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UCSB students protest housing crisis
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Landsat 9, attached to an Atlas V rocket, rests on the base before Monday’s 11:12 a.m. launch.
Vandenberg releases Landsat 9 in historic launch By ANNELISE HANSHAW NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
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Sam Salour leads a group of students from Storke Tower to the UCSB’s library during a protest Monday afternoon.
By ANNELISE HANSHAW NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Students at UCSB rallied Monday afternoon to protest a lack of housing and the university’s response to what many are calling a “housing crisis.” When the need for on-campus housing exceeded residence hall capacity, the university secured hotel rooms at the Ramada
by Wyndham in Goleta. But participants in Monday’s rally contend the problem existed long before the pandemic. In late February 2020, a group of graduate students known as “UCSB for Cost of Living Adjustment” held a strike. They protested graduate-student wages and expressed frustration spending most of their income on rent.
Demonstrators Monday reused signs from the COLA rallies. “The university does not respect us. They’re telling us that the pandemic caused the housing crisis,” Sam Salour said to dozens of protestors. “We made most of these signs before the pandemic; the housing crisis has been here for years.” In 2010, UCSB agreed to build more student Please see UCSB on A4
Students carry signs about housing, cost of living and graduate student wages.
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The Landsat 1 prepares for takeoff in 1972.
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Vandenberg Space Force Base sent Landsat 9, a global imaging satellite, into orbit Monday during its 2,000th launch. An Atlas V rocket carried the satellite into space. The 11:12 a.m. launch Monday was Vandenberg’s 300th launch of an Atlas rocket. Landsat 9, now orbiting Earth, captures 700 photos each day. Landsat images, which are available for public download, help scientists and policy makers see climate change’s effect. Landsat 9’s predecessors have long tracked the growth of cities and the shrinking of glaciers. Now, pollutants will be more visible than ever. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland attended the launch. “We’re in the thick of the climate crisis right now,” she said. “Images like the ones that Landsat 9 will bring back to us will help us tremendously to guide us in how we’re approaching climate change, working to make sure we can make the best decisions
possible.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture uses Landsat imagery to track what crops are grown annually. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator Bill Nelson said the data helps farmers, scientists and decision makers. President Joe Biden requested $24.8 billion for NASA in the 2022 budget, a 6% increase from 2021. “It is a very strong budget request,” Mr. Nelson said. “The value is immense. When you’re talking about data like this, it’s hard data that arms decision makers with the tools they need to make decisions about our future.” He said NASA is “doubling its efforts” to lead climate-science research. NASA is planning to build five observatories to look at Earth’s land, oceans, ice and atmosphere. The data will be used to build a 3D composite, Mr. Nelson said. The launch was successful with minimal hiccups. It was originally Please see LANDSAT on A4
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