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May 22, 2015

Students Win New Venture Competition With BAC Monitor Startup

By Carissa Quiambao

This year’s New Venture Competition (NVC) Finals awarded its annual $10,000 grand prize to student tech start up Milo, a business projected to create a device that proactively monitors the blood alcohol content (BAC) o...

May 21, 2015

Isla Vista Remembers May 23rd

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Program Board (ASPB) will host the Candlelight Vigil and Memorial Walk this Saturday in Storke Plaza as part of a series of events in remembrance of the events of May 23 last year.

May 21, 2015

Last A.S. Senate Meeting Discusses Rollover Funds

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

The Associated Students Senate met Wednesday night in the UCen’s Flying A Room to discuss legislation in the last meeting of the current Senate’s term.

May 21, 2015

UCSB Professors Discuss Historical View on ISIL

By Christopher Chen

International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS) and UCSB History club co-hosted a talk titled “ISIS: A Historical Perspective” at Buchanan Hall Wednesday night during which UCSB history professors di...

May 21, 2015

Scientists Debate Harms and Benefits of GMOs

By Kendra Witt

UCSB Arts & Lectures and the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (IHC) co-hosted a debate titled “The 2015 Arthur N. Rupe Debate: The Use of Genetically Modified Organisms in Food” at Campbell Hall Wednesday night to...

May 20, 2015

Event Discusses Combating I.V. Racism, Sexism

By Supriya Yelimeli

The MultiCultural Center (MCC) and English professor Felice Blake hosted a remembrance titled “Come Together/In Memory of the I.V. Tragedy: A Discussion with Felice Blake” on Tuesday in the MCC to create a healing sp...

May 20, 2015

A.S. Senate Joint Committee Reviews Bills

By Beth Lebens

The Associated Students Senate Joint Committee on University Affairs and Constitution and By-Laws (CBL) met for the last time this quarter on Tuesday in the UCen’s Goleta Valley Room to discuss five Senate bills.

May 20, 2015

Record-Breaking Mountaineer Speaks at Campbell

By Carissa Quiambao

Austrian mountaineer Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, the world’s first woman to climb all fourteen 8,000 meter mountain peaks without the use of supplementary oxygen, spoke at Campbell Hall Tuesday night about her 8,611 meter ...

May 19, 2015

Fathers Speak on Gun Safety, Control

By Cheryl Sun

Fathers of two victims of the events of May 23 last year spoke at an event titled “Turning Tragedy into Activism: Why We Got Involved in the Gun Safety Movement – A Conversation with Richard Martinez and Bob Weiss" a...

May 19, 2015

Psychologist To Discuss Healing

By Supriya Yelimeli, Juliet Bachtel

UC Santa Barbara Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) Senior Consultant and Psychologist Beth Cohen will hold a discussion on psychological healing titled “The Impact of the Isla Vista Tragedy: One Year Later” ...

May 19, 2015

A.S. Meeting Reallocates Funds

By Supriya Yelimeli

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee held its last meeting of the quarter on Monday in the State Street room of the UCen to discuss reallocation requests from four campus organizations.

May 18, 2015

‘We’re fUCked’ Campaign Ends With Rally

By William Leiva

The Associated Students Office of the External Vice President of Statewide Affairs (EVPSA) held a rally in front of Storke Tower on Friday to conclude the week-long “We’re fUCked” campaign to protest the proposed U...

May 15, 2015

Azeem Ward: Overnight Flute Sensation

By Emile Nelson

Over the past couple days, fourth-year music major Azeem Ward has gone from graduating senior to Facebook and Buzzfeed celebrity, following the enormous following his senior flute recital has gathered.

May 14, 2015

EVPSA Office Congregates in Support of ‘We’re fUCked’

By Alyssa Schmidt

The UCSB External Vice President for Statewide Affairs (EVPSA) office held a panel discussion and question and answer session in the MultiCultural Center on Thursday as part of the week-long “We’re fUCked” campaign...

May 14, 2015

Budget Proposal to Freeze In-State Tuition, Provide More Program Funds

By Beth Lebens

University of California President Janet Napolitano announced Thursday that the UC has reached an agreement with Governor Jerry Brown on state budget revisions to increase funding to the university, potentially freezing ...

May 14, 2015

Yang Meets Sexual Assault Survivors’ Demands After Thirteen-Hour Sit-In

By Staff Report

A group of students headed by survivors of sexual assault Alejandra Melgoza, Lexi Weyrick and Melissa Vasquez staged a 13-hour sit-in of Chancellor Henry T. Yang’s office from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning to...