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Wrap-Up Nov. 9-16

November 18, 2015 by

Last week (Nov. 9-16), law enforcement units in Isla Vista responded to a case of domestic violence, two fights, a cliff fall and two break-ins. On Tuesday, law enforcement units responded to a call o...
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Associated Students Finance and Business Committee Fully Grants Six Requests, Partially Grants Three and Declines Two

November 17, 2015 by

 The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee (A.S. F&B) met Monday in the UCen State Street room to consider 12 campus funding requests. A.S. F&B began the meeting with $18,065 in ...
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Increased Usage of LSD-like Synthetic Drugs Identified in I.V.

November 17, 2015 by

Student Health Director Mary Ferris sent a university email Thursday to warn students of a recent increase in the use of synthetic, LSD-like drugs. First responders and emergency services have identif...
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Local Residents and Students Meet To Discuss a Parking Permit Program in I.V.

November 16, 2015 by

Long-term residents Maia, Jay Freeman and Bob Sumner hosted a meeting to discuss the possibility of a future parking permit program in Isla Vista at the I.V. Clinic Sunday evening. Attendees discussed...
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Autopsy Results Released in Death of UCSB Student

November 16, 2015 by

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office released new information Monday about the death of 19-year-old, second-year UCSB student Andres Sanchez in Isla Vista on Oct. 11. Sanchez died of ...
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AB 935 To Allow Special Identification for Veterans

November 16, 2015 by

Assembly Bill 935 took effect Friday, allowing United States military veterans to apply for a California driver’s license or identification card with a veteran designation. The designated cards woul...
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Co-op Hosts Organic Potluck With Live Music

November 16, 2015 by

The Isla Vista Food Co-op, Associated Students Food Bank and I.V. Community Relations Committee hosted their third potluck of the quarter titled “The Grazing Hour” Friday at the I.V. Co-op patio. ...
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Swimmer Speaks on Novel, Record-Breaking Journey

November 16, 2015 by

Open-water swimmer and author Diana Nyad spoke and held a signing of her new novel, Find a Way, Saturday at a UCSB Arts & Lectures event in Campbell Hall. Nyad swam 110 miles from Havana, Cuba to ...
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New Amazon Store Offers Prizes, Convenience

November 16, 2015 by

Amazon.com opened Amazon@IslaVista at 6553 Trigo Road on Wednesday, the company’s fourth university “pick-up point” in the country where customers can pick up items purchased online and the firs...
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International Students Host Vigil for France

November 15, 2015 by

International student from France Candice Farel hosted a vigil Saturday night to mourn the lives of the approximately 129 people killed in Paris on Friday in terrorist attacks by the Islamic State als...
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Professor Singh Speaks on Sikhism at Religious Literacy Series

November 13, 2015 by

UC Riverside Professor of Sikh and Punjabi Studies Pashaura Singh presented the history of Sikhism through its social and religious evolution at the MultiCultural Center Wednesday as the first speaker...
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More Than 1,000 March for Free Tuition, Living Wage

November 12, 2015 by and

Nearly 1,500 students marched through UC Santa Barbara’s campus on Thursday, joining more than 100 campuses nationwide in the Million Student March, a movement demanding free tuition, the eliminatio...
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The Principles Against Intolerance: Attempts to Redefine Anti-Semitism and the Potential Threat to Free Speech

November 12, 2015 by and

In order to protect Jewish students, the UC community has been pushing for a system-wide definition of anti-Semitism The Free Speech Movement began on the steps of UC Berkeley’s Sproul Hall in 1964 ...
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Professor Rios Lectures On Justice, Race

November 12, 2015 by

UCSB Professor of sociology Victor Rios spoke with students in the Loma Paloma Center on Tuesday about the United States justice system, race relations and mentorship opportunities. Rios conducts rese...
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I.V. Community Discusses Lighting, Graffiti Cleanup

November 12, 2015 by

Community members discussed lighting, sidewalks and graffiti cleanup Tuesday evening at the Isla Vista Self Governance Initiative meeting in the I.V. Clinic building. Residents will vote in November 2...
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