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Startup Weekend Attendees Connect, Compete

January 19, 2016 by

Eager entrepreneurs networked, pitched ideas and presented prototypes to a panel of experts at UCSB’s Startup Weekend Friday through Sunday at Corwin Pavilion.
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A.S. Senate Passes Resolution To Support Undocumented Community Members, Amends Legal Code Bill

January 15, 2016 by

The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate met Wednesday to discuss a bill amending the legal code of an Office of Student Advocacy bill and a resolution asking for “immediate” action in support of tho...
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Ceremony Held for Opening of New Library

January 14, 2016 by

Hundreds of students, faculty, community members and dignitaries attended the grand opening ceremony for the newly renovated UCSB Library Wednesday afternoon.
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Students Demand Private Prison Divestment

January 14, 2016 by

Black student leaders across the University of California (UC) increased pressure on Wells Fargo this week to divest from private prisons.
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Professor Megan Carney Lectures on Migration, Food Insecurity

January 13, 2016 by

UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center hosted Professor Megan Carney from the University of Washington, Seattle to give a lecture titled “Back There We Had Nothing to Eat: Food Insecurity and Wome...
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A.S. Funds Alternative Graduation, Culture Clubs, More

January 12, 2016 by

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee (A.S. F&B) met Monday in the UCen State Street Room to discuss funding requests from 11 campus organizations.
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Emergency Training Program To Prepare Students for Disasters

January 11, 2016 by

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will hold a free Emergency Training program on disaster preparedness and medical operations throughout January and February.
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Vigil Held To Honor Professors Otis Madison and Horacio Roque-Ramirez

January 8, 2016 by

UCSB Professors Otis Madison and Horacio Roque-Ramirez were honored in a small candlelight vigil on Thursday, hosted at the Associated Students Pardall Center by students in association with Black Stu...
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A.S. Welcomes New Senators, Allegedly Violating Legal Code

January 7, 2016 by and

The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate appointed two new on-campus senators, first-year students Reilly Hobson and Batsheva Labowe-Stoll, Wednesday night in the Flying A Room of the UCen. Several se...
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Brainstorm for the Rainstorm

January 7, 2016 by

As UCSB students walked to class this morning clad in rubber boots and rain jackets and carrying umbrellas for extra measure, they took a look around at their fellow Gauchos. The look on everyone’s ...
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Renovated Library Opens for Winter Quarter

January 5, 2016 by

After two and a half years and more than $80 million, the new and renovated portions of the UCSB Library — totaling 150,000 square feet — opened on Monday.
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Former UCSB Student Files Title IX Lawsuit Against UC Regents

December 17, 2015 by

Former UCSB student Haley Moore filed a Title IX Civil Lawsuit against the Regents of the University of California on Thursday, claiming UCSB failed to adequately address and investigate her case afte...
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Study Shows Increase in Students Receiving Mental Health Treatment

December 17, 2015 by

A recent RAND Corporation study found that more University of California students have been receiving mental health care following an increase in state funding for mental health services on campuses.
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UC Divests from Private Prisons After Pressure from Black Student Unions

December 17, 2015 by

The University of California has sold approximately $25 million worth of indirect investments in private prison corporations after the Afrikan Black Coalition, which encompasses UC’s nine Black Stud...
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Winter Warm-Up To Collect Blanket Donations

December 3, 2015 by

Santa Catalina’s South Hall Council will be hosting the Winter Warm-Up to collect blanket donations for Santa Barbara’s Casa Esperanza 24-hour homeless shelter until Saturday, Dec. 5.
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