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Sexual Assault Bill Allowing Punishment for Off-Campus Offenses Passes Unanimously

August 22, 2015 by

Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson’s Senate Bill 186 (SB 186) passed the senate floor with a unanimous 63-0 bipartisan vote on Monday.
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International Student Alagie Jammeh Risks Life To Speak Out Against Homophobia

July 28, 2015 by

“No one should be denied their fundamental basic human rights because of their sexuality,” Alagie Jammeh posted on Facebook in September 2014. By November of that same year, Jammeh found his world...
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Students Demand Bookstore Discontinue Jansport Products

June 4, 2015 by

The UCSB chapter of United Students Against Sweatshops, Chancellor Henry T. Yang, Vice Chancellor of Administrative Services Marc Fisher and UCSB Bookstore director Mark Beisecker agreed in a meeting ...
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New A.S. Senators Discuss Goals for Upcoming Year

June 2, 2015 by

The Daily Nexus spoke with the three new Associated Students senators about their plans for the upcoming school year. Sworn in May 27 to fill vacancies left by three senators who stepped down shortly ...
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Administrators, Students Discuss Sexual Assault Case Procedures

June 1, 2015 by

The “It’s Not On Us, It’s On You” campaign leaders and survivors of sexual assault Alejandra Melgoza, Melissa Vasquez and Lexi Weyrick organized an open forum with Chancellor Henry T. Yang and...
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Organizations Rally to Support Fossil Fuel Divestment

June 1, 2015 by

Members of various environmental organizations, including Fossil Free UCSB, gathered outside Cheadle Hall Thursday afternoon to protest for the UC Board of Regents to divest from the fossil fuel indus...
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Open Forum To Discuss Sexual Assault Policy

May 28, 2015 by

The “It’s Not On Us, It’s On You” campaign led by survivors of sexual assault Alejandra Melgoza, Lexi Weyrick and Melissa Vasquez will host an open forum discussion between students and univer...
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Gauchos Paddle Out As One

May 28, 2015 by

UCSB Surf Team hosts second annual Memorial Paddle Out to honor victims of May 23, 2014
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Speaker Gives Talk Against Same-Sex Marriage

May 27, 2015 by

UCSB Anscombe Society held its inaugural lecture Tuesday night at Buchanan Hall, hosting former George Mason University economics professor and Ruth Institute president and founder Jennifer Roback Mor...
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New Storage Service To Assist On-Campus Residents

May 26, 2015 by

The student-run storage service company known as BoxCamp will offer summer storage and delivery for UC Santa Barbara students moving out of on-campus residence halls during the last two weeks of Sprin...
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One Year Later: Candlelit Vigil and March Remembers Students Lost

May 24, 2015 by

Storke Tower rang out six times Saturday evening to begin a moment of silence as part of the Candlelit Vigil and March held to commemorate the students lost in the events of May 23 last year. UC Santa...
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Talk Examines Military, University Sexual Assault

May 22, 2015 by

The Campus Advocacy Resources & Education office hosted a lecture on military sexual trauma (MST) by assistant professor at the USC School of Social Work Kristen Zalesky in the Flying A room Thursday ...
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Students Win New Venture Competition With BAC Monitor Startup

May 22, 2015 by

This year’s New Venture Competition (NVC) Finals awarded its annual $10,000 grand prize to student tech start up Milo, a business projected to create a device that proactively monitors the blood alc...
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Isla Vista Remembers May 23rd

May 21, 2015 by

The Associated Students Program Board (ASPB) will host the Candlelight Vigil and Memorial Walk this Saturday in Storke Plaza as part of a series of events in remembrance of the events of May 23 last y...
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Last A.S. Senate Meeting Discusses Rollover Funds

May 21, 2015 by

The Associated Students Senate met Wednesday night in the UCen’s Flying A Room to discuss legislation in the last meeting of the current Senate’s term.
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