UCSB Students lock down Chancellor's Office

In the second action in two weeks UCSB students, community members, and campus workers stormed the Chancellor's office carrying out a brief occupation. The coalition is calling on the university to assist the 55 evicted Latino families in their struggle against Conquest Student Housing, a corporation that evicted the immigrant families in order to increase profits by renting out apartments to students. The coalition is also calling on the university to provide its workers with a living wage and better benefits. Finally, students are asking that Chancellor Yang take more initiative to pressure the Regents to adopt admissions and outreach policies that will help build a more diverse student body at UCSB and in higher education in general.