RCSGD, QTGSU host Queer & Trans Friendsgiving celebration

The Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity and the Queer & Transgender Graduate Student Union co-hosted their second annual Queer & Transgender Friendsgiving celebration on Nov. 22.

RCSGD holds Trans Day of Remembrance vigil, honors lives lost in 2024

The RCSGD held a vigil for Transgender Day of Remembrance and Resilience on Nov. 20, honoring people who were murdered for their transgender identity in 2024.

AFSCME 3299 workers go on 2-day strike for better contracts, protest ‘bad-faith bargaining’

The University of California service workers and patient care workers union went on a systemwide strike from Nov. 20-21.

Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary incorporates Indigenous, community voices

The Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary became the first officially designated marine sanctuary to be co-managed by an Indigenous group on Oct. 15, six years after its nomination was submitted.

Highlights of the Regents’ November 2024 Meeting

The Regents discussed UC Health community benefits, increases in out-of-state tuition, a diversity report, debt-free UC, campus climate and COVID-19.

UC Santa Barbara to construct East Campus Housing project

Along with San Benito Housing, the housing projects will add 3,500 new student beds through on-campus facilities.

Sable Offshore to control pipeline that caused Refugio oil spill, EDC appeals decision

Sable Offshore gained approval from the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission to restart the same pipeline that caused the 2015 Refugio oil spill. 

Edible Campus Program teaches gardening in unconventional spaces

Those living at UC Santa Barbara or in the broader Isla Vista community may not see those spaces as ideal for gardening.

UC News

On Nov. 8, 5,000 University of California workers filed for a new union. The Union is composed of student services and advising workers

BWHC’s Black Beauty Expo provides Black students with accessible hair products

The UC Santa Barbara Associated Students Black Women’s Health Collaborative hosted the third Black Beauty Expo at the Student Resource Building on Nov. 8.