Emani Oakley

February 24, 2014

S.C.O.R.E. Addresses Racial Inequality in Conference

By Emani Oakley

The Student Commission on Racial Equality (SCORE) hosted its 15th annual Facing Race convention on combating racism on Saturday at the Student Resource Building.

February 19, 2014

UC Workers Union Plans to Strike Again

By Emani Oakley

Officials from the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 (AFSCME), the UC service and patient care technical workers union, announced the organization will be planning yet another strike ...

February 14, 2014

State Senators Propose Legislation Regarding Measures Against Sexual Assault

By Emani Oakley

On Monday, California State Senators Kevin de Leόn, Hannah-Beth Jackson and Assemblywoman and Legislative Women’s Caucus Chair Bonnie Lowenthal proposed a bill that would establish consistent response protocols to se...

February 10, 2014

MCC Conference Aims to Promote Societal Change

By Emani Oakley

The MultiCultural Center hosted its second annual social justice conference PUSHING FORWARD: Critical Tools for a New Generation this Saturday, featuring University of Southern California professor Ange-Marie Hancock, hi...

January 30, 2014

“Bringing King To China” Screening Touches Students

By Emani Oakley

The MultiCultural Center screened a documentary yesterday evening about one woman’s struggle to bring the ideas of Martin Luther King Jr. to China, followed by a discussion with the film’s director.

January 29, 2014

ACLU Deems Proposed Gang Injunction Unconstitutional

By Emani Oakley

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California filed an amicus curiae, or “friend of the court,” brief against the proposed Santa Barbara City gang injunction last week, deeming it unconstitutional.

January 28, 2014

New Scholarship Program for Middle Class Families Begins Next Fall

By Emani Oakley

Starting next fall, a new program called the Middle Class Scholarship will offer a scholarship to students in California whose annual parental income is in the range of $100,000 to $150,000.

January 22, 2014

UCSB Joins Efforts to Stimulate Research, Product Development

By Emani Oakley

UCSB has recently become one of seven universities — along with 18 companies — to make up a new national public-private manufacturing consortium designed to stimulate the economy and American innovation, announced by...

January 15, 2014

UCPD Restarts Defense Classes

By Emani Oakley

UCSB Police Department’s Rape Aggression Defense program began again this quarter, with its first series of classes beginning yesterday and continuing through January 21.

January 6, 2014

Doctors Speak to Students in Series

By Emani Oakley

UCSB Student Affairs is hosting a new lecture series called “Doctor in the House,” which will bring in doctors to speak about their careers and answer student questions in a string of talks beginning next Monday.

December 5, 2013

Online Class Access Delayed for UCSB

By Emani Oakley

The UC Office of the President recently launched a program allowing students at the UC system to take online classes offered by any of the main nine UC campuses.

November 20, 2013

Film Screening Highlights Issues of Police Violence and Racial Profiling

By Emani Oakley

Fruitvale Station, a 2013 film on the police shooting of 22 year-old African American man Oscar Grant, was screened last night at the Multicultural Center Theater, along with a discussion on police shootings, common raci...

November 13, 2013

Democrats Discuss Healthcare Options Beyond ACA

By Emani Oakley

The Campus Democrats held an event called “Healthcare For All” yesterday evening, discussing current American healthcare policy and the role of single-payer financing in such policy.

October 31, 2013

Resource Center for Diversity Hosts Hookup Presentation

By Emani Oakley

Assistant Research Scientist of the Kinsey Institute and co-author of Evolution and Human Sexual Behavior Justin R. Garcia gave a presentation entitled “Love, Sex, and Hookups: Queering Heteronormative Courtship” at ...

October 31, 2013

Local Organizations Host Halloween Events for Kids

By Emani Oakley

This week several campus and community organizations — such as Storke Family Housing, Associated Students Community Affairs Board, the Family Literacy Program and Gamma Phi Beta — have hosted Halloween-themed events ...