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University Awards ‘Promise’ to New Scholars

UC Santa Barbara’s Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships administered for the first time this year the Promise Scholar Program, which recognizes incoming undergraduates who show potential in acad...
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Bike Safety On the Rise While Theft Decreases

UCSB improves bike safety and theft prevention by encouraging students to register their bikes and implementing new campaigns and committees to lower the number of thefts The biking situation at UCSB ...
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UCSB Student Andres Esteban Sanchez Passes Away Sunday Morning

On the morning of Sunday, Oct. 11 at approximately 4:40 a.m., two IVFP deputies responded to reports of a male subject on the 6700 block of Abrego Road running in the street screaming for help. Upon a...
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Students Gather in The Hub for First Democratic Debate

UCSB-4-Bernie hosted a live screening of the first Democratic Presidential Debate of the 2016 race Tuesday evening in the Hub. Democratic presidential candidates currently include former Governor of R...
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Send Silence Packing Display Recognizes 1,100 College Lives Lost to Suicide Each Year

UCSB Active Minds, in conjunction with Santa Barbara’s Wellness Center, hosted Send Silence Packing Oct. 12 in front of the Student Resource Building to call attention to college suicide. Send Silen...
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UCSB Hosts Ecosocialism Conference in Girvetz

System Change not Climate Change (SCNCC), an ecosocialists organization, hosted the “21st Century Ecosocialism Conference” in Girvetz Hall this weekend to discuss potential solutions to the climat...
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Gun Control Activism Discussed During Open Meeting at UCSB

Chicano/Chicana Studies Professor Ralph Armbruster and Graduate Student Association vice president of committees and planning Timothy Irvine hosted an open meeting Thursday evening in front of the Stu...
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Send Silence Packing To Feature Backpack Display Signifying Lives Lost to Suicide

UCSB Active Minds and the Mental Wellness Center will host an event titled Send Silence Packing on October 12 on the Student Resource Building (SRB) lawn from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Active Minds, a nati...
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A.S. Senate Discusses RHA Representatives in Senate, S.T.A.R.K. Funding

The Associated Students Senate met Wednesday night in the Flying A Room at the UCen to discuss the possibility of having an RHA representative on A.S. Senate, reforming Science, Technology, Aerospace ...
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Students Represent Both Sides on Pink Out Day

Potential for federal defunding of Planned Parenthood spurs on-campus representation from both sides of life issue, reproductive health education and HIV/AIDS prevention Planned Parenthood’s UCSB ch...
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Talk Highlights Military Transgender Advocacy

The Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity (RCSGD) and Veteran Student Services co-hosted a talk Tuesday night in the Hub featuring Shane Ortega, the first openly transgender soldier in the...
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Admins Work to Revise Sexual Assault Policies

Chancellor Yang and administrators work with student group #NowUCSB to discuss implementing new policies for survivor support and perpetrator punishment Five months after students gathered for a 13-ho...
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Monologues Shed Light on UCSB LGBTQ Community

The Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity (RCSGD) hosted “Coming Out Monologues” Monday evening in the Hub to celebrate LGBTQ History Month and National Coming Out Day, which takes place O...
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A.S. Finance Board Funds KCSB, Transfer Student Organization, More

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee (A.S. F&B) met Oct. 5th in the UCen State Street room to consider 14 funding requests from 12 campus organizations.
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Visiting Scholars Residence To Open Late 2016

The UCSB Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) is currently constructing a three-floor residence for visiting scholar physicists located adjacent to the San Clemente Villages, scheduled to op...
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