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February 4, 2016

UCSB Professors Rate RateMyProfessor

By Vicky Munro

RateMyProfessors.com allows students to anonymously evaluate professors on a five-point scale for categories like helpfulness, clarity and even their professor’s “hotness.”

February 4, 2016

Dance Marathon To Raise Money for CMN

By Amy Koo

Dance Marathon will host UCSB’s third annual Dance Marathon from Feb. 20 to 21 to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network.

February 3, 2016

Dean Oliver Appointed First African American President of Claremont Undergrad College

By Megan Mineiro

Melvin Oliver, dean of the College of Letters and Science, will become the sixth president of Pitzer College this summer and the first African American to ever be appointed president of one of the five undergraduate coll...

February 2, 2016

Associated Students Finance and Business Committee Fully Funds Nine Requests, Partially Grants Six, Tables Three, Denies One

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 19 campus organizations. The committee began the meeting with $12,559...

January 31, 2016

Academic Senate Meets to Discuss Campus Issues

By Madison Hechler

The bi-quarterly Academic Senate met Thursday night in the UCen State Street room to update the faculty on campus issues.

January 29, 2016

Students Protest U.S. Customs and Border Protection Booth at Career Fair

By Hubert Zhang

More than 50 students staged a protest against the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) booth at the Winter Career Fair on Thursday, claiming CBP participates in human rights abuses against those attempting to enter ...

January 28, 2016

Isla Carte Working to Launch a Sustainable Food Cart on Campus

By Natalie Overton

Student-run food program Isla Carte is holding monthly tasting events for their proposed food cart program expected to launch in fall of 2017.

January 28, 2016

Lawsuit Claims ‘Dangerous’ Area of UCSB Led to Rape

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

A UC Santa Barbara student who was raped on campus in 2014 is claiming the University failed to adequately maintain an “overgrown foliage area” despite previous reports of criminal activity in the area, ultimately le...

January 27, 2016

Conference Commemorates Fifth Anniversary of Egyptian Revolution

By Effie Sklavenitis

Professors and students gathered on the fifth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution Monday for the After Tahrir: Egyptian Revolutionary Experiences and Future Visions conference in the McCune Conference Room.

January 26, 2016

A.S. Finance and Business Committee Discuss Funding Requests from 16 Campus Organizations

By Hubert Zhang

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 16 campus organizations.

January 22, 2016

CALPIRG Hosts Panel To Discuss Citizens United

By Peeka Zimmerman

California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) hosted a panel Thursday evening to discuss the consequences of the Supreme Court’s decision on Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission in 2010.

January 21, 2016

Esteemed Professor Teaches Popular Seminar

By Josh Ortiz

Mathematics 266HH: Analytic Number Theory is likely one of the most overcrowded courses at UC Santa Barbara this quarter.

January 21, 2016

Students, Senate Discuss Free Speech Issues

By Supriya Yelimeli, Chris Perez

The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate met Wednesday in the Flying A room to accept the resignation of two senators, discuss internal matters and host public forum, which included several students calling for First Amendm...

January 21, 2016

‘Lament’ Art Installation Serves as Tribute

By Kiana Triana

The new art installation titled “Lament” is the first artwork to be featured in the UCSB Library for a year from January 2016 until January 2017, composed of over 2,000 book covers to serve as a tribute to the declin...

January 21, 2016

EVPSA ‘Principles’ Draft Calls for Student Input

By Neil Yanga

The Office of the A.S. External Vice President of Statewide Affairs (EVPSA) is now asking for feedback from UCSB students on the content of UC Board of Regents’ first “Principles Against Intolerance,” which is curr...

January 19, 2016

Students, Faculty Brave the Rain for Silent March

By Siboney Arias

More than 40 students and faculty members marched through the rain Tuesday as part of UC Santa Barbara’s annual silent march in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.