Every year, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) brings filmmakers from all over the world to our town. For 10 days in February, Hollywood professionals make their way to venues around State Street, making their way from Q&As, independent films, and creative panels, along with red carpet award tributes […]
Story by Joyce Chi || Listen on SoundCloud — In a Special Election this Winter Quarter, the AS Senate is proposing amendments to three articles of UCSB’s AS Constitution. If they pass, they would go into effect in time for the Spring General Election next quarter. The first is […]
Photo credit: Courtesy of C-SPAN Story by Annabelle Hurst || Listen to the story on SoundCloud On February 11th, it was announced that the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, will make $900 million worth of cuts to an educational program that tracks K-12 learning progress in the U.S. […]
The AS Senate is a group of elected student representatives which serves as the policy-making body of Associated Students. Every Wednesday at 6:30 PM, the AS Senate convenes to pass bills and resolutions, hear reports from Boards, Committees, and Units (BCUs), and hold public forum. KCSB’s Joyce Chi brings you […]
The AS Senate is a group of elected student representatives which serves as the policy-making body of Associated Students. Every Wednesday at 6:30 PM, the AS Senate convenes to pass bills and resolutions, hear reports from Boards, Committees, and Units (BCUs), and hold public forum. KCSB’s Joyce Chi brings you […]
This recap first appeared in the January 27 edition of the KCSB News Weekly Newsletter. The AS Senate is a group of elected student representatives which serves as the policy-making body of Associated Students. Every Wednesday at 6:30 PM, the AS Senate convenes to pass bills and resolutions, hear […]
This recap first appeared in the January 20 edition of the KCSB News Weekly Newsletter. The AS Senate is a group of elected student representatives which serves as the policy-making body of Associated Students. Every Wednesday at 6:30 PM, the AS Senate convenes to pass bills and resolutions, hear reports […]
This recap first appeared in the January 13 edition of the KCSB News Weekly Newsletter. — The AS Senate is a group of elected student representatives which serves as the policy-making body of Associated Students. Every Wednesday at 6:30 PM, the AS Senate convenes to pass bills and resolutions, hear […]
Protestors gather to demand UCSB end its relationship with military contractors during a divestment rally on May 1st, 2024. (Photo by Ashley Segat) Story by Zoha Malik || Listen to the story on SoundCloud — Israel’s War on Gaza has continued into the New Year, with Authorities in Gaza […]
Photo credit: KCSB News file photo Story by Ray Briare || Listen to the story on SoundCloud — On June 10, 2024, anti-war protesters occupied Girvetz Hall on the UCSB campus. They transformed a classroom into a scene of a study hall bombed in war, with overturned desks, bloodied bodies, […]
This recap first appeared in the December 2 edition of the KCSB News Weekly Newsletter. The AS Senate is a group of elected student representatives which serves as the policy-making body of Associated Students. Every Wednesday at 6:30 PM, the AS Senate convenes to pass bills and resolutions, hear reports […]
This recap first appeared in the November 25th edition of the KCSB News Weekly Newsletter. The AS Senate is a group of elected student representatives which serves as the policy-making body of Associated Students. Every Wednesday at 6:30 PM, the AS Senate convenes to pass bills and resolutions, hear reports […]
Police arrive after protestors occupied Girvetz Hall for two days. | Brandon Yi/KCSB News Written by Joyce Chi and Rosie Bultman || Listen to the story on SoundCloud — The University of California Police Department (UCPD) is seeking a search warrant to access two pro-Palestine Instagram accounts. The American […]
This recap first appeared in the November 18th edition of the KCSB News Weekly Newsletter. The AS Senate is a group of elected student representatives which serves as the policy-making body of Associated Students. Every Wednesday at 6:30 PM, the AS Senate convenes to pass bills and resolutions, hear reports […]
This recap first appeared in the November 11th edition of the KCSB News Weekly Newsletter. — The AS Senate is a group of elected student representatives which serves as the policy-making body of Associated Students. Every Wednesday at 6:30 PM, the AS Senate convenes to pass bills and resolutions, hear […]
This recap first appeared in the November 4th edition of the KCSB News Weekly Newsletter. — The AS Senate is a group of elected student representatives which serves as the policy-making body of Associated Students. Every Wednesday at 6:30 PM, the AS Senate convenes to pass bills and resolutions, hear […]
This recap first appeared in the October 28th edition of the KCSB News Weekly Newsletter. The AS Senate is a group of elected student representatives which serves as the policy-making body of Associated Students. Every Wednesday at 6:30 PM, the AS Senate convenes to pass bills and resolutions, hear reports […]
This recap first appeared in the October 21st edition of the KCSB News Weekly Newsletter. ——— The AS Senate is a group of elected student representatives at UC Santa Barbara that serves as the policy-making body of Associated Students. Every Wednesday at 6:30 PM, the AS Senate convenes to pass […]
Credit: Courtesy of UCSB Story by Rosie Bultman and Joyce Chi || Listen to the story on SoundCloud — UCSB Chancellor Henry T. Yang says he will step down from his position at the end of the upcoming school year. He announced his decision in a campus-wide email on […]
Story by Rosie Bultman and Joyce Chi || Photos by Joyce Chi || Listen to the story on SoundCloud || Link to Part 1 — BOSMA: We’ve been attacked by people who’ve claimed they’ve been neighbors for decades. And people who’ve done nothing but deplete everything in our community. […]
Story by Rosie Bultman and Joyce Chi || Photos by Joyce Chi || Listen to the story on SoundCloud || Link to Part 2 — BOSMA: It’s bleeding everybody in this valley. And the reality is that Grimmway and Bolthouse know this is an impoverished community. They know what they’re […]
Story and photo by Joyce Chi || Listen on SoundCloud — At UC Santa Barbara, where 48% of undergrads and 31% of grad students face food insecurity, there have been efforts to achieve meal swipe reform since at least 2006. That year, according to the Daily Nexus, an Associated Students […]
Photo credit: Courtesy of Scott Safechuck/SBC Fire Department Story by Joyce Chi || Listen on SoundCloud UPDATE (7/10/24, 6:15 PM): The following areas are under an EVACUATION ORDER: Woodstock Area (Areas north of Calzada Ave, east of E. Oak Trail Rd., west of Happy Canyon, and south of the Sisquoc River) […]
Story by Zoha Malik || Listen to the story on SoundCloud The University of California at Santa Barbara released copies of its 2016-2021 contracts with defense contractors on May 20, 2024, after a three-year-old California Public Records Act, or CPRA, Request from Central Coast Antiwar Coalition Chair Marcy Winograd. The twenty-four […]
