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May 24, 2018 by Staff Report

Catch the goings-on in Isla Vista this week!
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Journalism Certificate Program Comes to UCSB

May 24, 2018 by Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

A journalism certificate program will be available for students at UC Santa Barbara beginning Fall Quarter 2018, which would allow students to take courses specific to journalism that are taught by tr...
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New Organization Hopes To Create First Rape Crisis Center in I.V.

May 24, 2018 by Arturo Martinez Rivera

Two UC Santa Barbara students, aiming to combat issues related to sexual assault, created a new group with hopes of implementing several projects on campus and in Isla Vista, one of which would be I.V...
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Divestment Vote Canceled, 69th Senate Meeting Shut Down by ‘Civil Disobedience’

May 24, 2018 by Shomik Mukherjee, Simren Verma, Sanya Kamidi and Héctor Sánchez Castañeda

When the dust settled, it was another instance — the fifth time in six years — in which divestment failed to pass at UC Santa Barbara, which remains the only undergraduate UC campus not to have pa...
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Backpacks Memorialize Victims of Mass School Shootings Across U.S.

May 24, 2018 by Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

Four years after the UC Santa Barbara and Isla Vista community lost six of its members on May 23, 2014, the community continues to honor their lives and reminds its members of the importance of healin...
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Missing UCSB Student Found Deceased in Santa Ynez Mountains

May 22, 2018 by Evelyn Spence

She was first reported missing by friends on Monday morning to the UCSB Police Department.
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BREAKING: Special Election for EVPSA Will Be Held Fall Quarter

May 22, 2018 by Evelyn Spence

Currently “appeals” are in place, according to the minutes, although specifications regarding Morales’ disqualification were not discussed during Monday’s meeting.
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Second-Year UCSB Student Reported Missing Monday Morning, Later Found Deceased

May 22, 2018 by Evelyn Spence

A missing persons report was filed for Wang around 9:40 a.m. on Monday morning, according to Charlene Wu, one of Wang’s current housemates in Manzanita Village.
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On-Foot Navigation App Wins TAMID Tank

May 21, 2018 by Eric Moon

TAMID held their first TAMID Tank May 9 in the Corwin Pavilion, which had a similar format to that of the ABC television show, “Shark Tank.”
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Suspect Arrested for Assault With a Deadly Weapon

May 20, 2018 by Jose Ochoa

The suspect argued with the staff and “brandished” a knife when approached.
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UCSB Student Falls Off I.V. Rooftop

May 20, 2018 by Evelyn Spence

The male victim was on the roof of the residence taking a photograph of his friends when he fell about 15 feet to the ground.
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Senate Fails to Vote on Divestment After Senators Walk Out of Meeting

May 17, 2018 by Shomik Mukherjee and Simren Verma

The controversial “divestment” resolution was brought to the table for the fifth time in six years on Wednesday, but 12 senators and proxies didn’t return to the over 10-hour-long meeting after ...
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