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February 4, 2016

EDC Fights To Increase Oil Company Analysis

By Sophie Carty

The Environmental Defense Center (EDC) reached a settlement with two federal agencies that will require them to perform environmental analysis before approving oil companies’ requests to practice hydraulic fracturing (...

February 3, 2016

Dean Oliver Appointed First African American President of Claremont Undergrad College

By Megan Mineiro

Melvin Oliver, dean of the College of Letters and Science, will become the sixth president of Pitzer College this summer and the first African American to ever be appointed president of one of the five undergraduate coll...

February 3, 2016

I.V. Stakeholders Discuss Budget, Potential IVCSD General Manager

By Amanda Wright

The Isla Vista Self Governance Initiative held a public meeting Tuesday at the I.V. clinic building to discuss finances and the surplus budget proposal for a potential Community Services District (CSD).

February 2, 2016

Associated Students Finance and Business Committee Fully Funds Nine Requests, Partially Grants Six, Tables Three, Denies One

By Josephine Niu

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee (A.S. F&B) met Monday in the State Street Room of the UCen to discuss funding requests from 19 campus organizations. The committee began the meeting with $12,559...

January 31, 2016

Academic Senate Meets to Discuss Campus Issues

By Madison Hechler

The bi-quarterly Academic Senate met Thursday night in the UCen State Street room to update the faculty on campus issues.

January 29, 2016

Students Protest U.S. Customs and Border Protection Booth at Career Fair

By Hubert Zhang

More than 50 students staged a protest against the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) booth at the Winter Career Fair on Thursday, claiming CBP participates in human rights abuses against those attempting to enter ...

January 28, 2016

Senate Considers Situation of On-Campus Senator in University Apartments, More

By Chris Perez

The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate met Wednesday in the Flying A room to discuss an unprecedented situation regarding the status of an off-campus senator who moved to an on-campus apartment.

January 28, 2016

Professor Discusses Lack of Diversity in Video Games

By Sonia May Htoon

Assistant professor of women’s and gender studies at the University of Oregon Edmond Chang gave a talk titled “Brown Skins, White Avatars: Racebending and Straightwashing in Digital Games” at the MultiCultural Cent...

January 28, 2016

Isla Carte Working to Launch a Sustainable Food Cart on Campus

By Natalie Overton

Student-run food program Isla Carte is holding monthly tasting events for their proposed food cart program expected to launch in fall of 2017.

January 28, 2016

Isla Vista Food Co-op To Receive Solar Panels

By Sierra Deak

The UCSB Solar Ambassadors team will launch a crowdfunding campaign in early February to raise money for solar panels for the Isla Vista Food Co-op as part of their goal to improve sustainability in the community.

January 28, 2016

‘Jewish Journeys’ Comes to Pollock Theater

By Sohila Sandher

Actor and UCSB alumnus Michael Douglas and author Natan Sharansky will conclude their three-part university tour, “Jewish Journeys,” a talk focused on Judaism, Israel and current-day anti-Semitism, at Pollock Theater...

January 28, 2016

County Allocates Funds for Additional Homeless Shelters

By Megan Mineiro

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors allocated $128,000 in contingency funds last week for additional shelter services for the approximately 1,400 homeless individuals seeking refuge from El Niño rain storms.

January 28, 2016

Senate Bill Calls for Capping of Coastal Oil Wells

By Amy Koo

California State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) recently introduced Senate Bill 900 (SB 900), known as the Coastal Oil Well Cleanup Act.

January 28, 2016

National News, International Spotlight Week of Jan. 21-28

By Mohan Saxena

Anti-Abortion Activists’ Indictment Undermines GOP’s Plans to Defund Planned Parenthood, Two Turkish Journalists Face Life in Prison and other stories.

January 28, 2016

Lawsuit Claims ‘Dangerous’ Area of UCSB Led to Rape

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

A UC Santa Barbara student who was raped on campus in 2014 is claiming the University failed to adequately maintain an “overgrown foliage area” despite previous reports of criminal activity in the area, ultimately le...

January 27, 2016

Conference Commemorates Fifth Anniversary of Egyptian Revolution

By Effie Sklavenitis

Professors and students gathered on the fifth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution Monday for the After Tahrir: Egyptian Revolutionary Experiences and Future Visions conference in the McCune Conference Room.