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October 29, 2014

Student Advocate General Candidates Discuss Platforms

By Rishika Kenkre

The two candidates for Student Advocate General, third-year environmental studies major Sukayna Ibrahim and second-year College of Creative Studies literature major Ethan Reul, discussed their respective agendas for this...

October 28, 2014

Japanese Emperor To Award UCSB Nobel Laureate

By Jackson Kerr

Materials Professor Shuji Nakamura, who was recently awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, will receive Japan’s 2014 Order of Culture Award by Emperor Akihito in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 3, which is...

October 23, 2014

Michael Lewis Discusses Past, Future Projects

By Supriya Yelimeli

Michael Lewis, acclaimed author of Moneyball, The Blind Side and Flash Boys, came to the Granada Theatre Tuesday night to speak about his experience as a financial journalist, storyteller and self-proclaimed sloth.

October 23, 2014

Students, Companies Connect at Fall Career Fair

By Rachel Ann Reyes

Career Services held the first day of its Fall Career Fair yesterday at Corwin Pavilion, with a second day open only to science, technology and engineering students, open today.

October 23, 2014

UCSB Alum Helps Restore Ranch House

By Megan Mineiro

On Monday, the university announced that alumna Linda Duttenhaver donated $2 million towards the restoration of a 1950s ranch house on Sedgwick Reserve which accommodates affiliated researchers from half of the approxima...

October 23, 2014

A.S. Senate Hears Funding Request

By Diana Bounina, Supriya Yelimeli

The Associated Students Senate met last night to discuss new amendments and bills regarding the recording of Senate meetings, the upcoming Student of Color Conference and capabilities to remove A.S. staff.

October 13, 2014

AS Releases Special Election Information

By Staff Report

The Associated Students Elections Committee announced the dates for a special election following the resignation of two A.S. executive officers earlier this year.

October 9, 2014

A.S. Senate Convenes for First Meeting of Fall Quarter

By David Jackson

The Associated Students Senate held their first meeting of the academic year this Wednesday in the Flying A room at the UCen.

July 23, 2014

I.V. Community Discusses Self-Governance

By Aditya Tadanki

In light of recent violent events in Isla Vista, including the Deltopia riots and the May 23 mass killings, local residents and community officials convened on Monday at Santa Barbara Hillel for a meeting titled “Our I...

June 25, 2014

UC Creates Anti-Sexual Assault Measures

By Peter Mounteer

University of California President Janet Napolitano announced the formation of a system-wide task force to address sexual assault and sexual violence on campus this past Friday in an effort to make the UC a national lead...

May 30, 2014

Safe & Sound: Isla Vista Plans to Improve Public Safety

By Max Fernbacher

The Associated Students Public Safety Commission held a public safety meeting in Isla Vista Theater yesterday where attendees discussed ways to improve safety and quality of life in Isla Vista.

May 30, 2014

Newly Elected A.S. Staff Holds First Senate Meeting

By David Jackson

Wednesday night’s Associated Students Senate meeting, the first to be held by the newly elected senate for the 2014-2015 academic school year, focused on the mass shooting that occurred last Friday night in Isla Vista.

May 22, 2014

Senators Amend Student Lobby, Swear in Execs

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Last night, students identifying as members of Coalition for Survivors silently protested the last Associated Students Senate meeting for the 2013-2014 academic school year, during which senators passed a controversial r...

May 19, 2014

OPP Calls for Contreras’ Resignation from EVPLA

By Carissa Quiambao, Daniel Slovinsky

The Open People’s Party rescinded Associated Students External Vice President of Local Affairs-elect Beatrice Contreras’ party membership and requested her resignation last Friday in light of sexual assault allegatio...

May 16, 2014

A.S. Senate Debates Election Code Update and University Investments

By David Jackson

Wednesday night’s Associated Students Senate meeting focused on a bill to encourage “socially responsible” investments using university funding as well as a bill to change the electoral process of the A.S. election...

May 13, 2014

Forum Addresses Master Plan Reform in Light of Funding Issues

By Aditya Tadanki

Leading up to the University of California Regents Meeting on May 14 and 15, the UCSB E.V.P.S.A Office, A.S. Office of the President and A.S. Academic Affairs Board hosted a forum on the California Master Plan of Higher ...