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I.V. Food Co-op Takes Powerful Step With Solar Panel Installation

June 5, 2017 by

The Isla Vista Food Cooperative celebrated its recent solar panel installation of solar panels with a ribbon-cutting ceremony this Sunday.
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A.S. Votes To Boycott Gio’s Until Management Issues Apology

June 5, 2017 by

Associated Students passed a resolution this past Wednesday to boycott Giovanni’s Pizza in Isla Vista after the restaurant staff allegedly discriminated against a Mexican customer.
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Renovated Food Bank Reopens with Hopes for Refrigeration and Food Recovery

June 1, 2017 by

The Associated Students (A.S.) Food Bank reopened on Wednesday after renovations started near the end of Winter Quarter.
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McNair Program May Be Cut if President Trump’s Federal Budget is Approved

June 1, 2017 by

The McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement is a federal scholarship offered to first-generation, low-income students or those who belong to underrepresented minorities in the United States.
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CSD Holds First Public Safety Town Hall Meeting

June 1, 2017 by

During the meeting, attendees raised the possibility of creating a civilian review board and improving transparency in law enforcement’s crime reporting.
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Trump Budget a Threat to SB Housing and Infrastructure

June 1, 2017 by

Santa Barbara County could lose more than a million dollars in annual federal funding following President Donald Trump’s first full budget proposal for the 2018 fiscal year.
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ROTC Cadets Conquer Mount Whitney in Under 15 Hours

June 1, 2017 by

While throngs of students echoed the lyrics to Schoolboy Q’s “Collard Greens” in the sunny haze of Extravaganza, a group of Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadets were headed back to I...
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Once ‘At-Risk Youth’ Dela Cruz Receives UCSB’s Highest Honor

June 1, 2017 by

Dela Cruz has served several positions in A.S., is currently completing her thesis on the history of the Ventura School for Girls and will be graduating with a bachelor's degree in history of public p...
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Vista Point: Weekly Local Freebies and Activities

June 1, 2017 by

Issue XI of the Catalyst magazine will be launching this Thursday at Coffee Collaborative. The event will be from 6-8 p.m. Anyone can stop by to get a free copy of the Isla Vista-themed edition.
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Senate To Vote on Boycotting Gio’s Pizza

May 31, 2017 by

Associated Students (A.S.) will be voting Wednesday on a resolution to boycott Giovanni’s Pizza in Isla Vista.
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Career Services To Replace Gaucholink with New Jobs Database

May 29, 2017 by

UCSB Career Services plans to replace in June its online jobs database, Gaucholink, with a new website called Handshake.
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4 Suspects Arrested in Isla Vista Stabbing, Robbery

May 28, 2017 by

At approximately 12:50 a.m., Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) deputies responded to a report of a strong-armed robbery near the intersection of Pardall Road and Camino Pescadero.
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A.S. UCSB Senators Sworn In for 2017-18 Term

May 27, 2017 by

With heightened emotions, the 67th Associated Students Senate conducted their last meeting and the newly elected senators conducted their first meeting after being sworn in as the 68th.
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Scam-Free Ticketing Platform Wins New Venture Competition

May 27, 2017 by

This year’s New Venture Competition’s first-place winner is CRYPTIX, a ticketing platform which uses blockchain technology to make the process safer by eliminating fraud and scalpers.
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UCSB Ranked 2nd Amongst ‘Top Colleges Doing the Most for the American Dream’

May 26, 2017 by

UC Santa Barbara ranks second-best in the nation amongst universities “committed to economic diversity,” according to a New York Times college ranking released Thursday.
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