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December 17, 2015

Former UCSB Student Files Title IX Lawsuit Against UC Regents

By Supriya Yelimeli

Former UCSB student Haley Moore filed a Title IX Civil Lawsuit against the Regents of the University of California on Thursday, claiming UCSB failed to adequately address and investigate her case after receiving the comp...

December 17, 2015

Study Shows Increase in Students Receiving Mental Health Treatment

By Josh Ortiz

A recent RAND Corporation study found that more University of California students have been receiving mental health care following an increase in state funding for mental health services on campuses.

December 17, 2015

UC Divests from Private Prisons After Pressure from Black Student Unions

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

The University of California has sold approximately $25 million worth of indirect investments in private prison corporations after the Afrikan Black Coalition, which encompasses UC’s nine Black Student Unions, revealed...

December 3, 2015

Winter Warm-Up To Collect Blanket Donations

By Dahyana Barraza

Santa Catalina’s South Hall Council will be hosting the Winter Warm-Up to collect blanket donations for Santa Barbara’s Casa Esperanza 24-hour homeless shelter until Saturday, Dec. 5.

December 3, 2015

Students Share Childhood Stories about Santa

By Olivia Pla

For many of us, the holiday season comes with disappointments in the form of finals, failed classes and freezing temperatures as low as 60 degrees Fahrenheit. But each year the holiday season brings a much more severe di...

December 3, 2015

Editor in Chief Sends His Wishes This Holiday

By Emile Nelson

It’s been a tough year. Not just for the students here at UCSB, but for the entire world. There are millions of people fleeing from a country torn apart by violence; Paris, Beirut and countries all across Africa and th...

December 3, 2015

Resident Assistants Host Ugly Sweater Party To Celebrate Upcoming Holidays

By Selina Alvarez

Manzanita Resident Assistants Christina Mitine and Ruby Aranki hosted a holiday-themed Ugly Sweater Party in the Loma Pelona Center on Monday, encouraging the spirit of the holidays with an ugly sweater contest, cookie d...

December 3, 2015

International Students Share Thanksgiving Experiences

By Effie Sklavenitis

Thanksgiving is known around the world as an American holiday where family and friends come together to give thanks over comfort food. The holiday is only celebrated in a handful of locations including the United States,...

November 25, 2015

Students Come Together For First Meeting of New Social Justice Group

By Effie Sklavenitis

Students have officially founded UCSB’s first Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) club, which held its first meeting to discuss social justice and civil rights at the Goleta Valley Conference Room last Wednesday.

November 24, 2015

A.S. Finance and Business Committee Fully Grant Eight Requests, Partially Grant Five, Table One

By Amy Koo

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee (A.S. F&B) met Monday in the Flying A Room of the UCen to consider 14 funding requests. A.S. F&B began the meeting with $13,500 in Office of Student Life (OS...

November 24, 2015

Associated Students Issued Compliance Check from IRS

By Neil Yanga

UCSB Associated Students has attained an “in compliance” status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) after filing IRS Form 990 for three consecutive years, having failed to do so for 12 years prior. IRS Form 990 i...

November 23, 2015

Mountain Climber Alex Honnold Summits Campbell Hall Stage

By Mohan Saxena

Mountain climber Alex Honnold spoke on his recent book, Alone on the Wall, Sunday evening at Campbell Hall. Honnold is best known for free solo climbing, often along flat walls, alone and without safety ropes. The majori...

November 23, 2015

Dennis Ross Speaks on Middle Eastern Relations, New Book

By Jessica Aguilar

American diplomat and author Dennis Ross lectured on his new book, Doomed to Succeed, Friday at Campbell Hall, and spoke about relations between the United States and Israel from the administrations of former President H...

November 23, 2015

Transgender Day of Remembrance Commemorates Lives Lost to Violence

By Dahyana Barraza

La Familia de Colores hosted their annual “Transgender Day of Remembrance” event on Friday to commemorate the group’s co-founder, former UCSB student and transgender Latina activist Zoraida Reyes, and transgender i...

November 22, 2015

Latinx Town Hall To Offer Safe Space For Discussion

By Neil Yanga

Students will host a “Latinx Town Hall” Monday at 7 p.m. in the Graduate Student Association lounge at the MultiCultural Center to create a safe space for the Latino/a community.

November 22, 2015

UCSB Minority Associations Host Discussion on Nationwide Racial Tensions

By Dahyana Barraza

The Latino/a UCSB Network Association and the Asian Pacific Islander Alliance hosted “Calling In: Cultivating Racial Consciousness & Inclusivity” on Thursday, where panelists discussed racial tensions on university c...