Opinion

January 23, 2024

Spotify Users: Your Playlists are Performative

By Phoebe Mitchem

Phoebe Mitchem thinks Spotify has just become another social media.

January 18, 2024

Where’d All the Time Go?

By Haley Joseph

Haley Joseph explores why we feel like time is going faster and faster.

November 30, 2023

U-Mail: Buzzing for a life outside of class

By Maya Salem

Maya Salem reflects on reading and wanting to live and learn.

November 16, 2023

“I want to tell you a Sacramento story”

By Riley Burke

Riley Burke reflects on growing up in Sacramento and her layered connection with Joan Didion.

November 9, 2023

Nostalgia: Who are we and where do we go?

By Michelle Shteynberg

Michelle Shteynberg reflects on nostalgia and how it makes us who we are.

November 2, 2023

The Throne Zone: We tried every bathroom so you don’t have to — top 10 edition

By Seamus O'Hara, Sam Healey

Sam Healey and Seamus O’Meara are petitioning Chancellor Henry T. Yang so they can teach an “Intro to Bathroom Studies” course at UCSB.

October 31, 2023

The costly convenience of food delivery, and a vision for shopping local

By Arjun Vinod

Arjun Vinod reflects on sustainable grocery shopping and the environmental perils of food delivery.

October 26, 2023

Stories from Storke: Encounter with a ghost

By José Suarez, Maya Salem

José Suarez and Maya Salem share some run-ins with the supernatural.

October 20, 2023

Letter to the editor: Hispanic Heritage Month Write-in

By José Suarez, Luis Ledezma

José Suarez and Luis Ledezma reflect on what being Hispanic means to them.

October 19, 2023

AITO: Tube Girl

By Suryaansh Dongre, Elizabeth Lee

Is this the right train?

October 5, 2023

AITO: The Quarter System

By Riley Burke, Amitha Bhat

The age-old question.

October 5, 2023

U-Mail: Good Bones

By Kayura Narayanan

Kayura Narayanan looks fondly back on (and forward to) their close relationships.

August 29, 2023

Powerhouses versus props: the “it” factor in female representation

By Haley Joseph

Haley Joseph critiques common caricatures of women in the media, and wonders what makes a character, as the kids say, an "It Girl".

August 29, 2023

Stories from Storke: What I wish I knew my freshman year

By Haley Joseph, Alice Zhang, Bhavya Uniyal

Haley Joseph, Alice Zhang and Bhavya Uniyal reflect on what they learned during their first year at UCSB.

July 21, 2023

The restoration of history: how art transforms the narrative

By Haley Joseph

Haley Joseph takes inspiration from curator Diana Nawi’s guest lecture and reflects on how art informs the present.

July 13, 2023

An ode to my freshman year dorm

By Kira Logan

Kira Logan reminisces on her freshman year dorm experience.