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‘Nomadland’ takes Best Picture at Oscars Chloé Zhao is first Asian woman named Best Director By ANNELISE HANSHAW NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
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Storke Tower looms over the UC Santa Barbara campus during rainy weather in March 2020, a month that altered college admissions.
By ANNELISE HANSHAW NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
College applications have changed this year, with more schools instituting a pass/fail grading system and a growing
number of colleges not requiring ACT/SAT test scores — including UCSB. The University of California system received the most undergraduate applications for fall 2021 in its history. It leapt
16.1% from the previous year for all grades, and freshman applications increased by 18.4%. “Our record number of applications is a testament to the resilience of students and their families as well as their
“Nomadland” took home three Oscars Sunday, including Best Picture. But perhaps more notably, the film’s director Chloé Zhao became the first Asian woman, and sixth woman, to win Best Director. Yuh-Jung Youn, from “Minari,” is the first Korean to be awarded Best Supporting Actress. The wins are poignant in a time of attacks against AsianAmericans. In Ms. Zhao’s acceptance speech, she gives an anecdote about memorizing Chinese poems. She recites one that says people are inherently good. “I have always found goodness in the people I’ve met, everywhere I went in the world. So this is for anyone who has the faith and the courage to hold onto the goodness in themselves and to hold onto the goodness in each other — no matter how difficult it is to do.” “Nomadland,” a film focusing on people living in vans, delves into the softness of humanity. Frances McDormand, who plays a woman in her 60s in
“Nomadland,” won Best Actress for her role in the film. Here is the full list of Sunday’s winners: Best Picture: “Nomadland” Best Director: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins, “The Father” Best Actress: Frances McDormand, “Nomadland” Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah” Best Supporting Actress: YuhJung Youn, “Minari” Original Screenplay: Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman” Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, “The Father” Animated Feature: “Soul” Production Design: “Mank” Costume Design: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Cinematography: Erik Messerschmidt, “Mank” Editing: “Sound of Metal” Makeup and Hairstyling: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Sound: “Sound of Metal” Visual Effects: “Tenet” Score: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste, “Soul” email: ahanshaw@newspress.com
undeterred focus on higher education,” UC President Dr. Michael V. Drake said in a news release. “Californians continue to see us as the pathway for a better future.” Please see UCSB on A3
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Santa Barbara Channelkeeper’s Watershed Brigade volunteers took to Hot Springs Trail in Montecito last weekend to clean up litter.
Keeping local hiking trails clean Local Channelkeeper volunteers collect trash at trails and turnouts By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
UCSB accepted almost 37% of applicants for the fall 2020 term though the number of enrollees dropped slightly.
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Even though Earth Day was last week, that didn’t stop Santa Barbara Channelkeeper’s Watershed Brigade volunteers from cleaning up trash in the community. This time, to complement local Earth Day celebrations, the Brigade held a dispersed cleanup event Saturday into Sunday with a focus on front country
trails and turnouts, where trash often accumulates. A couple local volunteers who also volunteer with the National Marine Sanctuary and the National Park Service took to Hot Springs Trail in Montecito early Saturday morning with bags and trash pickers in hand. “This particular trail has become very impacted with people from out of town coming here because there’s the aura Please see TRAILS on A4
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Classified.............. B4 Life..................... B1-4 Obituaries............. A4
Saturday’s SUPER LOTTO: 12-14-17-22-24 Meganumber: 13
Sunday’s DAILY 4: 1-4-9-4
Friday’s MEGA MILLIONS: 4-28-29-30-60 Meganumber: 25
Sunday’s FANTASY 5: 6-22-24-34-39
Sunday’s DAILY DERBY: 01-09-10 Time: 1:49.84
Saturday’s POWERBALL: 22-36-48-59-61 Meganumber: 22
Soduku................. B2 Weather................ A4
Sunday’s DAILY 3: 8-8-3 / Sunday’s Midday 8-1-5