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Atmika Iyer

Atmika Iyer is a fourth-year history major at UC Santa Barbara. She served as the 2022-23 editor-in-chief of UCSB's student-run, independent newspaper, the Daily Nexus. Over the course of her career as a student journalist, Iyer has interned with the Santa Barbara Independent and Street Sense Media D.C., and freelanced with Coastal View News and Noozhawk. She has experience covering local government, homelessness and higher education. Iyer received three awards for her work with the Daily Nexus from the California College Media Association, including second place for best editorial two years in a row, and third place for best newspaper during her tenure as editor-in-chief.

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San Diego Sheriff's deputies and University of California campus officers stand guard at a pro-Palestinian protest at UC San Diego in San Diego on May 6, 2024. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters
Higher Education
Hundreds arrested and suspended: How California colleges are disciplining faculty and students over protests
Students and faculty protesting the Israel-Hamas war at universities throughout California are facing a range of consequences from arrests to suspensions and bans from campus. Meanwhile, students and faculty have also had to endure campus closures, canceled events, and classes moving online. What are the academic and legal costs of civil disobedience for California’s college protesters?
By , , , , , , , , and • May 24, 2024
Police advance on pro-Palestinian demonstrators in an encampment on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles during the early hours of May 2, 2024. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP Photo
CalMatters en Español
El presidente de la UC tenía un plan para reducir las protestas, entonces ¿Por qué hubo una noche de violencia en UCLA?
El plan de seguridad del campus de la Universidad de California fue diseñado para calmar las protestas limitando la aplicación de la ley. Sin embargo, a medida que las tensiones crecieron hasta convertirse en violencia contra un campamento de estudiantes de UCLA erigido en protesta por la guerra en Gaza, muchos critican la falta inicial de intervención de las fuerzas del orden.
By • May 1, 2024
Elisa Arquieta at California State University Long Beach on Oct. 12, 2023. Arquieta is both a student and a parent. Photo by Lauren Justice for CalMatters
CalMatters en Español
Las universidades de California no cumplen con la fecha límite para ofrecer inscripción prioritaria a estudiantes que son padres de familia
Read this story in English. Eran más de las 8:00 de la mañana cuando Elisa Arquieta terminó de dejar a su hija en la escuela secundaria y a sus dos hijos menores en la guardería de su universidad. Sólo después de dejarlos se dio cuenta de que ya había pasado mucho tiempo desde la apertura […]
By and • October 25, 2023
Elisa Arquieta at California State University Long Beach on Oct. 12, 2023. Arquieta is both a student and a parent. Photo by Lauren Justice for CalMatters
College Beat
California colleges miss the deadline to offer student parents priority registration
Signed by the governor in September 2022, AB 2881 aims to identify and address the needs of student parents in California by offering them priority registration. Coordinators and advocates are optimistic the law will formalize data collection, allowing them to better serve this student population that represents 1 in 5 students nationally.
By and • October 25, 2023