Month: September 2011

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Gaucho Brings Education to Youth in Ghana

September 22, 2011 by Vanessa Angiuli

UCSB graduate student Gary Haddow is extending his passion for education to Ghana’s Buduburam Liberian Refugee Camp, where he and two colleagues founded a free primary school that hopes to enroll 100 of the camp’s children this year.

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Mario as Michelangelo: Video Games as Art

September 22, 2011 by Damion Damaske

It takes a long time for a new form of art to be accepted as a “true” form of art, whatever that means. Generally when people think of art they think of paintings, literature or sculptures, but art is so much more. For instance, let’s...

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UCSB Alumni Start Website

September 22, 2011 by Kathleen Tan

UCSB Alumni David Friermor and Jordan Townsend launched the interactive website ClassWave for students to instantly share lecture notes, study guides and hold discussions about assigned readings.

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Volunteers Clean SB County Coast

September 22, 2011 by Daily Nexus Staff

Volunteers from Santa Barbara County removed over 6,180 pounds of garbage last Saturday throughout the region’s beaches as part of the International and California Coastal Cleanup Day. The California Coastal Commission and Coastal Conserv...

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Campus Transport Advisors Discuss Parking Proposal

September 22, 2011 by Patrick Kulp

The Parking Ratepayers Board, part of UCSB Transportation and Parking Services, met yesterday in the Chancellor’s Conference Room to discuss impending rate increases for on-campus parking lots. The board considered a proposal to institute...