UCSB and Isla Vista Honor Victims of the 2014 Isla Vista Tragedy

May 24, 2022 by and

UC Santa Barbara’s Associated Students and Student Affairs, along with the I.V. Recreation & Parks District, held a day of remembrance at I.V.’s Love and Remembrance Garden. 
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Admissions Data Show 5% Increase in Student Applications for UCSB

May 21, 2022 by , and

The Nexus obtained data on applicants from UC Santa Barbara’s 2022 admissions cycle from UCSB’s Media Relations Manager Kiki Reyes.
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UCSA Reflects on Ambitious Slate of Lobbying for Student Needs

May 19, 2022 by

Three key budget asks are to serve marginalized and underserved communities, including $4 million for underground scholars programs, $5 million for undocumented students programs and $6 million for fo...
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A.S. Senate Discusses Bill Calling for Reparations for Black Students

May 18, 2022 by and

The bill — titled a Resolution in Support of Reparations for Black and African Identified Students — was authored by third-year global studies major and Letters and Sciences Senator Love Maia
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Regents Committee Approves Ocean Road Housing Project: Recap of May 2022 UC Regents Meeting

May 18, 2022 by , , and

Several facets of the long-awaited UC Santa Barbara Ocean Road housing project were approved by the University of California Board of Regents Finance and Capital Strategies Committee on May 18.
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UC Student News

May 12, 2022 by and

A weekly recap of up-to-date UC News.
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Upcoming 2022-23 A.S. Budget Faces $2-Million Reduction

May 12, 2022 by and

The Senate ultimately voted to extend the rollover funding request deadline to accommodate entities who were not made aware of the upcoming budget cuts. 
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Students for Justice in Palestine Demonstration Prompts Conversation About Israel-Palestine Conflict

May 12, 2022 by and

Discourse on the Israel-Palestine conflict has historically been controversial at UCSB
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Term in Review: EVPSA Esmeralda Quintero-Cubillan

May 5, 2022 by

Throughout their time in office, a passion for empowering and advocating for marginalized communities from a place of empathy remained the clear center of Quintero-Cubillan’s work.
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UC To Offer Free Tuition to Federally Recognized Native American California Residents

May 4, 2022 by

The initiative comes as a part of the UC Native American Opportunity Plan, designed to increase UC student diversity and accessibility for Indigenous California residents. 
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A.S. Elections Conclude With Historic Low Voter and Candidate Turnout; Seven Senate Seats Remain Unfilled

April 25, 2022 by , , , and

1,849 students did not finish filling out their ballots or did not click submit, rendering their votes void, A.S. Elections Board announced during the Zoom webinar where results were displayed. 
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A.S. Elections Voting Extended Through Sunday

April 21, 2022 by

UC Santa Barbara’s Associated Students Elections Board has extended voting for spring 2022-23 elections until Sunday, April 24.  The voter threshold for Associated Students (A.S.) elections is 20% ...
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A.S. Elections See Low Voter Turnout; Voting Opened

April 21, 2022 by

The only A.S. constitutional amendment on the ballot, dubbed the Nonpartisan Act, asks students to vote on the elimination of the party system for senatorial candidates as well as for the Internal Vic...
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Low Candidate Turnout In 2022-23 A.S. Elections

April 17, 2022 by

Shannon Hollingsworth, chair of the A.S. Elections Board, attributed the low candidate turnout to UCSB’s return to in-person instruction after years of being online from COVID-19. 
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Cheadle Center Receives Grant To Restore Campus Point Bluff’s Flora

April 17, 2022 by

CCBER is working to redesign the land’s unique flora makeup, and work is slated to begin on the endeavor this summer with excavation of the asphalt pad to begin the following fall.
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