UCSB Graduate Rep. Resigns from Title IX Student Advisory Board

November 8, 2018 by and

UCSB now has no representation on the board.
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SASA Releases List of Asks, Plans to Approach UCSB Administration

October 18, 2018 by

The organization plans to take this list of Asks to UCSB administration within Fall Quarter 2018.
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Edible Campus Program Breaks Ground on Its Biggest Project Yet

October 11, 2018 by

The program plans to donate the food from the farm to the A.S. Food Bank in the University Center and the Miramar Food Pantry.
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Madeline Loudon Is Sole Declared Candidate for EVPSA Special Election

October 4, 2018 by

The special election comes following the disqualification of Mayela Morales in May.
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Governor Brown Vetoes “Abortion Pill” Bill

September 30, 2018 by

California Senator Connie Leyva originally introduced SB 320 in Feb. 2017.
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UC Commits to Using 100% Renewable Electricity Sources by 2025

September 20, 2018 by

The UC commitment precedes Governor Jerry Brown’s signing of Senate Bill 100 on Sept. 10.
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Abortion Pill In Public Universities One Step Closer to Becoming Law

August 23, 2018 by

The bill would require all University of California and California State University campuses to offer the pills by Jan. 1, 2022, including UCSB.
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Brown Signs Budget Act of 2018, Increases Funding to UC

June 30, 2018 by

Napolitano has yet to release a statement on the signed Budget Act, and it is unknown at this time whether the funding was enough to prevent a future in-state tuition increase for UC students.
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Divestment Vote Canceled, 69th Senate Meeting Shut Down by ‘Civil Disobedience’

May 24, 2018 by , , and

When the dust settled, it was another instance — the fifth time in six years — in which divestment failed to pass at UC Santa Barbara, which remains the only undergraduate UC campus not to have pa...
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Senate Fails to Vote on Divestment After Senators Walk Out of Meeting

May 17, 2018 by and

The controversial “divestment” resolution was brought to the table for the fifth time in six years on Wednesday, but 12 senators and proxies didn’t return to the over 10-hour-long meeting after ...
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Term in Review: EVPLA Batsheva Labowe-Stoll

May 17, 2018 by

Former EVPLA Batsheva Labowe-Stoll reflects on her time in the position.
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BREAKING: EVPSA-Elect Disqualified from A.S. Public Office

May 16, 2018 by and

Elections Board has not yet confirmed the reason for Morales’s disqualification.
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A.S. To Vote on Divestment for Fifth Time in Six Years

May 16, 2018 by

A similar resolution on divestment was proposed last May and failed to pass following a ten-hour discussion. This was the fourth time that a resolution relating to divestment failed to pass within the...
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First UC System-Wide Title IX Coordinator Resigns

May 2, 2018 by

Kathleen Salvaty, the first person to serve in the position of system-wide Title IX Coordinator for the University of California, announced her resignation from the position in an interview with the N...
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Eight A.S. Exec. Candidates Do Not Support UCen Renovation, Which Would Raise Student Fees

April 24, 2018 by

Eight candidates running for an A.S. executive position denounced the proposed “NewCen” ballot measure, which would raise student fees to fund the University Center renovation.
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