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Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Encouraging Voter Turnout & Education Into Law

October 11, 2019 by

The bill aims to enhance voter registration by directing campuses to hire civic and voter empowerment coordinators to develop a civic and voter empowerment action plan.
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Gov. Newsom Signs New Senate Bill to End UC’s “Wage Theft” Exemption

October 11, 2019 by

The bill mandates that the UC pay its nearly 140,000 employees on their regularly scheduled payday.
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“She doesn’t know that she’s a sea lion and she doesn’t know where she is”: Unhealthy Sea Lion Spotted on I.V. Beaches

October 10, 2019 by

As Rogers would soon discover, the sea lion was seen in multiple places across the Isla Vista beaches over the weekend and was showing signs of domoic acid toxicosis.
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RCSGD Launches Second Annual Out List

October 10, 2019 by

The list launches this Friday, Oct. 11, on National Coming Out Day. 
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Memes and Self-Deprecation: A UCSB Professor’s Key to the Belly Laugh

October 10, 2019 by

Bob Kennedy — a linguistics lecturer at UCSB — first dipped his toes in the university’s meme scene years ago, when he began posting on a now-defunct Facebook group.  
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Fourth Mountain Lion Sighting Spooks Students

October 10, 2019 by

The school has sent out a number of warnings over the past few weeks about mountain lion sightings.
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I.V. CSD Considers Turning Deltopia Into a Sanctioned Festival

October 10, 2019 by

The Isla Vista Community Services District discussed a proposal from Lucidity Festivals to turn Deltopia into a more controlled community celebration and festival.
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Ten Takeaways From UC Payroll Data

October 10, 2019 by

The unabridged list of employee payroll information can be found on the UCOP website.
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Latest Mountain Lion Sighting Actually Bobcat, Previous Sightings Confirmed As Mountain Lions

October 7, 2019 by

Students are cautioned to stay away from the area until further notice. 
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Stalking Reports Increased, Disciplinary Action for Drug Violations Decreased in 2018

October 4, 2019 by

The report includes crimes reported to the UCPD and other campus security agencies.
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CALPIRG Discusses Latest Projects, Plans for Upcoming Year

October 3, 2019 by

The plastics petition is one of the four current projects the UCSB chapter of CALPIRG will be working on over the next year
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The Faces Shaping the Future of the I.V. Community Center

October 3, 2019 by

The Nexus interviewed each board member and compiled small profiles on each regarding their ties to the I.V. community and their visions for the community center.
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50 Years: Isla Vista’s Role in the “Countercultural Revolution”

October 3, 2019 by

The event that sparked the violence of 1970 is arguably the most nationally well-known event in the university’s history: the burning of the Bank of America building in Isla Vista. 
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UCSB Alum Founds Creative Computing Initiative, Brings Technical Courses to Humanities Students

October 3, 2019 by

UCSB alumnus Ross Dowd has spearheaded an upcoming humanities-based technological program, meant to prepare humanities majors for careers in an increasingly tech-driven world. 
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UCSB Offers New Minor in Architecture and Urban History

October 3, 2019 by

Students taking on the minor must take two lower-division art history courses and 20 units of upper-division courses from the art history, environmental science or geography departments.
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