Edgy Play To Empower, Educate UCSB Students

The Women’s Ensemble Theater Troupe will place taboo subjects center-stage with two provocative events this weekend. In their annual performance of “The Vagina Monologues” tomorrow and Saturday ...
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Campus Cops Confront Peaceful Protesters

UC Police officers detained 18 Occupy Cal demonstrators at UC Berkeley’s Doe Library on Friday after the group disregarded campus administrators’ warnings to vacate the encampment or face legal re...
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Court Rules UCPD Officer Innocent

On Friday, a federal district court in San Francisco found UC Berkeley Campus Police Officer Brendan Tinney not guilty of violating a student’s civil rights during a Nov. 20, 2009 protest. Berkeley ...
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Brown’s Funding Plan Takes Heat

The state Legislative Analyst’s Office released a report on Wednesday advising against Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to remove earmarks on state funding for the UC and the CSU, thereby giving school...
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Arsonist Damages UCSB Construction

The perpetrator of a north campus arson incident that caused roughly $1 million in damage on Jan. 29 remains at large. The fire, which detectives said was started intentionally at approximately 2:14 a...
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Wahoo’s Fish Taco To Open in UCen

Wahoo’s Tacos is awaiting approval from a final inspection before its scheduled grand opening in the UCen this week. According to UCen Dining Services Director Sue Hawkins, Wahoo’s new storefront ...
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Authorities Find Small Boat Off of SB Coast

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. discovered an abandoned panga boat off the county’s coastline, the second craft of its kind found in the region this year. Deputies, the U.S. Coast Guard a...
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Kissing Contest To Help Cancer Charity

This Valentine’s Day, smooching your special someone could help benefit a child with cancer. The “Kisses for Cancer” competition, hosted by local author Leon Scott Baxter and financial expert Ti...
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Search and Rescue Team Retrieves Lost Teenagers

The Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue Team aided two stranded teenagers stuck on a mountain ridge above the Alisal Guest Ranch last week, marking their second successful rescue this month. Accord...
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Fire Damages Site Equipment

The UCSB Police Department and Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to a case of arson at a construction site off Phelps Road early yesterday morning. The campus police received a 911 call rega...
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Armenian Assocation Advocates Awareness

Members of UCSB’s Armenian Student Association gathered in silent protest yesterday near Girvetz Hall in objection to the Turkish government and the international community’s failure to officially...
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Regents Deliberate Improving Current Educational Policy During Opening Day

The UC Board of Regents convened at UC Riverside yesterday for its two-day meeting tackling strategies to compensate for the system’s budget shortfalls. Chair of the Board Sherry Lansing started the...
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Regents To Reconfigure UC Funding

The UC Board of Regents will convene during a meeting today and tomorrow at UC Riverside to reevaluate the university’s budget outlook amidst the likelihood of additional state revenue shortfalls an...
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Online Community Protests Piracy Bills

In protest of two anti-piracy laws — the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act — being considered by Congress, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced on Monday that the...
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UCSB TV Jumps on Cox

Tomorrow will mark the launch of UCSB TV, a campus-specific branch of the systemwide UCTV channel that will be broadcast to viewers in Santa Barbara, Goleta and Carpinteria on Cox Cable channel 72. Th...
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