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A.S. Forum Examines Proposed Changes to Financial Aid, Health Insurance

Associated Students hosted a student forum yesterday at the Pardall Center to discuss the Financial Aid Office’s recent proposal to reduce financial aid grants for students who waive out of Gaucho H...
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Prof. Discusses Pros, Cons of Fracking

University of Wyoming Economics Professor and UW Chair in Petroleum and Natural Gas Economics Charles Mason gave a lecture at Bren Hall titled "To Frack or Not to Frack?” in which he discussed some ...
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Alumnus, U.S. Special Envoy Gives Talk at UCSB

Alumnus and former U.S. Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman visited campus this past Friday to speak to students at the global studies department about his 30-year career with the ...
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Concert Almost Canceled Over Insurance

Hip hop group The Coup nearly had to cancel their upcoming show this Friday at the MultiCultural Center (MCC) Theater after the university originally did not grant the band an insurance waiver last we...
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Muslim Student Association Remembers Recent Victims with Candlelight Vigil

The Muslim Students Association (MSA) held a candlelight vigil at Storke Tower to honor the three victims of a recent shooting near University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, that some have been calli...
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Econ Dept. To Create Endowed Chair with Alumnus Donations

The Department of Economics received a total of $5 million dollars in grants during fiscal year 2014, most of which was given by Richard Aster, an alumnus who passed away in 2012.
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Waive Goodbye to Your Financial Aid

The Financial Aid Office has recently proposed a plan to reduce financial aid benefits to students who waive the Gaucho Health Insurance (GHI) for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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A.S. Discusses Young’s Retirement, GHI

The Associated Students Senate met Wednesday night in the UCen’s Flying A room to discuss resolutions on former Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Michael Young’s retirement celebration, Gaucho He...
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Dept. of Sociology To Celebrate 50 Years of Grad Program

The Department of Sociology will host a research conference this Friday and Saturday to celebrate the graduate program’s 50th anniversary.
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Finance and Business Committee Hears From Student Groups

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met Monday evening to address funding requests from 25 campus organizations and allocated full funding for 15 organizations, partial funding for ...
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National Academy of Engineering Awards UCSB Prof Membership

Chemical engineering professor Samir Mitragotri was elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) last week, a professional distinction that honors individuals who have made outstanding contrib...
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Campaign Presents Panel of LGBTQ Students

Gauchos Against Hate, a new campus-wide campaign that focuses on accepting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community, held an event at the Loma Pelona Center Thursday night t...
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Senate Considers iClicker Rental

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

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

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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