Current Honors Students Will Continue To Receive Priority Registration, But Policies May Change for Future Incoming Classes
During the 2020-2021 academic year, it is expected that the Academic Senate will likely re-evaluate priority registration for all eligible UCSB students who currently receive it.
The “Uphill Fight that the Black Community in America has Constantly Been Fighting Towards”: UCSB and IV Community Speak on Black Lives Matter Movement
As protest headlines disappear from mainstream news, it remains unclear how the Black Lives Matter movement has changed, or will change, the community of Isla Vista and UCSB.
SB County Reports First COVID-19 Death in Isla Vista
The I.V. resident was one of two deaths announced by the county on Thursday, bringing the county’s total death count to 84.
UC Santa Cruz Reinstates 41 Teaching Assistants Dismissed over COLA Strikes
Graduate students across the UC continue to advocate for a COLA, even as the pandemic brings challenges to in-person activism.
I.V. CSD 2020-21 Budget Projects Increase in Revenue Despite Coronavirus
The Isla Vista Community Services District expects revenues of over $1.36 million and expenses of approximately $1.26 million for the 2020-21 fiscal year.
Isla Vista Experiences Largest Single-Day Jump in COVID-19 Cases
Santa Barbara County confirmed an additional five new cases on Friday, bringing the total count to 74 cases in Isla Vista, 20 of which are currently active.
UC Announces Influenza Vaccine Requirement For All Students and Employees Come Fall
This is the first time the UC has required the flu vaccine.
In a Reopening Roller Coaster, Barber Shops Are Cutting Profits Thin
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Richie Ramirez said he has shuttered and reopened his barber shops three separate times, turning a profit for only six weeks out of the last six months.
UCSB Alum and Literary Partner Publish Mental Health-Focused Poetry Collection
The poetry collection takes readers through the ups and downs of heartbreak, loss and letting go with the intent to shine light on mental health struggles.
UCSB Professor Explores Race in the U.S. Through a South Asian Lens, in New Novel “Members Only”
Pandya said his initial ideas for the novel began in 2016, a year he published his first collection, “The Blind Writer: Stories and a Novella.”