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

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

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 ...
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Academic Senate Meets to Discuss Campus Issues

The bi-quarterly Academic Senate met Thursday night in the UCen State Street room to update the faculty on campus issues.
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Students Protest U.S. Customs and Border Protection Booth at Career Fair

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

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.
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Professor Discusses Lack of Diversity in Video Games

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 th...
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Isla Carte Working to Launch a Sustainable Food Cart on Campus

Student-run food program Isla Carte is holding monthly tasting events for their proposed food cart program expected to launch in fall of 2017.
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Isla Vista Food Co-op To Receive Solar Panels

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 t...
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‘Jewish Journeys’ Comes to Pollock Theater

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...
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County Allocates Funds for Additional Homeless Shelters

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 ...
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Senate Bill Calls for Capping of Coastal Oil Wells

California State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) recently introduced Senate Bill 900 (SB 900), known as the Coastal Oil Well Cleanup Act.
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National News, International Spotlight Week of Jan. 21-28

Anti-Abortion Activists’ Indictment Undermines GOP’s Plans to Defund Planned Parenthood, Two Turkish Journalists Face Life in Prison and other stories.
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Lawsuit Claims ‘Dangerous’ Area of UCSB Led to Rape

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...
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Conference Commemorates Fifth Anniversary of Egyptian Revolution

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 Confere...
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Stakeholders Address Finances, Budget

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