a new Bike Shop as part of the building.

April 1, 2022

GIVE Benefit Sale Returns to Isla Vista After Two Years

By Asumi Shuda

The GIVE Benefit Sale is a project that was started 32 years ago over the environmental impact of students dumping unneeded materials during move-out week.

March 31, 2022

Isla Vista Youth Projects Partners With Veggie Rescue To Address Food Insecurity in Community

By Kyra Schimpf

The food stand is open every first, second and fourth Thursday of each month.

March 31, 2022

University, Law Enforcement and IVCSD Set Deltopia Safety Precautions

By Atmika Iyer

The university, law enforcement and community organizations are taking several safety measures in response to previous Deltopias that resulted in unsafe situations, like the 2014 Deltopia riots.

March 31, 2022

Isla Vista Community Services District Reflects on Past Accomplishments, Sets Future Priorities at Annual Board Retreat

By Nisha Malley

The retreat included roundtable discussions of IVCSD’s staffing capacity and financial position, a review of its community services and an assessment of the physical spaces utilized by IVCSD.

March 31, 2022

“I’ve heard it’s pretty wild”: Students Set Expectations for a Long-Awaited In-Person Deltopia

By Nisha Malley, Atmika Iyer

Many first-, second- and third-year students will be attending their first Deltopia this year.

March 31, 2022

Highlights of UC Regents’ March 2022 Meeting

By Sindhu Ananthavel, Holly Rusch

The University of California Board of Regents met in person at UC San Francisco Mission Bay from March 15-17 to discuss the possibility of a new student regent, cybersecurity and COVID-19, among other topics. The meeting...

March 29, 2022

UC Santa Barbara Ends Mask Mandate, Classroom Masking Required Until April 4

By Mark Alfred

Yang said that this change comes as Santa Barbara County COVID-19 cases drop to pre-omicron levels.

March 11, 2022

SBSO Investigates Robbery at I.V. 7-Eleven

By Asumi Shuda

The SBSO lifted the initial request to avoid the surrounding area until further notice, but the investigation of the incident is still ongoing.

March 10, 2022

UC Santa Barbara Likely to Lift Indoor Mask Mandate at End of Winter Quarter

By Mark Alfred

Lucero said declining COVID-19 case positivity rates influenced the university’s decision to lift the mask mandate.

March 7, 2022

IVCSD Holds “Lighting Walk” To Assess Street Lighting in I.V.

By Sindhu Ananthavel, Kyra Schimpf

Volunteers gathered at the Isla Vista Community Center and then split into groups, with each group walking through a different quadrant of I.V. and making note of its underlit areas.

March 6, 2022

A.S. Bike Shop Breaks Ground on Permanent Building, 47 Years After Its Founding

By Yiu-On Li

The new building will address the most basic concerns around the current Bike Shop by resolving its safety issues and increasing the floor space of the shop from 1,500 to 2,665 square feet.

March 6, 2022

RCSGD and SexInfo Hosts Kink 101 Workshop

By Melea Maglalang

A kink, as defined by Renert, is a broad term for “something intimate that you enjoy,” such as a particular activity like bondage and discipline, sadism and masochism (BDSM).