Five Questions with Dr. Simon Thornton: Art in the Age of COVID-19
Ethan Yu
Contributing Writer
Dr. Simon Thornton is a postdoctoral scholar and lecturer in the Humanities...
Dr. Ali Javanbakht Debunks COVID-19 Conspiracies
Jonathan Chavez
Marketing Director
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With...
Testing Animals for COVID-19
Aiyana Fraas
Staff Writer
Getting test kits for COVID-19 has been difficult and costly, yet places...
New App Will “FLIP” the Way You Study
Annie Huang
As college students, we all have goals: study for our classes, get a workout in, develop our hobbies, or differentiate ourselves at our...
Two Sides to a Story: Instagram Creates Culture of ‘Sampling’ Other Social Media Platforms
Spencer Wu
Staff Writer
A feature where people can post Stories on their feed headlines photo-sharing app Instagram's newest update. The update's similarity to Snapchat’s Story feature,...
New ‘Samsung Pay’ App Coins a Different Way to Pay
Joanne Rhee
Staff Writer
Illustration By Silvia Quach, Staff Illustrator
Samsung may be late to the mobile wallet party, but it sure made a head-turning entrance.
Samsung’s new...
Five Questions with Professor Howard Winant on Racial Theory
Charlotte Hovey
Contributing Writer
Dr. Howard Winant is a professor of sociology at UCSB who started teaching during the 1970s. Along with Michael Omi, Winant developed...
The Psychological Effects of COVID-19 on Students
Lauren Marnel ShoresEditor-in-Chief
On March 14, Chancellor Henry T. Yang announced that the university would transition to remote instruction...
UCSB Psychedelics Club Explores Psychedelic Usage and Research
Richard Smith
Staff Writer
Dustin Garner, a third-year biochemistry and molecular biology major, is a member of the UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) Psychedelics Club which meets...
Julia: A Solution to the Two-Language Programming Problem
Matt Shamshoian
Python. C++. C. R. This blur of programming languages can get a little confusing, even for the most seasoned computer scientists.
The confusion...
