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The lawsuit alleges the Trump administration rescinded the program on “nothing more than unreasoned executive whim,” and that its removal is “unconstitutional, unjust, and unlawful.”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.
In Photos | “Protect survivors, not frats”: Students Hold Demonstration Following Fraternity Sexual Assault Allegations
Organizers presented attendees with a Google Form, prompting them to answer the question, “What demands would you like to see be enacted on campus and in Isla Vista?”
In Photos | An Isla Vista Halloween
As another Halloween season ends, we take a look back at the celebrations that took place on Del Playa Drive this year. All photographs taken by Nexus photographer Sicheng Wang.