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April 14, 2017

Bill To Allow Priority Registration for ROTC Cadets

By Matthew Danaher

The Associated Students Senate passed a bill last week that could allow ROTC cadets to register for classes as early as student athletes.

April 14, 2017

Senate Passes Resolution to Rename A.S. Publications in Memory of Employee

By Jose Ochoa

The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate passed a resolution on Wednesday renaming A.S. Publications after David Miller, an A.S. print shop employee of five years who passed away last month.

April 13, 2017

Campus Feels Strain of Increasing Enrollment

By Tamari Dzotsenidze

The Board of Regents approved UC President Janet Napolitano’s plan in November 2015 to enroll 10,000 more undergraduates across the UC system by the 2018-19 school year, and UCSB is feeling the crunch.

April 13, 2017

Considerable Changes en Route for Santa Barbara Bus System

By Stephany Rubio

The Santa Barbara bus system is adding 14 new electric shuttles and introducing new farebox and smartphone technology to modernize its system as well as rebranding its 30-year-old logo.

April 13, 2017

Vista Point: This Week’s Goings-On

By Staff Report

This week's Vista Point includes a silent film screening, live music at an Easter Eve show and a body-positive pool party.

April 13, 2017

Wristbands, Booked Bands and Booze Stands: I.V. Stakeholders Push for a Sanctioned Deltopia

By Josh Ortiz

For the first time in the short history of Deltopia, a jazz band led an entourage of partygoers down Del Playa Drive — a sight perhaps more common for New Orleans Mardi Gras than for Isla Vista’s usual Spring Break c...

April 13, 2017

Admins Opt to Repair El Centro

By Maura Fox

UC Santa Barbara administrators are no longer calling for the demolition of the El Centro Annex building following a decision to repair the building’s structural problems instead and allow students to continue using th...

April 13, 2017

Father of 2014 I.V. Victim Reacts to Recent Shooting

By Allison Garfield

The father of a victim of the 2014 Isla Vista shooting spoke out Tuesday in response to the Monday shooting at a San Bernardino elementary school.

April 12, 2017

UC Santa Barbara Student Found Dead Wednesday Morning

By Supriya Yelimeli

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.

April 11, 2017

Filmmakers Talk Rwandan Rape in Corwin

By Jose Ochoa

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 Rights Board.

April 10, 2017

University of Manchester Intergenerational Projects Group Tackles the ‘Loneliness Crisis’

By Jacob Nicholas

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.

April 10, 2017

UC Berkeley Startup ‘SafeSpace’ Works to Promote Mental Health Awareness

By Pressly Pratt

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.

April 10, 2017

Sciences Po Refugee Assists Asylum Seekers in France

By Melissa Godin

The organization, Sciences Po Refugee Help, aims to materially and immaterially improve the living conditions of refugees.

April 10, 2017

Deltopia Crowds Up, Arrests Down From Last Year

By Jose Ochoa

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).

April 10, 2017

Pitt Pantry Addresses Rising Food Insecurity

By Janine Faust

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.