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A.S. Senate Rejects Winter Quarter EVPSA Special Election, UCSB Remains Without EVPSA

The Fall Quarter 2018 special election was unable to meet the 16 percent threshold.
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New Hip Hop Classes Bounce Into Campus Next Quarter

Jordan Mitchell knows a thing or two about hip-hop.
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Judicial Council Seats Will Be Unfilled Until At Least Week 9

Kopel estimates she will present her nominations to the Associated Students (A.S.) Senate by the Week 9 Senate meeting.
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Housing Voucher Program Implemented At UCSB

A student must first provide documentation that all other options have been exhausted in order to qualify.
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#MeToo Founder Tarana Burke Speaks at UCSB

Burke weaved together anecdotes of her activism in a lecture that was surprisingly humorous, given the heavy nature of the topic of sexual assault.
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I.V. Arrests Decreased from September to October 2018

While 26 individuals were arrested in Isla Vista in October, 55 were arrested the previous month.
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UCSB Works to Support Trans Students In Face of Proposed Gender Redefinition

Leets said the proposed redefinition, which defines gender as the sex assigned at birth, would cause complications.
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A.S. Senate Violates Brown Act With Closed Session, A.S. AG Says

The Ralph M. Brown Act of 1953 “guarantees the public’s right to attend and participate in meetings of local legislative bodies,” according to a pamphlet published by the California Attorney Gen...
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Tri Delta To Suspend Operations at End of School Year

Sullivan cited a decline in membership numbers as the reason for shuttering operations.
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Campus Dems and College Republicans Prepare for Midterm Election

In addition to creating spaces for students to discuss and learn more about politics, both organizations have been canvassing for candidates aligned with their respective views.
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BREAKING: EVPSA Seat To Be Left Vacant For Rest of Academic Year

Sunday’s deadline was the third extension set by the board following a continuous struggle to get students to vote in the special election.
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UCSB Students Gather in Response to the Trump Administration’s Potential Redefinition of Gender

The effort consisted of card- and poster-making activities on Monday and Tuesday in the RCSGD room in the SRB.
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Southern California Edison Admits to Being a Source of the Thomas Fire

SCE is now awaiting permission from CAL FIRE to further its investigation into the causes of the Thomas Fire.
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Halloween Brings a Decrease In Arrests, Increase in Citations

The exception to the general decrease in activity was the amount of citations, which rose to 35 this year, as opposed to 13 in 2017.
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UCSB College Republicans Host Public Forum to Debate Validity of Cultural Due Process

While the discussion questions focused on the legal implications of due process, participants also heavily discussed Justice Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings and the national uproar left in the wak...
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