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OTM ARTSWEEK SPORTS SCIENCE AND TECH page 12 page 10 page 8 A page 13 LOOK OPINION INSIDE page 14 DAILY NEXUS THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2017 www.dailynexus.com UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA Admissions Stats Released, Students ’90S Feel Crunch of Rising Enrollment THROWBACK ISSUE What You Need to Know About I.V. Government Jose Ochoa was coupled on the ballot with Measure County News Editor F, a utility user tax meant to fund the district through an 8 percent tax on gas, Isla Vista’s vibrant political history water, electricity, sewage and garbage rooted in efforts for self-governance disposal for users in the area. culminated in last year’s establishment CSD Financial Strains of the Isla Vista Community Services While most of the country focused District (CSD), the first government on welcoming and protesting a new with wide-ranging abilities to provide president on Nov. 9, 2016, I.V. residents services to the area. also saw the birth of a new government Creating an Isla Vista Government by voting a resounding 87.52 percent I.V. is an “unincorporated area” of “yes” on Measure E. Santa Barbara County with a population The measure created the Isla of over 26,000, according to U.S. Vista CSD with voters electing Ethan Census Bureau data from 2015. The Bertrand, Spencer Brandt, Jay Freeman, I.V. community has witnessed several Father Jon-Stephen Hedges and Natalie movements in favor of cityhood, but Jordan as directors to lead the newly the state ultimately determined these formed government. efforts to be politically and financially CSD Director Jay Freeman described infeasible. the district as an “experiment” in In 2003, the Santa Barbara County providing small-scale government that Grand Jury determined that a CSD has the “visceral” ability for students would be the best option to represent to become involved because of its the unincorporated community. relationship with UC Santa Barbara. Assembly Bill 3 (AB-3) was Measure F, however, received 61.22 introduced to the state assembly in percent of the total vote in favor, failing KEVIN SON / DAILY NEXUS 2014 and would effectively create a new to reach the two-third (66 percent) Jose Ochoa Race demographic data for the incoming undisclosed funds and allegedly interfered with government in I.V. capable of addressing vote necessary to impose the tax. This County News Editor freshman class is unavailable for another month, the auditing process. the needs of the “transient student effectively left the CSD fundless and UCSB spokesperson Andrea Estrada said in an The UC passed a measure to increase tuition in population” and its “predominantly with little ability to finance the services Admissions data published in July by the UC email Tuesday. January, raising the price for in-state students by renter-oriented” community. it wished to provide. Office of the President shows that 32.8 percent of UCSB accepted 493 more out-of-state 2.5 percent. Undergraduate nonresident tuition The bill also assigns the CSD The failure to pass this tax is applicants were admitted to UC Santa Barbara for students than in the previous year and 297 more also increased by $1,668. powers to provide services related to worrisome for the future of the district, Fall Quarter, a slight drop from last year’s rate of international students. The measure was tabled from approval in infrastructure, utilities, garbage, police as AB-3 stipulates that “the district 35.9 percent. The Regents approved a cap on nonresident November because of student protests at the services, parks, recreation, cultural would be dissolved” if a utility user tax UC Santa Barbara admitted a total of 26,879 enrollment in May, limiting the amount of students Regents’ meeting, but they ultimately passed the facilities, fire, security and roads. is not passed by Jan. 1, 2023. freshmen from 81,828 applications in 2017, a to 18 percent of the student population across all increase in January. Governor Jerry Brown signed AB-3 into CSD Board Chair Ethan Bertrand, record number of applications to the campus in the UCs. Nonresident students currently make up 12.2 Renovations for new off-campus student law on Oct. 7, 2015, paving the way for however, remains confident in its past three years. The UC system received a total of percent of the undergraduate population at UCSB. dorms are scheduled for completion in the fall, Measure E to be on the ballot in Nov. future. 209,918 applications, up about 1.7 percent from The UC was met with criticism this year as as the UC plans to admit an additional 2,500 2016. In an interview with the Nexus the previous year. students felt the crunch of rising enrollment and undergraduate students into the UC system this Measure E was the ballot measure to Tuesday, Bertrand said there are plans Approximately 35.3 percent of admitted students overcrowding. following year. formally create the Isla Vista CSD and to put the tax on the ballot once more are first-generation college students, and 34.1 A state audit also revealed in April that the Current admission statistics are preliminary GOVERNMENT p.3 percent fall under the low-income categorization. Office of the President held $175 million in and may change as the UC finalizes its data. County To Install Pardall Stoplight Maura Fox According to Lieutenant Steve Larson of the The traffic signal will not have sensors but will University News Editor California Highway Patrol (CHP), the CHP will operate on a timer of approximately 20 seconds. begin enforcing the new traffic light law immedi- Pedestrians will be able to see how many seconds The construction of a traffic signal at the inter- ately after installation. they have to cross the street to adjust their speed. section of Pardall Road and Embarcadero Del Norte “People need to realize that once a light goes on, McGolpin said 20 seconds is the approximate in Isla Vista will begin this month and will be it is enforceable,” Larson said. “If the light is red, time it takes the slowest pedestrian to cross the completed by Sep. 15, according to county officials. the light is red. The bicyclists, the skateboarders, street at the intersection. The County Public Works Department estimates they all have to stop at the stoplight.” McGolpin also said the county plans to coordi- the project will take four to six weeks. The traffic According to the County Public Works nate with local artists to paint the signal cabinets, signal at the intersection was first discussed in the Department, the project costs $300,000. The Santa similar to those on El Colegio. He said he hopes mid-2000s as part of the Isla Vista Master Plan, a Barbara County Community Development Block this will minimize the chance of graffiti on the long-term infrastructure project for I.V. Grant Program will fund half the cost and UC cabinets. County Public Works director Scott McGolpin Santa Barbara will provide funding for the other The project will be as noninvasive as possible, said Southern California Edison electric company half. he said, because the department does not want will remove the existing eight streetlights at the McGolpin described the installation as a “pretty to damage the construction completed on Pardall intersection within the next week and the new easy job” because it will be completed on the side- Road in 2009. The 2009 construction included the JENNY LUO / DAILY NEXUS traffic signal poles will replace the streetlight walks, allowing cars, bikers and pedestrians to still installation of the streetlights and palm trees, as The California Highway Patrol will begin enforcing the new traffic light law infrastructure. use the street during construction. well as pouring new concrete at the intersection. immediately after installation, which is expected to be completed by Sept. 15. STOPLIGHT p.6 2 Thursday, August 24, 2017 Daily Nexus Letter from the Editor: From One ’90s Kid to the Last KENNETH SONG / DAILY NEXUS Supriya Yelimeli Editor in Chief The last generation of babies lucky enough to be born in the ’90s will arrive on the UC Santa Barbara campus in less than a month. This realization, naturally, makes all of us existing ’90s babies a little nostalgic. There’s nothing like adulthood zooming toward you without permission to make you want to hide in a blanket fort and seek comfort in the artifacts of a last-millennium childhood. In this issue, we invite you to look back at pieces of history from the year you were born while preparing for a beautiful, scary, exciting and dizzyingly fast first year at our sun-topped university. An overflowing history of activism, environment, academics, struggle, athletics and brilliance have grown at UCSB since its own first years. During your time here, we hope you have a chance to question everything, fall in love with your surroundings and revisit the kid in you as often as possible. Welcome to UC Santa Barbara, ’90s kids. You’re among friends here. RELEASE DATE– Tuesday, March 6, 2012 NEXUS FILE PHOTO Formally established in 1944 and boasting of over 1,000 acres on the California coast, UC Santa Barbara is ranked as one of the top three UCs. It offers over 200 majors, degrees and credentials and is also home to 12 national centers and institutes, including the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. 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