Mac Kennedy

April 11, 2012

Groups Seek to Increase Local Access to the Arts

By Mac Kennedy

The Santa Barbara County Arts Commission teamed up with the Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation’s Education Outreach Committee to create funding for grants that aim to make fine art more accessible for a broad range of local...

February 28, 2012

Muslim Students React Against Alleged NYPD Investigations

By Mac Kennedy

The New York Police Dept. is facing accusations of monitoring Muslim student associations at 16 college campuses in the northeastern United States after the Associated Press exposed documents revealing the investigations...

February 7, 2012

Fund Asks Seniors to Give Back

By Mac Kennedy

The Alumni Association Scholarship and Recreational Sports Legacy funds are asking graduating students to each make a $20.12 donation to help the organizations reach their $100,000 goal for this year’s senior class gif...

February 3, 2012

Fund Rewards Efforts To Educate and Inspire

By Mac Kennedy

Fourth-year students Nanor Balabanian and Allyson Miller won the 2012 Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship for Aspiring Teachers of Color. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund established the $30,000 scholarship ...

January 20, 2012

Esteemed Professor Talks Politics

By Mac Kennedy

Renowned Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig spoke about political campaign contributions undercutting the values of a democratic republic as well as the danger of restrictive internet laws during his lecture in the Mc...