Outside Opinions

Rick Benjamin: Cultivating curiosity and community through unconventional teaching

April 25, 2024 by

Josie Hurwitz reflects on the power of teaching unconventionally and her experience with professor Rick Benjamin.
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We are Cannibalizing Ourselves: Israel-Palestine Is Not a Competition

April 18, 2024 by

Yiu-On Li reflects on how the Israel-Palestine conflict reveals a problem with how we discuss contentious issues.
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Outside Opinions: Vote YES on Prop. 1

October 16, 2022 by

Joan Hartmann and Gregg Hart make the appeal for voting YES on Prop. 1 this coming month.
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Reaching for the Stars, the TMT Project Fails Those Below

May 20, 2022 by

The Mauna Kea Protectors at UCSB critique the UC's involvement in the Thirty Meter Telescope project, urging divestment.
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The Disproportionate Impact of the Pandemic on Migrant Essential Workers in California

April 28, 2022 by

A research team at the UCSB Center for Publicly Engaged Scholarship breaks down four things you need to know about being a migrant essential worker in California during the pandemic.
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Graduate Students Deserve Better Dental Care, and Resources Other Than Student Groups

March 10, 2022 by and

Janna Haider and Jamiee Cook unpack the importance of dental care for graduate student employees and the apparent lack of support from the University of California in ensuring its provision.
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Where is the Green Badge for Mental Health?

January 20, 2022 by

Devin Anderson critiques the campus' response to an ongoing mental health crisis amidst its students and the true depths of its severity.
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The Lack of Windows is Not the Only Design Problem With Munger Hall

December 1, 2021 by

UC Santa Barbara alumnus and former member of UCSB's Design Review Committee, Marc Vukcevich reflects on the main failures of the campus' Munger Hall project.
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International Students Reflect on a Year of Online Education

June 29, 2021 by

International students at UCSB reflect on this year's transition to online learning, highlighting its various benefits and consequences.
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The Malfeasance of the Modi Government in India

June 10, 2021 by and

Julia Everson and Josephine Quock highlight the Indian government's wrongful imprisonment of Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba, pointing to a larger overall violation of human rights in India.
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Why You Should Work on Campus

April 7, 2021 by

Lindsey Terra discusses the UCSB IT internship and why you should want to work on campus.
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We Need Noncitizen Suffrage

March 7, 2021 by

Eric Heilmann lays out the reasons why non-citizens should be able to vote in this country.
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There Is Power In A Union

February 4, 2021 by and

Taylor Clark and Riley Hull emphasize the power of organized labor and the need for strength in numbers.
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An Old Rage: The Overdue Need To Encourage Women’s Anger

February 4, 2021 by

Emma Mackie gets into female empowerment and the need for women to speak up.
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We Can’t Hide From Our History

February 3, 2021 by

Jarod Ramirez discusses the racist aspects of American history and what we need to do better throughout our systems in the future.
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