UCSB Receives Platinum-Level Honor for Bike Friendliness
This is the first year that UCSB has been designated as a Platinum-level bike friendly university.
“Our struggles as students are intertwined with the struggles of workers”: A.S. Senate Endorses Upcoming AFSCME Strike
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.
A.S. President’s Campaign Promise of a Student App Moves Forward
The app was introduced to the A.S. Senate through a resolution authored by Letters and Science Senator Olivia Campos and Off-Campus Senator Tianna White.
UCSB Track and Water Polo Programs Committed Major Infractions, NCAA Announces
Both the men’s and women’s cross country and track and field programs and the men’s water polo program were found guilty of violating two different types of NCAA regulations.
Supreme Court Begins University of California DACA Arguments
The lawsuit alleges the Trump administration rescinded the program on “nothing more than unreasoned executive whim,” and that its removal is “unconstitutional, unjust, and unlawful.”
AFSCME Files Six New Unfair Labor Practice Complaints Against UC, Plans To Strike Nov. 13
The UC’s largest workers union filed six new unfair labor practice complaints against the university system on Nov. 1 and plans to strike on Nov. 13.
“We Will Believe Survivors”: A.S. Senate, I.V. CSD Release Statements in Solidarity With Survivors of Sexual Assault
The I.V. CSD’s statement was released in an email to its mailing list on Oct. 24, while the A.S. Senate’s statement was posted on the A.S. Senate Facebook page on Nov. 1.
GSA Lounge Renovations to Include Egg Chairs, Access Card Reader
The GSA applied for funding from the Student Fee Advisory Committee and received $98,000. The GSA also plans to use part of its own budget to finalize said renovations, with the total cost estimated to slightly exceed $100,000.
Academic Researchers United, UC Announce Tentative Contract
The negotiation was not seamless; just last month, ARU created a petition demanding an end to bargaining delays.
Lucidity Fields Community Questions About Alternative Deltopia Festival During Town Hall
Members of Lucidity’s board of directors expressed its hopes that the alternative festival would help channel the Deltopia crowds into a safer space.