Student Gov

May 21, 2020

Term in Review: President Alison Sir

By Evelyn Spence

Sir, who has spent the last few months running her office from home, spoke to the Nexus over Zoom about her successes, shortcomings and what comes next. 

May 21, 2020

Term in Review: EVPLA Christian Ornelas

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

Besides his original platform goals, Ornelas’ position as EVPLA required his participation in frequent student and administration discussions across campus. 

May 17, 2020

UCSB Student Says A.S. President-Elect Sexually Assaulted Him in 2018

By Sanya Kamidi, Evelyn Spence

The President-elect currently serves as the external vice president for statewide affairs and is scheduled to be sworn in as A.S. president on Wednesday.

April 24, 2020

CU Maintains Senate Majority, Executive Branch Splits Even

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe, Max Abrams, Katherine Swartz, Holly Rusch

For the first time, both the Associated Students election campaigning and results night took place remotely as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the shift to remote instruction.

April 23, 2020

LIVE: A.S. Spring Quarter Election Results 2020

By Staff Report

The Nexus will be updating this page with live results from the A.S. Elections, which will begin at 8 p.m.

April 16, 2020

Associated Students Elections Guide: Spring 2020

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Voting opens Monday, April 20 at 8 a.m. on G.O.L.D., and ends Thursday, April 23 at at 4 p.m.

April 16, 2020

Daevionne Beasley for Associated Students President

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

The Daily Nexus endorses Daevionne Beasley to serve as the next A.S. President.

April 16, 2020

Lea Toubian for External Vice President for Local Affairs

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

The Daily Nexus endorses Lea Toubian for external vice president for local affairs.

April 16, 2020

Melissa Perez for Student Advocate General

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

The Daily Nexus endorses Melissa Perez to serve as the next student advocate general.

April 16, 2020

Alia Reynolds for External Vice President for Statewide Affairs

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

The Daily Nexus endorses Alia Reynolds for the position of EVPSA.

April 16, 2020

Tianna White for Internal Vice President

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

The Daily Nexus endorses Tianna White for internal vice president.

March 17, 2020

LIVE: Updates on Coronavirus in Santa Barbara County, on UC Santa Barbara Operations

By Daily Nexus Staff

This post will be updated daily.

March 11, 2020

A.S. To Alter Some Operations; A.S. Administrative, Ticket Offices To Remain Open

By Madeline Myers

The letter added that A.S. can no longer fund any "nonessential" travel at least through the month of April.

February 6, 2020

UCSB’s First Mental Town Hall Focuses on Accessibility, Community Engagement

By Chloe Kimmel, Henna Ahmed

The town hall was organized by the A.S. Office of the President and UCSB’s Mental Health Task Force.

January 27, 2020

A.S. Senate Passes Resolution in Support of Rolling Over Leftover Meal Plan Swipes

By Chloe Kimmel

The resolution is positional, meaning that it encourages UCSB Housing, Dining & Auxiliary Enterprises to implement these ideas to ensure students’ meal swipes are not wasted.

January 26, 2020

A.S. Senate Amendment Puts Two International Student Senator Seats Onto Spring Ballot

By Jackson Guilfoil

The bill was amended during the Senate’s Jan. 22 meeting to increase the number of international student senator seats from one to two.