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March 5, 2015

UCSB Reads Talk Focuses on Re-Entry

By Shelly Lu

Davidson Library hosted a panel discussion on prisoner re-entry into society on Wednesday as part of the UCSB Reads 2015 program, bringing together university affiliates and Santa Barbara residents to discuss Piper Kerma...

March 5, 2015

Pollock Theater Shows ‘Citizenfour’

By Christopher Chen

The Pollock Theater screened Academy Award-winning film “Citizenfour” Wednesday night and held a discussion led by professors of film and media studies Lisa Parks and Jennifer Holt on former system administrator for ...

March 5, 2015

A.S. Senate Discusses Deltopia, Passes Resolution

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum, Alyssa Schmidt

Last night’s A.S. Senate meeting in the UCen passed several bills, discussed Spring Quarter programs and future endeavors

March 5, 2015

Food Security Forum Explores Finances of Eating Healthy

By Erica Loera

The Associated Students Food Bank and UCSB Sustainability hosted their first of two Isla Vista Food Forums discussing student food insecurity at the local and state level at the Santa Barbara Hillel last night.

March 4, 2015

History Professor Lectures On Underground Railroad, Misconceptions

By Danny Kolosta

Pulitzer prize-winning author and Columbia University history professor Eric Foner gave a lecture at Campbell Hall on Tuesday evening on his recently released book Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Undergroun...

March 3, 2015

A.S. Meets to Allocate Funds

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met on Monday night to hear 17 funding requests, fully funding 16 student organizations and refusing funds to UCSB Model United Nations.

March 2, 2015

Dancers Boogie for 12 Hours, Raise Funds for Children’s Hospital

By Addie Burk, Alyssa Schmidt

The second annual Dance Marathon took place on campus on Saturday night at Pavilion Gym to raise money for the Santa Barbara Cottage Children’s Hospital.

March 2, 2015

Cooking Competitors’ Beets Beat Others

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

The Associated Students Environmental Affairs Board (EAB) hosted their quarterly Green Chef sustainable cooking competition Sunday afternoon in the Student Resource Building.

March 2, 2015

Fitness Area Opens By Campus Dorms

By Josh Ortiz

The Housing & Residential Services and the Resident Housing Association (RHA) hosted the grand opening ceremony for the new Channel Island 5 (ChI-5) Outdoor Fitness Area located adjacent to the the Santa Cruz Residence H...

February 27, 2015

Students To Dance for Charity Saturday

By Peeka Zimmerman

Dance Marathon, a 12-hour-long fundraising dance event featuring food, entertainment, DJs, bands and other UCSB performing groups will be held this Saturday in the Pavilion Gym.

February 27, 2015

Humyn Rights Board, Students for Justice in Palestine Host Talk

By William Leiva

Associated Students Humyn Rights Board held a talk titled “Occupation, Ethnic Cleansing, & Israeli Apartheid 101” on Thursday in the Conference Room of El Centro as part of Humyn Rights Week 2015.

February 26, 2015

Academic Senate Lifts 2014 Freeze on CCS Lit Admissions

By Peter Mounteer

The Academic Senate has lifted a 2014 admissions freeze placed on the College of Creative Studies (CCS) Literature program, effective immediately and opening to students admitted for Fall 2015.

February 26, 2015

Senate Talks i>Clicker Rental Updates, GE Modifications

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum, Alyssa Schmidt

The Associated Students Senate met Wednesday night at the Flying A room of the UCen to discuss resolutions regarding the support of curricular changes in general education, senators’ workload, developments in the i>Cli...

February 26, 2015

New Note-Taking Tool in the Works

By Danny Kolosta

The Associated Students’ Office of the Controller is currently conducting research on how to improve student information gathering in the classroom through a new collaborative note-taking program.

February 26, 2015

Panel Discusses Eating Disorders As Part of Awareness Week

By Shelly Lu

The Active Minds student organization hosted a panel discussion for National Eating Disorder Awareness week on Wednesday at the Loma Pelona Center with six panelists from the Hosford Counseling and Psychological Services...

February 26, 2015

Local Psychologist, Author Lectures on PTSD in Veterans

By Christopher Chen

Santa Barbara psychologist and author Larry Decker gave a lecture on his recently released book, The Alchemy of Combat: Transforming Trauma in Combat Veterans, exploring post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans ...