UC News

January 9, 2020

First Female Chancellor of UCSB and Within the UC System, Barbara Uehling Charlton, Passes Away at 87

By Arturo Martinez Rivera

She passed away at the age of 87 on Jan. 2 due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease, her obituary read.

January 9, 2020

This Week in UC News

By Staff Report

Our new column “UC News” will showcase the top stories of the week from other UC student newspapers in our weekly print edition and online.

January 1, 2020

Thirty Meter Telescope Project Now To Be Paused Until February 2020

By Max Abrams

The project has drawn significant controversy since its groundbreaking in October 2014 and has remained a subject of criticism from Native Hawiians.

December 14, 2019

In Photos | UCSB Rallies in Solidarity with UCSC Graduate Students

By Daily Nexus Photography

The UCSC graduate students are striking indefinitely until the university agrees to a Cost of Living Adjustment of an additional $1,412 a month.

December 7, 2019

Hawaiian Activists Speak At UCSB Town Hall, Urge UC Not to Move Forward With Telescope Construction

By Max Abrams, Jackson Guilfoil

The panel, hosted in collaboration between the the EVPSA office and the American Indian Student Association, consisted of three speakers who spoke and sang to a packed Flying A Room.

November 21, 2019

University Takes Second Attempt at Controversial Faculty Housing Project

By Sanya Kamidi, Evelyn Spence

The proposal would demolish Ocean Road and cover the 16.7 acres of land up and down the street with up to 540 housing units.

November 21, 2019

Graduate Student Accuses UC Regent Kieffer of Sexual Misconduct, Calls for Systemwide Policy Change

By Katherine Swartz

Ora said she chose to speak during public forum due to frustration not only with the Regents’ system, but the entire University of California process for investigating sexual misconduct.

November 21, 2019

“I do feel very privileged to be able to leave”: UC Study Abroad Students To Leave Hong Kong

By Sanya Kamidi

Each student’s academics would be dealt with by the universities they were attending in Hong Kong.

November 19, 2019

“There’s no relying on mommy and daddy”: Foster and Formerly Incarcerated Students Share Their Stories With UC Regents

By Yiu-On Li

The Regents organized the discussion in order to hear from students within the UC system who were or still are in the foster care system or were formerly incarcerated.

November 15, 2019

RCSGD Kicks Off 20th Anniversary Celebration

By Arturo Martinez Rivera, Evelyn Spence

The center kicked off its 20th anniversary celebrations with an event on Tuesday evening, with Craig Leets, RCSGD director, giving attendees a small history of the RCSGD.

November 15, 2019

Committee Moves Forward With Plans for Permanent A.S. Bike Shop

By Katherine Swartz

The current building was created in 2008 to replace the shipping containers. But what was meant to be a temporary solution has now been in place for over a decade. 

November 14, 2019

In Photos | AFSCME Strikes for Sixth Time in Two Years

By Daily Nexus Photography

AFSCME 3299 represents more than 24,000 health care and service employees across the UC system.

November 13, 2019

UC Study Abroad Suspends Spring Hong Kong Program, Citing Safety Concerns

By Sanya Kamidi

All of the UC students currently in Hong Kong are attending one of three schools: University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong or Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 

November 12, 2019

A.S. Senate Passes Resolution Proposing a Ban on Toxic Herbicides Use at UCSB, UC System

By Chloe Kimmel

The resolution was authored by On-Campus Senator Austin Foreman and Off-Campus Senator Tianna White.

November 10, 2019

“Our struggles as students are intertwined with the struggles of workers”: A.S. Senate Endorses Upcoming AFSCME Strike

By Jackson Guilfoil

The Senate’s resolution also asks Chancellor Henry T. Yang to write a letter to several UC institutions to express support for AFSCME 3299 contract demands.

November 7, 2019

Supreme Court Begins University of California DACA Arguments

By Katherine Swartz

The lawsuit alleges the Trump administration rescinded the program on “nothing more than unreasoned executive whim,” and that its removal is “unconstitutional, unjust, and unlawful.”