Daily Nexus Election Endorsements 2016
The following endorsements are based on the electoral races the Nexus has tracked most closely throughout this election cycle.
A.S. Finance Committee To Fund $5,000 for College Republicans Event Featuring Ben Shapiro
UCSB College Republicans received $5,000 from the A.S. Finance and Business Committee for an upcoming event featuring Ben Shapiro, a political commentator who will present a criticism of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Obama Endorses Salud Carbajal for Congress
President Barack Obama endorsed Salud Carbajal for Congress on Monday, backing the Democratic candidate in his race for California’s 24th Congressional District.
Blue-Green Rivalry To Live On At Home
The Blue-Green clash is renewed back at Harder Stadium this Saturday where the Gauchos will look to sweep the Mustangs for the first time since 2006.
TFW UCSB Offers a Meme Class
Winter Quarter classes were announced this week, unveiling a new linguistics class taught by Professor John W. Du Bois — Linguistics 135: Memes: When Language and Culture Go Viral.
Feminasty Guardians Protest Against Rape Culture in Isla Vista
A group of activists, known as the Feminasty Guardians, marched through Isla Vista Friday to reach the scene of an altercation that inspired their protest against rape culture at UC Santa Barbara.
Students Spin Poetry at Annual ‘Coming Out Monologues’
UC Santa Barbara students expressed themselves in spoken word on Monday at the annual “Coming Out Monologues,” sharing their experiences aloud to usher in National Coming Out Day on Tuesday.
El Congreso Protests Against Columbus Day, Dakota Access Pipeline
The students protested from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., intermittently chanting “Fuck white supremacy; Columbus is the enemy” and “Hey hey! Ho ho! Columbus Day has got to go!”
Jill Stein Discusses Dakota Access Pipeline, Environmental Issues at Rally
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein visited Santa Barbara’s De La Guerra Plaza on Saturday for a morning rally filled with music and environmental activism.
Isla Vista Divided by Party Politics in Supervisor Race
Although it occupies a little over a square mile, Isla Vista is brimming with over 20,000 UC Santa Barbara students, retirement communities and clusters of longtime residents.