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The Associated Students Elections Board announced its candidate slate on April 15 one week ahead of the 2024 Spring Quarter General Election. UC Santa Barbara students can cast their ballots starting April 22, with polls closing April 26. Students are vying for five executive positions on the ballot — Associated Students (A.S.) President, Internal Vice

The UC Santa Barbara Associated Students Senate unanimously passed the Candidate Endorsement Act, amending legal code to allow candidates in Associated Students elections to endorse one another, at its Feb. 14 meeting. The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate also indefinitely tabled a bill that aimed to provide funding to local Isla Vista-based bands. The A.S. Senate

The decision followed community reaction and discourse on the bill.

More than 50 UC Santa Barbara students, faculty, alumni and community members attended the Associated Students 74th Senate weekly meeting on Nov. 8 to speak during the public forum segment in response to a bill listed on the agenda condemning militant group Hamas and antisemitism at UCSB. The creation and discussion of the bill come

Senators discussed plans to dedicate A.S. funds to preventative cliff safety measures like fencing.

IVCSD approves updated festival ordinance, social host ordinance The Isla Vista Community Services District approved amendments to the festival ordinance and social host ordinance at its meeting on Oct. 10 meeting. Outdoor festivals — defined in the ordinance as musical events to be attended by 500 people or more to which the public is invited

Members of the UC Santa Barbara Jewish community gathered on Monday for a vigil and rally in solidarity with Israel following the Oct. 7 launch of surprise attacks from Hamas — a militant group based in the Gaza Strip. At least 900 Israeli citizens were killed, leading Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to formally declare

Associated Students established a Jewish Commission in Spring Quarter 2023 to support Jewish students and bring greater education on Jewish culture to UC Santa Barbara’s campus. Associated Students (A.S.) Jewish Commission Chair Tom Hirshfeld said the various antisemitic incidents in Isla Vista during the 2022-23 year highlighted the need for an administrative body advocating for

The Nexus will be updating this page with live results from the Associated Students Election, which will be released in-person at the UCen Hub at 7:30.

The Student Health Services building, currently located on Ocean Road, will be demolished at an unspecified point in the future to accommodate new faculty housing.