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March 4, 2016

UCSB First Awards Grants to Campus Philanthropies

By Dahyana Barraza

UCSB First awarded 11 grants to campus philanthropic organizations at its annual Philanthropy Awards Dinner on Wednesday in Corwin Pavilion.

March 3, 2016

Alumni Program Helps Students Land Jobs

By Sohila Sandher

The UCSB Alumni Mentorship Program (A.M.P.), powered by networking group Firsthand, is now on the UCSB campus to provide students with the opportunity to get jobs through alumni networking.

March 1, 2016

Associated Students Finance and Business Committee Grants Over $12,000 in Funds

By Josephine Niu

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee (A.S. F&B) met Monday in the State Street Room of the UCen to discuss funding requests from 11 campus organizations.

February 26, 2016

A.S. Senators Explain New Voting System for Spring Senate Elections

By Chris Perez

The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate met Wednesday to discuss the new Single Transferable Vote (STV) system that will be used in this spring’s senate elections in an effort to create more proportionate representation ...

February 25, 2016

International Experts Join To Discuss Palestine

By Sohila Sandher

David Makovsky, distinguished fellow and director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Ghaith al-Omari, senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near ...

February 25, 2016

WOCC To Discuss Gender Issues, Empowerment

By Josh Ortiz

The A.S. Womxn’s Commission will be hosting its annual Womxn of Color Conference (WOCC) this weekend, where attendees will discuss topics ranging from gender violence to diversity.

February 25, 2016

UCSB Peace Corps Rank Rises

By Effie Sklavenitis

UC Santa Barbara’s rank among universities producing Peace Corps Volunteers rose from 18th to eighth place in 2015.

February 24, 2016

Israeli Soldiers Share Experiences During Open Discussion

By Sohila Sandher

Gauchos United for Israel and Santa Barbara Hillel hosted an open discussion with Israeli soldiers on Tuesday as part of a nationwide tour put on by the organization StandWithUs.

February 24, 2016

Faculty Panel Discusses Cultural Appropriation

By Peeka Zimmerman

The MultiCultural Center hosted a faculty-led panel discussion Tuesday evening to discuss cultural appropriation in today’s society.

February 24, 2016

Girl Up to Host Screening of ‘He Named Me Malala’

By Siboney Arias

Girl Up UCSB will host a screening of “He Named Me Malala,” the film that details Malala Yousafzai’s relationship with her father and her human rights activism in the Student Resource Building on Thursday at 8:30 p...

February 23, 2016

A.S. Finance and Business Committee Discusses Funding Requests from 26 Campus Organizations

By Josephine Niu

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee (A.S. F&B) met Monday in the State Street Room of the UCen to discuss funding requests from 26 campus organizations.

February 22, 2016

Student Health Provides Meningitis B Vaccine

By Hubert Zhang

In light of a recent meningitis B outbreak at Santa Clara University, the Student Health Center is providing 3,000 meningococcal vaccinations to UCSB students.

February 22, 2016

Dance Marathon Raises Money for Children’s Hosptial

By Dahyana Barraza

Students participated in a full 12 hours of dancing, games and activities to raise money for Cottage Children's Hospital in UCSB’s third annual Dance Marathon on Saturday from noon to midnight in Robertson Gym.

February 21, 2016

Daily Nexus Wins Six CCMA Awards

By Staff Report

The Daily Nexus won six awards from the California College Media Assocation on Friday.

February 18, 2016

Overview of New A.S. Parties

By Amy Koo

In the upcoming spring elections, four new Associated Students (A.S.) parties will be participating: Campus United, Peer Action Coalition (PAC), The Response and QutSB (Queer and Trans Student Body). Open People’s Part...

February 17, 2016

Curtis Marez Lectures on Farm Worker Resistance Movements

By Peeka Zimmerman

Curtis Marez, associate professor and chair of Ethnic Studies at UC San Diego, presented an interactive lecture about farm worker resistance movements on Tuesday in the Multicultural Center (MCC), based on his book Farm ...