DAILY NEXUS Th URSDAY, MAY 12, 2016 www.dailynexus.com UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA 300 Dorms To Become Triples In an effort to increase housing options for students, UCSB will be converting 300 dorm rooms into triples in fall 2016 Supriya Yelimeli financial officer Nathan Brostrom presented strategies to News Editor expedite the development of student housing, mention- ing UCSB’s increased triples as an example of a campus- UCSB will create 300 more triple dormitories this fall specific housing solution. by converting existing rooms in eight of its residence halls. Although UCSB’s enrollment has decreased after hit- Over 98 percent of current freshmen live in residence ting its peak in 2014, students in an undergraduate popu- halls, and the university hopes to make more housing lation of 20,607 still struggle to find housing on campus available for all students as part of an initiative authored and in Isla Vista. According to the report, over 500 stu- by the University of California Office of the President dents are on UCSB’s housing waitlist, with almost 15,000 (UCOP) in January. students on waitlists UC-wide. This year, all continuing students were able to apply for UCOP’s housing initiative aims to introduce 14,000 residency in Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel new beds across all UC campuses by 2020 and approxi- and San Nicholas halls, which have traditionally housed mately 3,800 spaces have been created since January. freshman students. The five residence halls, along with “The UC has housed over 34,000 students in the past Manzanita Village and Santa Catalina Hall will be increas- year,” Bergstrom said, “Given the size and scope of this ing the amount of triple rooms for the next academic year. initiative, there is no one-size-fits-all model.” According to the UCSB residence hall contract for the Nivi Lakshminarayanan, incoming first-year pre-psy- upcoming academic year, Santa Catalina Hall will convert chology and brain sciences major, selected her first choices the highest number of rooms, beginning fall 2016 with 975 for housing as Santa Cruz and Anacapa Hall. students living in triples. Santa Catalina Hall currently “I think it’ll definitely be different, since right now I SPENCER BRANDT / DAILY NEXUS has 157 triple spaces, according to Mario Muñoz, associate just live in my own room at my house, I always imagined This year, continuing students were given the option of director of Resident Placement & Assignment Services. applying to live in traditionally freshman-only dorm halls. During a UC Regents meeting on Tuesday, chief TRIPLES p.8 UC Looks To Increase Athlete Graduation Josh Ortiz account student-athletes who leave UCSB plan passes. University News Editor in good standing or graduate elsewhere. Bill Mahoney, UCSB associate ath- Sean White UCSB already has many of the policies letics director of communications, said Sports Editor called for in Newsom’s proposal, which each team decides if student-athletes would require that athletes who sustain keep their scholarships after sustaining The University of California Board career-ending injuries be able to retain career-ending injuries. He said the UCSB of Regents will vote Thursday on Lt. their scholarships until graduation. athletics department does not currently Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 14-point plan to The plan would also prevent coaches mandate this decision for all teams. increase student-athlete graduation rates from having the authority to deny or Mahoney also said UCSB coaches across the University of California. admit student-athletes and limit practice have no say in admissions decisions for UC Santa Barbara attained a student- time to no more than 20 hours a week. student-athletes. Freshman student-ath- athlete graduation success rate of 82 Additionally, administrations on UC letes are required to meet with academic percent in the 2014-2015 school year, campuses would have increased involve- counselors and each team requires its according to the National Collegiate ment in athletic departments and stu- student-athletes to attend study halls on Athletic Association (NCAA) website. dent-athletes would be required to meet Gavin Newsom, above, proposed a 14-point plan The graduation success rate takes into with academic counselors regularly if the SPORTS p.8 designed to help UC athletes academically. 2 Thursday, May 12, 2016 Daily Nexus The Daily Nexus is published by the Corrections Policy: To call an error Press Council and partially funded to the attention of the editor in chief, DAILY NEXUS through the Associated Students of the provide a written statement detailing www.dailynexus.com University of California, Santa Barbara the correct information. 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Otherwise I would could use his degree in biology and passion for have just been some wild bushman.” on hardness standards set by the EPA wildlife to not only survive the show, but also Oftentimes during his undergraduate create a career. experience, Galante said he felt a “bit lost” “Throughout that time, I was so busy hav- and unsure of how his degree would ben- ing fun that I efit him after was actually out g r a d u a t i o n , practicing biol- a concern of ogy,” Galante [T]he thing that UCSB gave many col- said. “Part of lege students that was finding “me over anything else ... was today. Galante oysters to eat, hopes students catching lobster the academic qualifications u n d e r s t a n d with spears and that while doing primitive and abilities ... to be in the achieving life survival, which I goals might Photo courtesy of Forrest Galante highly enjoy.” position I’m currently in. of ten feel Galante was a contestant on the first season of Discovery Channel’s survival show, A c c o r d i n g tedious, get- “Naked and Afraid,” where he scored the highest in the show’s five-year history. to Galante, - Forrest Galante ting an educa- his excitement tion will be a premiere, which will air at 9 p.m. on May 31, for wildlife vital part of Maura Fox Galante will attempt to find the Tasmanian stemmed from a genuine interest in how succeeding. Asst. News Editor tiger that was hunted to death around 80 years humans can interact with nature and animals “I knew I loved wildlife and I knew I loved ago. to survive. animals and I knew I loved biology … [and] UCSB alum Forrest Galante is set to host a “My goal is to challenge that determina- “That was through my passion of nature: there were times of stress and feeling [like] ‘Why new show on Animal Planet to travel the world tion of extinction,” Galante said. “My goal is not a passion of hunting and killing, but rather the hell am I doing this?’” Galante said. “But … looking for proof of living animals that have to really challenge that and go to these places a passion of understanding animals and under- in the long run, you need that credential, you recently been declared extinct.