U-Mail

October 29, 2026

U-Mail: Isla Vista, don’t worry, we will be back

By Narineh Madikians

To: <ivstreets@umail.uscb.edu> From: Narineh Madikians <nmadikians@umail.ucsb.edu> Subject: Isla Vista, don’t worry, we will be back Dear empty streets of Isla Vista, I will miss you this weekend on my jo...

October 23, 2025

U-MAIL: I love you, Canvas Message me back

By Kira Logan

Kira Logan will be anxiously pacing around her room for the foreseeable future until you respond.

September 5, 2025

U-Mail: On missing my tee time

By Alicia Siebers

Alicia Siebers is, more than anything, secretly jealous of student athletes who wear their logoed backpacks everywhere.

May 8, 2025

U-MAIL: I miss you, I’m sorry

By Lucy Dixon

Lucy Dixon misses the UCSBear every day.

February 20, 2025

U-Mail: Advice from a wise 7-year-old

By Nina Rossi

I’m looking at my jewelry rack when suddenly my gold bracelet, which I coined as my “dayge bangle,” begins to look a little weird. It appears to have turned into a dolphin-shaped Sillybandz. Here we go again. I...

January 14, 2025

U-Mail: Oh Euro-trash, my Euro-trash

By Lucy Dixon

To: <eurotrashclub@eumail.paris.fr> From: Lucy Dixon <lucydixon@umail.ucsb.edu> Subject: Oh Euro-trash, my Euro-trash Dearest Euro-trash club, I always knew I would miss the inescapable aura of the Euro-tra...

January 4, 2025

U-Mail: The Art of Giving a Fuck

By Nina Rossi

To: Whoever Needs to Hear This The moment finals ended, I felt an unfamiliar sensation. It was the nonchalant version of me spiriting away. Then again, maybe it was never there, and I never noticed under the mountain of ...

November 21, 2024

U-Mail: Where on Earth did I put my bike?

By Lauren Chiou

To: <bike@umail.ucsb.edu> From: Lauren Chiou <laurenchiou@umail.ucsb.edu> Subject: Where on Earth did I put my bike? Dear Bike, Whenever I lock you at the on-campus bike racks, I lose you. I could leave you t...

November 21, 2024

U-Mail: An ode to long distance friendships

By Amitha Bhat

Dear Future Me, M is currently in Spain. She periodically texts me things like “need advice” and “pick one,” referring to an array of photos that she is deciding between posting on Instagram. She’s in her fourt...