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UCDC Students Win Tickets to VP Debate

As students filled the seats of campus lounges Oct. 4 to view the 2016 Vice Presidential Debate, two lucky university students enjoyed an even closer view of the event seated in front of the live deba...
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Students Spin Poetry at Annual ‘Coming Out Monologues’

UC Santa Barbara students expressed themselves in spoken word on Monday at the annual “Coming Out Monologues,” sharing their experiences aloud to usher in National Coming Out Day on Tuesday.
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Students To Rally Against Rape Culture in Isla Vista

Katherine Kepski, a fourth-year global studies major and main organizer of the rally, said she believes rape culture and misogyny are “not discussed enough.”
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2017 Senior Class Gift Announced

Though voting was done solely through email in the past, this year kicked off a “voting party” with free pizza donated by Giovanni’s to increase voter turnout.
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El Congreso Protests Against Columbus Day, Dakota Access Pipeline

The students protested from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., intermittently chanting “Fuck white supremacy; Columbus is the enemy” and “Hey hey! Ho ho! Columbus Day has got to go!”
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Jill Stein Discusses Dakota Access Pipeline, Environmental Issues at Rally

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein visited Santa Barbara’s De La Guerra Plaza on Saturday for a morning rally filled with music and environmental activism.
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First Friday Offers Free Food, Laid-Back Vibes

Fall’s inaugural First Friday took over Prefect Park as the Free Food Fest on Oct.7, offering new bites and the same laid-back vibes Isla Vistans have come to love since its inception.
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Campus Democrats Show ‘Selma,’ Discuss Voter Suppression

Students gathered on the San Nicolas lawn Wednesday to join the Campus Democrats in a communal viewing of Ava DuVernay’s “Selma.”
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Isla Vista Divided by Party Politics in Supervisor Race

Although it occupies a little over a square mile, Isla Vista is brimming with over 20,000 UC Santa Barbara students, retirement communities and clusters of longtime residents.
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Seeds Sown for Sueno Orchard

After three years of deliberation, the IVRPD will start drafting proposals to fund an irrigation system while restoration of the plot is underway
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Statute of Limitations To end for Rape-Related Cases, New Law Says

Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Sept. 28 a bill that eliminates the statute of limitations for rape and related offenses.
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New Grant To Lay Framework for Digital Database

The UCSB library has received a $100,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences to create a framework that supports extensive digital library collections.
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Guests Speak on Love in Politics

Renowned minds in art and academia flew into Santa Barbara this week to discuss the concept of civility in the face of hatred and violence at UCSB Student Affairs’ newest series.
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Vista Point: Exciting Events Happening in Isla Vista This Week

I.V. politics will be popping this week, what with the Third Disrict County Supervisor debate, the push to register at least 13,000 I.V. residents to vote for the November election.
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A Quick Brown Fox Jumps Into Morocco

Despite many warnings from friends and family, staff writer Maura Fox made the trip to Morocco in the wake of immigration turmoil; she found it to be beautiful.
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