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October 20, 2015

A.S. Financial and Business Committee Allocates Funds to Six Student Groups This Week

By Amy Koo

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee (A.S. F&B) met Monday in the UCen State Street room to consider 10 funding requests from nine campus organizations. The committee began its meeting with $34,000 ...

October 20, 2015

New Draft for Sexual Violence Policies To Accept Community Input

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

#NowUCSB, Campus Advocacy Resources and Education (C.A.R.E.) and Student Affairs co-hosted an open forum in the MultiCultural Center on Monday for comments and questions on the current draft of the University of Californ...

October 16, 2015

UCSB’s Chican@ Studies Department Hosts Graduate School Workshop

By Jonathan Mendez

Chican@ Studies Department peer advisors hosted a Graduate School workshop Thursday evening in the Dolores Huerta Conference Room to share information on the resources available to first generation, underrepresented stud...

October 16, 2015

Microsoft’s Carbon Fee Model Presented by Alumna Tamara DiCaprio

By Jacob Little

Microsoft Corporation’s Senior Director of Environmental Sustainability and UCSB alumna Tamara “TJ” DiCaprio discussed her role in reducing Microsoft’s carbon emissions in a talk titled ‘”Carbon N...

October 16, 2015

USC Professor Jody David Armour Gives MCC Lecture on Art and the Black Lives Matter Movement

By Erica Schweitzer

Jody David Armour, the Roy P. Crocker Professor at USC Gould School of Law, discussed the importance of art in relation to the Black Lives Matter movement in a lecture titled “Race, Rap, and Redemption: The Role of Art...

October 15, 2015

New Resources To Come for Injured and Disabled Students

By Devon Dieling

Associated Students will implement the Alternative Transportation Project (ATP), a program to assist disabled students with golf cart and pedicab services by the end of winter quarter. ATP, which will operate on and off ...

October 15, 2015

TSA To Help Transfer Students Across UCSB

By Vicky Munro

A new program at UCSB seeks to provide transfer students the resources they need The new Transfer Student Alliance (TSA) held a kick-off social in front of the Student Resource Building (SRB) Wednesday evening. TSA aims ...

October 15, 2015

Bake Sale Raises Funds for Syrian Refugees in Need

By Effie Sklavenitis

UCSB American Red Cross is hosting a bake sale in front the UCen Tuesday through Thursday to raise money for Syrian refugees. Over 70 goods were baked in preparation for the first day of the sale, including candy corn-sh...

October 15, 2015

University Awards ‘Promise’ to New Scholars

By Peeka Zimmerman

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 academic, research and s...

October 15, 2015

Bike Safety On the Rise While Theft Decreases

By Mohan Saxena

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 has been improving, ...

October 14, 2015

UCSB Student Andres Esteban Sanchez Passes Away Sunday Morning

By Staff Report

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 arrival, deputies wer...

October 14, 2015

Students Gather in The Hub for First Democratic Debate

By Ari Plachta

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 Rhode Island Lincoln ...

October 13, 2015

Send Silence Packing Display Recognizes 1,100 College Lives Lost to Suicide Each Year

By Erin Kownacki, Effie Sklavenitis

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 Silence Packing is a nati...

October 12, 2015

UCSB Hosts Ecosocialism Conference in Girvetz

By Christopher Chen

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 climate crises. SCNCC is a...

October 12, 2015

Gun Control Activism Discussed During Open Meeting at UCSB

By Jonathan Mendez

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 Student Resource Buildi...

October 9, 2015

Send Silence Packing To Feature Backpack Display Signifying Lives Lost to Suicide

By Erin Kownacki

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 nationwide nonprofit org...