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February 9, 2017

UCen Starbucks Opening Postponed Until Summer

By Jose Ochoa

The Starbucks coffee shop replacing Nicoletti’s in the UCen will now open in Summer 2017, postponed from its expected debut at the end of January.

February 9, 2017

All-Around Sustainability Gets UCSB ‘Gold Rating’

By Tamari Dzotsenidze

UC Santa Barbara received an award recognizing it for creating an environmentally, socially and economically sustainable campus.

February 2, 2017

Travel Ban Bars 3 Students From U.S. Return

By Josh Ortiz, Phi Do

In a press release Saturday, the UC Office of the President advised students from the seven countries listed in the executive order to not travel outside the United States. OISS recommends that all international students...

February 2, 2017

KCSB DJs Spin Music From Banned Countries

By Jose Ochoa

Third-year KCSB DJs Frank Horne and Elena Bernick played music from the seven Muslim-majority countries affected by President Donald Trump’s travel ban on their radio show Tuesday.

January 30, 2017

Muslim Students Push Back Against Immigration Ban

By Supriya Yelimeli

An executive order barring travel from six countries prompted over 200 people to protest at UC Santa Barbara Monday, echoing voices that spoke out nationally against the new presidency.

January 26, 2017

Regents Address Tuition

By Jose Ochoa

The UC Board of Regents met in San Francisco Wednesday to discuss a proposal to raise tuition for the first time since 2011.

January 26, 2017

UCSB Professor Gives Speech at Women’s March on Washington

By Stephany Rubio

UC Santa Barbara professor Aída Hurtado was set to speak among high profile guests like Scarlett Johansson and Angela Davis.

January 26, 2017

Solar Origami Takes First at Startup Competition

By Josh Ortiz

When Robert Salazar, an origami artist of 16 years, first pitched the idea of marketing an origami solar cooker named Orisun, not too many students could get behind it.

January 26, 2017

MSI, WEF Address Ocean Health at SB

By Maura Fox

The UCSB Marine Science Institute (MSI) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) plan to improve ocean research.

January 26, 2017

A.S. Votes on Syrian Refugee Students

By Jack Hu

The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate plans to pass a resolution next Wednesday to allocate university spots and academic scholarships to the Syrian refugees displaced from their home universities.

January 26, 2017

Capps Donates 20 Years of Documents to Library

By Tamari Dzotsenidze

Lois Capps, former congresswoman for the United States who retired in November, has donated 20 years’ worth of documents to the UC Santa Barbara Library’s Special Research Collections.

January 26, 2017

UCSB’s Kavli Residence Celebrates Opening

By Aly Giammanco

A visiting scholar’s residence for the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics celebrated its grand opening Friday, debuting on El Colegio Road across from Tropicana Del Norte.

January 19, 2017

CCS Vetting Committee In Search of Faculty Member as New Dean

By Maura Fox

The College of Creative Studies (CCS) Vetting Committee is in the midst of searching for a new dean of the college, increasing transparency in the process by inviting students and faculty to participate in the vetting pr...

January 19, 2017

Library Website Gets First Facelift in 5 Years

By Allison Garfield

The UCSB Library website got a major remodel at the beginning of Winter Quarter, updating its outdated homepage with an accessible new look.

January 12, 2017

Uncertainty for Undocumented as Inauguration Looms

By Supriya Yelimeli

With eight days until inauguration, undocumented students throughout the UC face an uncertain future.

January 12, 2017

Children’s Center Benefits From New Funds

By Jose Ochoa

Surrounded by foam letters, cubbies and a model igloo, kids at the Children’s Center in Goleta painted their names with colored ice cubes on Monday morning.