DAILY NEXUS THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2019 www.dailynexus.com UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA Editor’s Note: 5 Years Since May 23, 2014 Hannah Jackson these memories and people, not only with the powerful connection to this event than any other. Editor in Chief intentionally unrepaired window, but also with As I walked down the steps to Storke Plaza, On May 23, 2014 — five years ago today — six UC the mural on the wall featuring the initials of I noticed a man sitting alone. I immediately Santa Barbara students were killed in Isla Vista. each person lost that day. recognized him as Richard Martinez, the father The last class of students who experienced the However, these places with strong ties to the of Christopher Michaels-Martinez, one of the shooting first-hand graduated my freshman year. community — and with them memories associated students lost on May 23, 2014. I remembered his Unlike many UCSB students who learned of the with the 2014 tragedy — are starting to leave Isla viral heart-wrenching plea for gun control in the tragedy only after coming here, I knew about Vista. As each year passes during my time here at days following the attack. As I sat and watched it from the day the news broke. I read about it UCSB, I’ve noticed that fewer and fewer people him for a minute, I could feel the palpable grief online, talked about it to my friends at school and are fully aware of the events that occurred. As in his silent moments of reflection. I thought wept reading stories about the lives cut short and places with a physical connection to the shooting about how he never should have had to be at the loved ones they left behind. But no amount leave the community, we cannot allow ourselves UCSB that day honoring the son who was stolen of information I read about these horrific events to rely on impermanent buildings to do the from him. could prepare me for the experience of being work of remembering the victims; we must do it Though the class of 2022 was in middle school immersed in the community that was left reeling ourselves. While tangibility is a powerful link to and the class of 2019 was still a year away from from May 23, 2014. remembrance, we cannot solely rely on physical choosing the colleges they would soon attend, the I used to go to open mic nights at Coffee objects and places to keep us connected to people Isla Vista tragedy is not something that should Collaborative with my roommates freshman year. worth honoring. ever feel far away from us. A tragedy that once We would spend hours cocooned in one of We have reached an era in which many of the felt abstract to me now feels very real. It is our the funkiest spaces in I.V. However, among its survivors no longer populate the streets of I.V., job to carry on the legacies of the people we lost, colorful walls, old books and comfy couches, I but that does not mean that the activism that to advocate for the politics we wish to change always fixated on one tiny detail of the space: a was catalyzed by the tragedy has left. It’s on us and maintain the community that was built out bullet hole in the window. Coffee Collab was one to celebrate our tight-knit community and its of suffering. of the businesses fired upon during the attack; resilience in the face of evil. thankfully nobody was inside. Years later, the One year ago today, before the memorial George Chen. Katie Cooper. Cheng Yuan Hong. bullet hole remains. Coffee Collab played an event for the fourth anniversary of the tragedy, Christopher Michaels-Martinez. Weihan Wang. integral part in the community in preserving I stumbled upon a scene that gave me a more Veronika Weiss. 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