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November 20, 2015

El Centro Hosts Second Annual Open House To Show its Role as a Safe Space on Campus

By Olivia Pla

El Centro held its second annual open house on Thursday to educate students on its role as a safe haven for organizations and people of color. Located behind the library, El Centro has served as a space for students of c...

November 20, 2015

‘Stigma Free UCSB’ Held To Promote Understanding of Mental Health Issues, On-Campus Resources

By Mohan Saxena

  UCSB’s Active Minds chapter and the A.S. Commission on Student Well Being (COSWB) co-hosted an event titled “Stigma Free UCSB” at Storke Plaza Thursday to educate students about mental health issues and on-c...

November 20, 2015

A.S. Senate Concludes Reforms on Elections Code, Reports End of Quarter Progress

By Chris Perez, Neil Yanga

The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate met Wednesday night in the Flying A Room of the UCen to finalize reforms to the Elections Code and wrap up the first quarter of the 2015-2016 school year. Members from several A.S. b...

November 19, 2015

La Familia de Colores To Host Transgender Day of Remembrance

By Jonathan Mendez

Event to honor members of trans community La Familia de Colores will host a “Transgender Day of Remembrance” on Friday in honor of Zoraida Reyes, a trans Latina activist and UC Santa Barbara student who was murdered...

November 18, 2015

Former World Chess Champion, Russian Political Activist Speaks on ‘Enemies of the Free World’

By Maura Fox

Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov discussed his experience leading the pro-democracy movement against Russian president Vladimir Putin in a lecture titled “Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies ...

November 18, 2015

Tavis Smiley Discusses Social Constructs, Wealth Gap at MCC

By Peeka Zimmerman

The MultiCultural Center (MCC) hosted Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) talk show host Tavis Smiley on Tuesday as part of its Diversity Series to discuss socially constructed minorities and the relationship between citi...

November 17, 2015

Associated Students Finance and Business Committee Fully Grants Six Requests, Partially Grants Three and Declines Two

By Amy Koo

 The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee (A.S. F&B) met Monday in the UCen State Street room to consider 12 campus funding requests. A.S. F&B began the meeting with $18,065 in Office of Student Li...

November 17, 2015

Increased Usage of LSD-like Synthetic Drugs Identified in I.V.

By Selina Alvarez

Student Health Director Mary Ferris sent a university email Thursday to warn students of a recent increase in the use of synthetic, LSD-like drugs. First responders and emergency services have identified an increase of p...

November 16, 2015

Autopsy Results Released in Death of UCSB Student

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office released new information Monday about the death of 19-year-old, second-year UCSB student Andres Sanchez in Isla Vista on Oct. 11. Sanchez died of “‘Acute hallucinog...

November 16, 2015

Swimmer Speaks on Novel, Record-Breaking Journey

By Ari Plachta

Open-water swimmer and author Diana Nyad spoke and held a signing of her new novel, Find a Way, Saturday at a UCSB Arts & Lectures event in Campbell Hall. Nyad swam 110 miles from Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida in...

November 13, 2015

Professor Singh Speaks on Sikhism at Religious Literacy Series

By Siboney Arias

UC Riverside Professor of Sikh and Punjabi Studies Pashaura Singh presented the history of Sikhism through its social and religious evolution at the MultiCultural Center Wednesday as the first speaker of its Religious Li...

November 12, 2015

More Than 1,000 March for Free Tuition, Living Wage

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Megan Mineiro

Nearly 1,500 students marched through UC Santa Barbara’s campus on Thursday, joining more than 100 campuses nationwide in the Million Student March, a movement demanding free tuition, the elimination of student debt an...

November 12, 2015

The Principles Against Intolerance: Attempts to Redefine Anti-Semitism and the Potential Threat to Free Speech

By Juliet Bachtel, Josh Ortiz

In order to protect Jewish students, the UC community has been pushing for a system-wide definition of anti-Semitism The Free Speech Movement began on the steps of UC Berkeley’s Sproul Hall in 1964 when thousands of st...

November 12, 2015

Professor Rios Lectures On Justice, Race

By Erin Kownacki

UCSB Professor of sociology Victor Rios spoke with students in the Loma Paloma Center on Tuesday about the United States justice system, race relations and mentorship opportunities. Rios conducts research on juvenile jus...

November 12, 2015

Nyad to Speak About Record Swim, Memoir

By Ari Plachta

In 2013, at the age of 64, Diana Nyad swam 110 miles from Cuba to Florida; she will speak about the record-setting feat, as well as her newly published memoir, on Saturday Record-setting long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad ...

November 12, 2015

Active Minds of UCSB To Attend Health Conference

By Mohan Saxena

UCSB’s Active Minds chapter will attend the Active Minds 12th National Mental Health on Campus Conference at UC Irvine this weekend to network with chapters from across the nation. Active Minds aims to use education to...