News

February 4, 2022

UCSB Predicts Declining Cases, Low Classroom Transmission with In-Person Return

By Nisha Malley

Multiple UC campuses said that the low risk of transmission within the classroom was a factor in their decision, claiming that there were low or no instances of transmission during Fall Quarter 2021.

February 4, 2022

UCSA Holds Annual Students of Color Conference

By Asumi Shuda

This year’s conference reflected UCSA’s aims to constantly learn and evolve, as well as offering an avenue for the organization to remedy its past actions with SoCC.

February 4, 2022

Students Feel Stressed as UCSB Returns to In-Person Instruction During Midterm Season

By Atmika Iyer, Holly Rusch

Students on campus voiced that the combined stressors of returning in person and handling midterms have been difficult.

February 3, 2022

Deceased UCSB Professor’s Nobel Laureate Award Auctioned Off

By Atmika Iyer

Walter Kohn, a deceased UC Santa Barbara physics professor, won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1998 while working at UCSB.

February 3, 2022

Vista Point: Weekly Goings-on in Isla Vista

By Atmika Iyer

Events happening in and around Isla Vista for community members to engage in.

January 31, 2022

CA Senate Passes Bill Allowing for New Student Regent

By Sindhu Ananthavel

Previously, the UC appointed only one voting student regent onto the board per year.

January 30, 2022

UCSB Relaunches Hazing Prevention Coalition

By Yiu-On Li

In the past, hazing prevention at UCSB was completed on an individual basis, with fraternities, sororities, athletics teams and the UCSB Recreation Center all hosting separate anti-hazing trainings.

January 30, 2022

SeaLegs Santa Barbara to Replace Beachside Bar-Café

By Daelyn Einhorn, Aaron Wells, Will Mirner

SeaLegs Santa Barbara is slated to open before the end of Spring Quarter 2022.

January 30, 2022

UC Santa Barbara Police Department Faces Staff Shortage

By Holly Rusch

The department’s understaffing means that current officers are “juggling a lot of different hats,” according to Wilson. 

January 30, 2022

I.V. Community Center Reopens After 21 Months

By Atmika Iyer

I.V. has now lost its community center twice, once during for 50 years since 1970, and again for 21 months during the COVID-19 pandemic.

January 29, 2022

UCSB Mock Trial Gets Winning Records at UCLA Sunset Strip

By Melea Maglalang

UCLA Sunset Strip Invitational Competition (UCLASSIC) is regarded as one of the most well-known tournaments on the west coast.

January 29, 2022

Moderators on UCSB Subreddit Combat COVID-19 Misinformation

By Sindhu Ananthavel

The subreddit has a set of rules regarding conduct, and when users report posts or comments that seem to be breaking any of the rules, moderators will review the report and act accordingly. 

January 28, 2022

Term in Review: 3rd District Supervisor Joan Hartmann

By Atmika Iyer

During her tenure, Hartmann continuously and consistently employed thoughtful responses and meaningful solutions to several issues that the Isla Vista community is passionate about and affected by.

January 28, 2022

Black Women’s Health Collaborative Launches Community Gardening Project

By Nisha Malley

Around 20 students congregated to establish plants in two raised beds provided by the church and that is solely dedicated to Black community members in Isla Vista.

January 28, 2022

Students Express Apprehension Over Return to In-Person Instruction

By Asumi Shuda, Sindhu Ananthavel

The Nexus spoke to students about their thoughts and feelings regarding this initial return to remote learning and subsequent return to in-person instruction.

January 27, 2022

UCSB Extends Pass/No Pass Deadline

By Holly Rusch

The deadline to pass/no pass classes beyond the seventh week of the quarter has been extended every quarter since the COVID-19 pandemic began in Winter Quarter 2020.