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1 month ago | dailynexus.com | Anushka Ghosh Dastidar |Lizzy Rager |Jack Dindia |Michelle Cisneros

Following three weeks of delay to election results, the 2025 Associated Students Spring General Election concluded with a 20.42% voter turnout. Results were announced at the Interactive Learning Pavilion room 2302 at 7 p.m., an hour later than slated.

2 months ago | dailynexus.com | Jack Dindia |Conor Kelly

The Associated Students 75th Senate passed a resolution to transfer over $50,000 to the Associated Students Food Bank to fund their snack stations and heard a request from Armenian campus groups to establish an official day and month of remembrance for the Armenian Genocide at its April 16 meeting. The Senate voted on a resolution to transfer $50,300 from unallocated funds to the Associated Students (A.S.) Food Bank to fund the Snack Station Program.

2 months ago | dailynexus.com | Jack Dindia |Conor Kelly

The Associated Students 75th Senate heard grievances from Kamaya Jackson regarding the senate’s vote to deny her from a second co-chair position. They also passed a bill aimed at obtaining tools for economics students in memory of two students who died in a car accident.

Mar 7, 2025 | dailynexus.com | Jack Dindia |Conor Kelly

Jewish Voice for Peace Santa Barbara protested an Israeli dance company’s performance in downtown Santa Barbara on Feb. 25 due to its financial backing from Israeli politicians, among other private sources. Protestors claimed the dance troupe engaged in “art-washing” Israel’s policies and recent actions in the Middle East. The performance was put on by Batsheva Dance Company, which originates from Tel Aviv, Israel, and is funded by the state of Israel.

Feb 20, 2025 | dailynexus.com | Jack Dindia |Conor Kelly

Actress Zoe Saldaña received the American Riviera Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival for one of her most ambitious performances yet — “Emilia Pérez.” The American Riviera Award is given for “outstanding achievement in American film.” In “Emilia Pérez,” Saldaña plays a Mexican lawyer named Rita who is enlisted by a brutal cartel boss to help her transition to a woman. The film is about redemption and trying to escape one’s past. On a rainy Feb.