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If UCSB is supposedly closed to in-classroom teaching, why is IV still so crowded with “students”?
Is UCSB Open or Not?
Anonymous
October 31, 2020, 8:42 am
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UCSB is not open to in-class teaching during fall quarter 2020. All courses, including laboratories, are being conducted via Zoom. The decision has been made to teach winter quarter 2021 remotely as well. Spring quarter 2021 will not be decided until after January 2021, but in all likelihood this will be remote as well due to the difficulties of having to conduct both in-person and online courses simultaneously to accommodate those students have decided to stay in home. As far as why IV is so crowded with “students”, half of those students are from SBCC. According to UCSB Student Affairs, “Approximately half of I.V.’s 23,000 residents are UCSB students; other residents include Santa Barbara City College students, families with children, a few UCSB faculty and staff members, and long term residents.” (http://www.sa.ucsb.edu/parents/student-activities-campus-life-1/student-activities-campus-life/isla-vista). Additionally, an article in the San Luis Obispo Tribune states that, “fact that some landlords have been advertising to students from other colleges and universities also indicates that many of our students may be avoiding IV this quarter.” (https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/education/article246093890.html). Regarding this last revelation, I spoke with a parent who said she knew of several NY college students who decided to spend the winter in beautiful California, since they were taking their NY courses remotely. I’m not surprised.
And it beats living at home with the parents for most 18-22 year olds (and for quite a few parents of 18-22 year olds!!!)…
Uh… because people still live there? Isla vista is a neighborhood you can’t just close it