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2 UCSB Students Accepted into Aquarium of the Pacific’s 2023 African American Scholar Program

This year, the program welcomed 10 students from eight campuses across California, including undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students.
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El Congreso organizes die-in, protesting Munger Hall project

The group gathered in opposition to Munger Hall: a proposed nine story dormitory set to house 3,500 students in individual bedrooms that largely lack real windows.
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UCSB reports damage to on-campus communication cables from storms in mass email

The email was sent by Information Technology and Design, Facilities & Safety Services.
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Santa Barbara local surfer dies near UCSB campus following water rescue

The incident took place by the bluffs near UC Santa Barbara’s Marine Science Research Building.
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For some campus dance groups, practice means a trip to Lot 22

UCSB dance groups — like Taara, a Bollywood-fusion dance team, or Raíces de mi Tierra, a folklórico group — can often be found practicing practicing in the campus parking garage on weeknights. 
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Campus organizations deliver rebuke of hate speech, support of women’s rights at Arbor rally

Members of World Dance for Humanity and Women's March Santa Barbara partnered for a dance rally during the event to mark International Women's Day.
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Food Security & Basic Needs Taskforce, Asian American studies professors launch research of basic needs insecurity in AAPI communities

The research will be based on surveys sent to AANHPI students at UCSB, which will survey food, housing, mental health and other relevant topics.
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UCSB alumni, staff establish fellowship for female Iranian graduate students

The fellowship is currently in its initial stages, and its proprietors are working to establish requirements and other details of the opportunity.
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Vista point: Weekly goings-on in and around I.V.

Weekly goings-on in and around I.V.
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UCSB out of compliance with state, federal laws for decades; works to return Native remains

The university oversees a massive repository of Indigenous artifacts, including sacred objects and skeletal remains.
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Students protest TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk’s campus visit

Kirk debated with students for several hours on issues related to race, abortion and gender identity.
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UCSB students provide free tax-filing services to community

The program has been open for two weeks and completed 25 successful tax returns, none of which have been sent back by the IRS.
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C.O.D.E. hosts community workshop on accessibility and inclusion in community

The workshop sought to “build back communities and organizations by integrating accessibility,” according to Sophia Lee-Park.
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OBSD reflects on second year of Vision Fellowship program

The Vision Fellowship is an OBSD scholarship that funds UCSB undergraduate students’ passion projects
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UCSB Black studies professor delivers talk on perpetrators of sexual harm in historical context of prison abolition

Terrance Wooten’s lecture delved into a major criticism of the abolitionist movement.
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