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UC Santa Barbara Student Found Dead Wednesday Morning

April 12, 2017 by

A passerby found a UC Santa Barbara student dead near Campus Point at approximately 7:00 a.m. Wednesday, the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office reported.
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Filmmakers Talk Rwandan Rape in Corwin

April 11, 2017 by

Approximately 280 people were in attendance at Corwin Pavilion for the Monday evening screening and panel with the film’s producers and protagonists organized by the Associated Students (A.S.) Human...
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University of Manchester Intergenerational Projects Group Tackles the ‘Loneliness Crisis’

April 10, 2017 by

A group of students that hold parties in a Manchester bar for around sixty older people four times a year, as well as monthly film afternoons for up to thirty.
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UC Berkeley Startup ‘SafeSpace’ Works to Promote Mental Health Awareness

April 10, 2017 by

UC Berkeley students are developing a website and mobile app to connect campus students experiencing mental health issues with other students who face similar experiences.
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Sciences Po Refugee Assists Asylum Seekers in France

April 10, 2017 by

The organization, Sciences Po Refugee Help, aims to materially and immaterially improve the living conditions of refugees.
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Deltopia Crowds Up, Arrests Down From Last Year

April 10, 2017 by

Deltopia crowds were estimated to be as low as 6,000 and as high as 8,000 this year, up from approximately 3,500 the year before, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office (SBSO).
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Pitt Pantry Addresses Rising Food Insecurity

April 10, 2017 by

The Pitt Pantry’s customers are only a handful of the thousands of college students who visit campus food pantries across the U.S. — and that number has ballooned in recent years.
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Yemeni Nobel Laureate Visits UCSB

April 9, 2017 by

Tawakkol Karman, the first female Arab and Yemeni Nobel laureate, came from Istanbul to discuss tyranny, terrorism and the Arab Spring.
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North Korean Defectors Share Stories at UCSB

April 9, 2017 by

UC Santa Barbara’s Liberty in North Korea chapter hosted the two North Korean defectors this Thursday to talk about human rights violations and their journeys in escaping a dictatorship.
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County Supervisors Push Tsunami Preparedness

April 9, 2017 by

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed an honorary resolution last week declaring the week Tsunami Preparedness Week.
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Student Injured After Cliff Fall on Del Playa

April 9, 2017 by

A UCSB student fell off of a balcony on the 66 block of Del Playa at approximately 4:45 p.m. Saturday.
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MTD Proposes Technology Changes to Student Bus Pass, Updates to Bus Schedules

April 7, 2017 by

The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) is proposing new technology that will replace the student bus sticker system within the next year and enact changes to bus schedules starting Aug....
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Breakin’ Dancers Break Out of Their Comfort Zones

April 6, 2017 by and

Students founded UCSBreakin’ in 2010 for those passionate about breaking and growing the hip hop scene in Santa Barbara.
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Police Presence Declines as Deltopia Dwindles

April 6, 2017 by

Police presence during Deltopia will continue to decline this year following dropping attendance levels over the past three years.
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UCs See Drop in International Applicants

April 6, 2017 by

UC Santa Barbara saw a 10 percent increase in international undergraduate applicants for the 2016-17 admissions cycle, while two fellow UC campuses saw the first decreases in more than a decade.
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