Month: September 2011

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Panel To Review Welfare of Whales

September 28, 2011 by Alex Colletta

The Associated Students Coastal Fund and Bren School of Environmental Science and Management will host a free educational workshop on the migration and well-being of whales in the Santa Barbara Channel today in Room 1414 of Bren Hall from 1...

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Inmates Transfer to County Jail to Reduce Crowding

September 28, 2011 by Jack Crosbie

The Santa Barbara County Jail system will begin accommodating several hundred former prison inmates once State Assembly Bill 109 takes effect on Oct. 1 in an effort to reduce overcrowding in state prisons. Governor Jerry Brown approved the ...

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President Honors UCSB Scientists

September 28, 2011 by Yishian Yao

President Obama selected UC Santa Barbara faculty members Benjamin Mazin and Sumita Pennathur as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers on Monday, recognizing the researchers’ potential with the mos...

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Bake Sale Raises Discrimination Discussion

September 28, 2011 by Michael Dean

While yesterday marked a day of advocacy at 10 UC campuses for the approval of a proposed state measure that would authorize public universities to consider factors such as gender and race in the college admissions process, the UC Berkeley ...

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Construction Amidst Budget Cuts Constitutes Hypocrisy

September 28, 2011 by Christian McCusker

Outside Davidson Library the wind picks up dirt from one of the nearby construction sites and flings it in the eyes of a handful of students attempting to unlock their bicycles and get home before the sun sets. To further modernize and mone...