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Senate Considers iClicker Rental

February 5, 2015 by and

Associated Students gathered in the UCen to discuss topics such as reduced financial aid and an iClicker borrowing program
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Art Professor Shares Images of Jailed Youth as First Event of UCSB Reads 2015

February 4, 2015 by

Art professor and photographer Richard Ross spoke about his newly published book Girls in Justice as well as his work documenting incarcerated youth in detention facilities across the country Tuesday ...
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Confucius Institute Presents First Lectures

February 4, 2015 by

Two professors from McGill University and the Middlebury Institute of International Studies gave keynote lectures at the Mosher Alumni House to celebrate the opening of the Confucius Institute on camp...
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UCSB Hosts Distinguished Guests For Opening of Confucius Institute

February 3, 2015 by

UCSB’s Confucius Institute, an international establishment to promote the study of Chinese language, culture, history, science, politics and economics, held its opening ceremony Monday in McCune Hal...
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A.S. Finance and Business Committee Entertains Funding Requests

February 3, 2015 by

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met Monday evening in the Flying A Room of the UCen and heard from 12 campus organizations looking to receive funding for events being held prima...
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In Photos: Hundreds of Students Compete in 36-Hour Hackathon

February 2, 2015 by

On Friday, Jan. 30, over 500 participants from schools all over California competed in a 36-hour hackathon, the first annual one held in Corwin Pavilion and surrounding areas. Students designed and pr...
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UCSB Hackathon Draws Participants, Sponsors From Across State

February 2, 2015 by and

Hundreds of students from across the state participated in SB Hacks’ first annual UCSB Hackathon on Sunday to showcase projects they worked on throughout the weekend and to compete for prizes Th...
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Organization Names UCSB as Hispanic Serving Intitution

January 30, 2015 by

University administrators announced Wednesday that UCSB has been named a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) due to the campus’ 25 perc...
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Senate Meeting Talks Lock-Ins, Supports IVTU

January 29, 2015 by

The Associated Students Senate met in the Flying A Room at the UCen Wednesday night to discuss potential lock-in fees and resolutions including ones in support of President Barack Obama’s proposal t...
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SB Hacks To Host First Annual Coding Competition on Campus

January 29, 2015 by

UCSB Hackathon, a 36-hour collaborative coding event for teams of computer science students from universities across the country, will attract an estimated 500 student attendees this weekend at the UC...
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Mary Jacob To Take Over for Michael Young

January 28, 2015 by

Former Senior Associate Dean of Enrollment and Student Academic Programs and Wellness Services Mary Jacob will begin serving as acting Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs on Feb. 2 following former Vi...
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MCC Discussion Examines Obama’s Deportations

January 28, 2015 by

Seasoned author and sociology professor at UC Merced Tanya Golash-Boza held a discussion on mass deportation and the racialized trends in immigrant law enforcement in the U.S. Tuesday night in the Mu...
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Reporter Lectures on Nazis in Cold War America

January 27, 2015 by

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter in the Washington bureau of New York Times Eric Lichtblau spoke in Corwin Pavilion Monday night about how America became a safe haven for Hitler’s men i...
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A.S. Finance and Business Committee Hears Requests

January 27, 2015 by

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met to hear from 26 different organizations funding requests on Monday night.
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Organizations Host HIV/AIDS Awareness Week

January 27, 2015 by

Monday marked the beginning of HIV/AIDS Awareness Week, an event hosted by various campus organizations that aim to educate students about the pervasiveness of sexually transmitted infections worldwid...
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