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April 16, 2015

A.S. Candidates Discuss Community Issues

By Alyssa Schmidt, Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

Candidates for the offices of Associated Students (A.S.) President, Internal Vice President, on-campus senator and university owned off-campus senator discussed key issues in an open forum Thursday afternoon at the Hub.

April 16, 2015

Divestment Fails to Pass Again

By Peter Mounteer, David Jackson

For the third consecutive year, the Associated Students Senate did not pass a resolution to divest from companies allegedly profiting from human rights violations in Israel-Palestine, voting 13-12-1 in a private vote not...

April 16, 2015

Divestment Resolution Falls Two Votes Short of Passing

By Staff Report

The Associated Students Senate voted against Students for Justice in Palestine’s resolution to divest from companies profiting from human rights violations in Israel-Palestine by a tiebreaker secret ballot of 13-12-1 a...

April 16, 2015

Candidates Engage Students in Q&A

By Peeka Zimmerman, Beth Lebens

Candidates for the position of Associate Students (A.S.) off-campus senator answered questions from audience members in a series of two open forums Wednesday afternoon at the Hub.

April 16, 2015

A.S. Senate Dives Into Divestment

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

The Associated Students Senate met Wednesday night in the Old Little Theater and then in Girvetz 1004 to discuss a resolution by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), sponsored by senators Xin Ma and Steven Kwok, whic...

April 16, 2015

Melgoza Pushes for Change

By Erin Gurewitz

Second-year student will file a complaint stating that the university violated her Title IX rights

April 15, 2015

EVPLA and EVPSA Candidates Debate Student Housing, Self-Governance, More

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

Candidates for the positions of Associated Students External Vice President of Local Affairs (EVPLA) and External Vice President of Statewide Affairs met in the Hub Tuesday afternoon to answer questions from students abo...

April 14, 2015

A.S. Forum Brings Candidates to The Hub for Questions

By Megan Mineiro, Cheryl Sun, Supriya Yelimeli

Candidates running for positions in Associated Students participated in a forum yesterday in the Hub, answering questions from students and explaining their platforms.

April 14, 2015

Students Protest Alleged Mistreatment

By Christopher Chen

Students gathered for a sit-in outside the Student Resource Building on Monday in protest of the university’s alleged mistreatment of sexual assault survivors and lenient punishment of perpetrators.

April 14, 2015

A.S. Hears Student Funding Requests

By Beth Lebens

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met yesterday in the State Street Room in the University Center to hear funds requests from eight student organizations.

April 13, 2015

Holi Moly!

By Shelly Lu

UC Santa Barbara Indus hosted their annual Holi event this Sunday on the beach behind the Anacapa and Santa Cruz Residence Halls, drawing over 2,000 students to celebrate the traditional South Asian festival of colors wi...

April 13, 2015

Professors Present at TEDxUCSB

By Kendra Witt

Five professors from various university departments spoke about recent developments in their research and other ideas at the third annual UCSB TEDx talk on Saturday in Embarcadero Hall in Isla Vista.

April 10, 2015

Divestment Resolution Passes to A.S. Senate

By David Jackson, Peter Mounteer

The Associated Students Senate External Affairs Committee formally passed to the A.S. Senate, by a secret vote of six-to-one, a resolution to divest from companies profiting from human rights violations in the Israel-Pal...

April 10, 2015

UCSB MUN Wins Award For Second Year

By Addie Burk

UCSB Model United Nations (MUN) won an Outstanding Delegation award for the second year in a row while representing Kuwait and Luxembourg at the National Model U.N. conference in New York last Thursday.

April 9, 2015

TEDxUCSB To Feature Professors In Search of ‘Next’

By Kendra Witt

The third annual UCSB TEDx event, featuring live talks from five professors from the university’s chemical engineering, computer science, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education (GGSE), and sociology departments, will be ...

April 9, 2015

Political Activist To Lecture On Experience in Egyptian Revolution

By Danny Kolosta

Egyptian political activist Abdallah Helmy Shehata will give a guest lecture on his involvement in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and the organization of social protests that led up to it in 3824 Ellison Hall today at 4 p....