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January 14, 2015

UCSB Grad Student Jason Bennett Dies at 32

By Juliet Bachtel

Graduate student Jason Andrew Bennett, a fifth-year doctoral student in philosophy, died on Dec. 31 after committing suicide at age 32.

January 13, 2015

UC Student Regent-Designate Meets With Students

By Megan Mineiro

UC Student Regent for the 2014-15 school year Sadia Saifuddin and UC Student Regent-designate for the 2015-16 school year Abraham “Avi” Oved met with students on campus at the Student Resource Building today to discu...

January 13, 2015

Campus Remembers UCPD Officer

By Patrick Guardian

UCSB Police Department (UCPD) Sgt. Tony Borrayo died in the early hours of the morning while he was asleep at home with his family last Sunday on Jan. 4.

January 13, 2015

A.S. Finance and Business Committee Discusses Requests

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met in the State Street Room in the UCen on Monday evening to listen to and grant funding requests to various student organizations.

January 8, 2015

A.S. Senate Passes Salary Resolution, Talks Safety in I.V.

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

The Associated Students Senate held its first meeting of the new quarter yesterday evening in the Flying A Room at the UCen to discuss upcoming events and initiatives for Winter Quarter.

January 7, 2015

A.S. Finance and Business Committee Delegates Funds to Student Groups

By Cheryl Sun

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met in the State Street room in UCen last night to delegate funds to various student organizations at their first weekly meeting of winter quarter.

January 5, 2015

Nakamura Continues To Pick Up Accolades

By Peeka Zimmerman

Materials professor and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics Shuji Nakamura was named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) on Dec 16.

January 5, 2015

UCSB Professor Dies Over Winter Break

By Peter Mounteer

74-year-old materials professor Edward Kramer (far right) died in his sleep at his home in Santa Barbara on the morning of Dec 27.

December 5, 2014

Physics Professor Delivers Annual Faculty Research Lecture

By Lannhu Khuat

Professor of Physics and Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics member Joe Polchinksi gave the annual Faculty Research Lecture Thursday night after being selected as the Faculty Research Lecturer in May, an honor that r...

December 2, 2014

A.S. Finance and Business Committee Hears Funding, Reallocation Requests

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee held its last meeting of the quarter on Monday in the UCen’s State Street Room, where they heard six requests for funding.

November 25, 2014

Associated Students Discuss Student Organization Financial Requests

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Student Finance and Business Committee met yesterday evening at the State Street Room in the UCen to hear requests from 18 student organizations for funding.

November 23, 2014

Rally Ends It’s On Us Campaign

By Juliet Bachtel

Campus Advocacy for Resources and Education (CARE) led a rally Friday as part of the national It’s On Us initiative, a campaign led by President Barack Obama’s administration to prevent sexual assault on college camp...

November 21, 2014

Protesters Convene in Storke Plaza for Rally on Tuition

By Patrick Guardian

Students and faculty rallied at Storke Tower Thursday to protest the recently approved the UC tuition increase plan, which caps potential yearly increases at five percent over the next five years, in an event hosted by A...

November 21, 2014

Dept. of Theater and Dance Named 2014 50/50 Applause Award Recipient

By Rishika Kenkre

The Department of Theater and Dance received the 2014 50/50 Applause Award from International Centre for Women Playwrights (ICWP) for having more than 50 percent of its produced plays written by females.

November 21, 2014