UC News
A weekly recap of news highlights from the nine University of California campuses.
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Suspended UCSB Police Lieutenant pleads no contest to hit-and-run DUI charge
The initial accident occurred last August in Solvang.
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A.S. holds winter quarter special election
The candidates running for the position are Coleton Cristiani, Gabrielle Diaz and Sydney Kupsh.
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Voting opens for A.S. IVP special election; injunction places hold on results
The eligible candidates are Coleton Cristiani, Gabrielle Diaz and Sydney Kupsh.
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A.S. members provide comment on former IVP during in-person Senate meeting
Associated Students members discussed President Gurleen Pabla's executive order to remove Schaefer from her position in December and judicial council cases filed both by and against her.
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GUSD parent speaks out following anti-Black assault against child
The incident occurred at Brandon Elementary, a school in Goleta Union School District.
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Highlights of the UC Regents’s January 2023 meeting
The Regents discussed the UC investment portfolio, the new multi-year compact with the state and Title IX initiatives.
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Santa Barbara Martin Luther King Jr. Committee holds annual MLK Day program
The event concluded MLKSB's program schedule, which began on Jan. 12 with a silent march at UCSB
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Senate convenes for first Winter Quarter 2023 meeting under interim IVP
The Wednesday meeting was the first time A.S. Senate convened in three months.
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IVP’s restraining order cases against UCSB students dismissed
All three cases were dismissed without prejudice, meaning the orders can be re-filed if further evidence is presented.
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A.S. President calls for special election, citing vacant IVP position; IVP denies resignation charges
The executive order stated that while the strike created further delays and problems for the association’s functions under the IVP’s purview, she has failed to complete the duties of her role sinc...
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Goleta Union School District facing occurrences of anti-Blackness among students; prompting community concern
The reports were first addressed in a Nov. 7 public statement from Healing Justice Santa Barbara
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Aries
March 21 - April 19
Forgetting to take off the ratty AF1’s at the potluck (most Asian households don’t take kindly to shoes in the house!)
Taurus
April 20 - May 20
Wearing your only red t-shirt to every final (Red is a lucky color in many cultures, especially Chinese cultures)
Gemini
May 21 - June 20
Putting spiders in your friend’s wedding dress for good luck (Has its origins in old english folklore, and represents abundance for the couple)
Cancer
June 21 - July 22
Accidentally summoned a ghost by leaving their chopsticks straight up (A superstition that has Chinese origins because the chopsticks are reminiscent of funeral incense)
Leo
July 23 - August 22
Didn’t like your friends significant other so they gifted them an umbrella (The word for umbrella ‘san’ sounds like the word for divorce in Chinese)
Virgo
August 23 - September 22
Believing in horoscopes (The modern western zodiac actually came from Babylonian astrology)
Libra
September 23 - October 22
Walked backwards in Portugal to live out the Faust fantasy (In Portugal, walking backwards allows the devil to know exactly where you are)
Scorpio
October 23 - November 21
Stole a raven from the tower of london as reparations (According to UK superstition, if there aren’t 6 ravens in the tower, the kingdom will fall)
Sagittarius
November 22 - December 21
Breaks a knuckle knocking on wood for good scores on finals (Knocking on wood may have originated from the Celts and their love for tree spirits)
Capricorn
December 22 - January 19
Drunkenly rearranging their apartment for the feng shui at 3 AM (A Chinese cultural practice that harmonizes a person with the energies of the environment around them)
Aquarius
January 20 - February 18
Left out their middle name on their taxes because the Fae run the IRS (Giving the Fae your full name gives them power over you, and the IRS has too much)
Pisces
February 19 - March 20
Hit by a car but the license plate had an angel number (Beyond just blowing up on TikTok, angel numbers were invented by... Pythagoras)
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