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Tri-Alpha National Honor Society Honors First-Generation Community

Jenna Jorgenson highlighted the importance of having an honor society for first-generation students at UCSB. 
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Isla Vista, UCSB’s COVID-19 Cases Spike With Winter Surge

As of Jan. 12, UCSB is reporting 262 active cases, and the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard is reporting 635 active cases in Isla Vista. 
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Deceased Individual Found at Campus Point

The identity of the deceased individual has not been released yet, though next of kin have been notified. 
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Vista Point: Weekly Going-Ons in Isla Vista

Events happening in and around Isla Vista for community members to engage in.
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RCSGD Leads Walk Through Campus in Observance of World AIDS Day

The event aimed to raise awareness of and stand in solidarity with people living with human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
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UCSB Gives Instructors Discretion Over Holding Classes In-Person or Remotely For Last Two Weeks of January

UCSB is the only UC school to not fully extend remote learning through Jan. 28. 
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Some UC Campuses Extend Remote Learning Period; UCSB Still To Return on Jan. 18 While COVID-19 Cases Peak for University

UC Santa Barbara is yet to make any such announcement about extending its remote learning period.
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UCSB Students, Faculty, Community Demand Action at Climate Rally

The organizers timed the event to coincide with the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
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UCSB Hosts 44th Annual Turkey Trot

More than 200 participants walked, jogged and ran through courses that snaked along and through the UCSB Lagoon, Del Playa Drive and the Devereux Lagoon.
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UCSB Announces Remote Learning for First Two Weeks of Winter Quarter

Current plans indicate that UC schools will remain online till Jan. 17, 2022, though that plan may change depending on the spread of COVID-19.
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City of Goleta Pursues Litigation Against UCSB, University Maintains No Wrongdoing

Since the City of Goleta originally announced its intent of litigation, the university still has not seen the lawsuit.
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Student Researchers Union Votes to Authorize Strike, Union Members Optimistic for Negotiations

Rebecca Martin, an organizer with SRU-UAW and a first-year electrical and computer engineering doctoral student, said that the union is currently in a state of determining “strike-readiness.”
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CAPS Overwhelmed With Students Requests, Students Struggle To Get Services

This fall quarter, C.A.P.S. is booking intakes approximately two months after that initial brief assessment because of an increased student demand for C.A.P.S. services and the limited availability of...
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Nexus Explained: Long Range Development Plan, Ocean Road Housing and Munger Hall Housing

The following article is an explanation of the Long Range Development Plan, the Ocean Road faculty and staff housing project and the Munger Hall student housing project. 
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DLG Late Night Cancelled Post-Pandemic

Collin Hill, a chef in the salad department at DLG, explained that there used to be two full-time cooks involved in the late-night shift who now help with the dinner shift instead. 
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