Tiana Miller-Leonard

May 16, 2013

Harvard Professor To Deliver Lecture on Social Inequality

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Harvard University professor of social sciences Lawrence D. Bobo will give the 10th annual Shirley Kennedy Memorial Lecture today in the MultiCultural Center Theater, addressing contemporary issues of race and politics...

May 13, 2013

Chilla Vista 2013: ‘The Vibes Were Sweet’

By Suzanne Becker, Tiana Miller-Leonard

  [wzslider autoplay=”true” transition=”‘slide'” lightbox=”true”]   (Click on a photo to enlarge) Photos by Peter Vandenbelt (Daily Nexus) The Isla Vista community gath...

May 10, 2013

A.S. Senate Meeting Fails to Pass Revised Divestment Resolution With Close Votes

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

A revised resolution aimed at divesting from companies that “profit from the military occupation of Palestine” failed to pass — despite a 12-11-1 vote — after it was reintroduced during Wednesday’s 11-hour Asso...

May 8, 2013

UCSB To Restore Self-Sustaining Habitat

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

UCSB recently partnered with Goleta-based nonprofit organization Trust for Public Land to acquire the Ocean Meadows Golf Course near Coal Oil Point, as part of an effort to restore the area to its natural wetland habitat...

May 2, 2013

Senate Dismisses Revised Divestment Resolution

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Associated Students Senate voted to remove a revised version of a resolution calling for divestment from companies supporting the military occupation of Palestine from the agenda during last night’s three-hour meeting....

May 2, 2013

UCSB Scientists Treat Infant Autism in Study

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Researchers at the UCSB Koegel Autism Center recently completed a study in which they successfully treated three infants for autism, with plans to expand their research and provide more infants with such treatment. Koege...

April 26, 2013

A.S. Affirms UC Prison Divestment, Addresses Internal Struggles Within Senate

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

During Wednesday’s Associated Students Senate meeting, Senators unanimously passed a resolution that calls for divestment of UC funds from the prison industrial complex and addressed issues of climate within the Senate...

April 24, 2013

Student Group Marches to Call Attention on Armenian Genocide

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

The UCSB Armenian Student Association led a march through Isla Vista yesterday evening, bringing the community’s attention to the Armenian Genocide, which is considered by many to be one of the first genocides of the 2...

April 19, 2013

A.S. Senate’s Meeting Discusses Library Renovations, Nonprofits, Divestment Resolution

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

During last Wednesday’s six-and-a-half-hour Associated Students Senate meeting, Public Forum speakers addressed renovations to Davidson Library, a nonprofit called Swipes For The Homeless and last week’s divestment r...

April 19, 2013

Candidates Discuss Student Conduct, Compete for Advocate General Position

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

In the last candidate forum before elections next week, Jorge Villela and Kristian Whittaker took part in a debate for the position of Student Advocate General, discussing topics such as the Conduct Board proposed by the...

April 18, 2013

A.S. Plans Alternative Intoxication Solution

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Rather than being arrested, finger-printed and sent to court, students found to be drunk in public may soon find an alternative solution in the Isla Vista Sobering Center. The AssociatedStudentsLegalResourceCenter has sp...

April 12, 2013

Tempers Flare and Tensions Rise as A.S. Rejects Divestment Resolution

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

In a 13-hour debate that lasted past dawn on Thursday morning, students, community members, university staff and faculty members and even police officers attended the Associated Students Senate meeting Wednesday night, w...

April 12, 2013

A.S. Presidential Candidates Present Views on Fees, Student Apathy

By Carissa Quiambao, Tiana Miller-Leonard

Associated Students presidential candidates Jonathan Abboud, Megan Foronda and Patrick “Mac” Kennedy debated issues such as the rising cost of college tuition, combating student apathy, fostering a safe campus climat...

April 11, 2013

Divestment Resolution Conversation Continues To Dominate Senate Meetings

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Last night’s Associated Students Senate meeting — which was once again held in Corwin Pavilion to accommodate the hundreds of students in attendance — centered around lengthy discussion of the university’s potent...

April 10, 2013

A.S. Candidate Debates Debut With Discussion on Community Issues

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

In the first of several forums leading up to the Associated Students elections this month, candidates for the position of Off-Campus Senator presented themselves to discuss community-related issues yesterday from noon to...

April 5, 2013

Divestment Proposal Sparks Nine-Hour Debate, Tabled as Each Side Stands Firm

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Hundreds of students attended Wednesday night’s Associated Students Senate meeting to debate a resolution supporting divestment from companies accused of profiting from “the military occupation of Palestine.” Talk ...