UCSB Admits 32.4 Percent of Freshman Applicants
Minh Hua
Campus Beat Reporter
The University of California admissions remain competitive as recent data reveals a decrease in acceptance rates across the UC system. UCSB’s...
Overheard at UCSB: Making Eavesdropping a Shared Experience
Nkechi Ikem
Staff Writer
UC Santa Barbara students have grown to love the Facebook page UCSB Zesty Meme Cuisine for Horny Teens for campus-related memes about...
IV First Friday: Great in Theory, Lacking in Execution
Jessica Gang
Opinions Editor
As part of the I.V. Open Lab’s project to make Isla Vista a more family-friendly neighborhood, the final I.V. First Friday event...
Comics Class Explores Principles and Theories on Drawing
Sabrina Bui
Staff Writer
Caroline Allen, a three-decade faculty member at UC Santa Barbara, will be hosting a new class called Words and Pictures: Making Comics...
Carbon Farming Coming to Santa Barbara
Tanner Walker
Staff Writer
Carbon ranching is coming to Santa Barbara, but farmers aren’t growing carbon — they’re putting it back into the ground. With the help of...
One Third of the World’s Protected Areas Are Under Stress
Krystal Chen
Staff Writer
According to a recent study conducted by the Wildlife Conservation Society, more than one third of protected lands have shown signs of...
FDA Holds Drug Industries Accountable for Suspicious Practices
Sophia Tao
The FDA released a list of “Reference Listed Drug Access Inquiries” on Thursday, May 17, which lists pharmaceutical companies that allegedly block the...
Astrosom: Making Outer Space Accessible for Blind People
Peter McMaster
Post-doc astrophysicist Greg Salvesen creates music out of astronomy data, making outer space more accessible to the blind and more engaging for non-scientists.
Astrosom,...
A School Year in Reflection
Elijah Root-Sanchez
Staff Writer
Although the 2017-2018 school year at UCSB was very stressful and difficult for me to handle at times, I would consider it...
Support Isla Vista’s Independence This Election Day
Jeremy Levine
Staff Writer
Isla Vista residents have an opportunity to decide the future of their self-governance this election day. Since the 1970s, students and community...
Nepotism: Not as Important as It Seems
Minh Hua
Campus Beat Reporter
There are three hard facts of life: we all die someday, buffalo chicken cheese fries are good when you’re drunk, and...
CAPS Is an Invaluable Resource That Needs to Be Improved
Eileen Taing
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is a mental health service that is provided to all current UCSB students. It is a helpful resource...
