A.S. IVP Summer update

Associated Students Internal Vice President Açúcar Pinto has spent the summer reimagining the structure of Senate meetings and overseeing that the budget goes toward equitable causes.
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A.S. EVPLA Summer Update

External Vice President for Local Affairs Owen Meyers hopes to expand his work with UCIV and the Pardall Center while carrying on some of the work of his predecessor. 
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Trump supporters galvanize community, honk through I.V.

According to source estimates, about 40-50 vehicles donning pro-Trump flags drove down El Colegio Road, the Pardall loop and throughout Isla Vista for half an hour, honking as they passed through.
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Students organize over UC mask policy in first Pro-Palestine rally of academic year

Students and members of pro-Palestine activist groups gathered at the library steps on Sept. 27 to call for an end to a new UC-wide policy that bans the use of face masks to conceal identity.
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Meal swipe rollovers, donations, sharing are coming to campus this fall

UC Santa Barbara is launching a pilot meal swipes rollover, donation and sharing program in the fall quarter. A random sample of 10% of meal swipe holders will be able to opt into the program.
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A summer in UC News

University of California President Michael V. Drake to step down from his role, UC bans encampments this fall and the state withholds $25 million for UC to implement protest policy.
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Police disband UCSB Liberated Zone Encampment, five arrested

Over 75 sheriff deputies swept the UCSB Liberated Zone encampment on June 23, arresting five individuals, according to encampment reports and police radio correspondence.
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Pro-Palestine student protestors occupying Girvetz Hall met with police presence

Pro-Palestine protestors occupying Girvetz Hall were met with a heavy police presence from multiple local law enforcement agencies. No students were arrested.
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UCSB reverses decision to move commencement ceremonies to RecCen fields after student movement

Several students expressed disdain with the University’s original decision to shift ceremony locations, which propelled the decision’s reversal.
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UCSB UAW Local 4811 workers join rolling strikes against UC 

UC Santa Barbara joined the UAW Local 4811 strikes on June 3. Over 100 students, faculty and community members showed support for the Monday rally.
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UAW Local 4811 academic workers to go on strike Monday

Academic workers at UC Santa Barbara are being called to walk off the job and strike on June 3. Alongside four other UCs, the strikes would comprise 31,500 academic workers.
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UC News

Opportunity for All bill heads to state Senate for June voting, UC San Diego satellite missions to understand climate change selected by NASA
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74th cohort of A.S. executives, senators turnover after contentious year within A.S.

The 75th cohort of Associated Students Executives and Senators were sworn into office at the May 22 Senate meeting. Outgoing executives and senators reflected on a the year.
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Organizers ‘liberate’ DLG and Carrillo Dining Commons

An autonomous collective took over the Carrillo Dining Commons and De La Guerra Dining Commons on May 28 to give students free food.
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IVCSD parking and mobility town hall reveals ambitious parking solutions

Dixon Resources Unlimited and the IVCSD collaborated to collect a year's worth of parking data in Isla Vista at a May 14 town hall.
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