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Send Silence Packing Display Recognizes 1,100 College Lives Lost to Suicide Each Year

UCSB Active Minds, in conjunction with Santa Barbara’s Wellness Center, hosted Send Silence Packing Oct. 12 in front of the Student Resource Building to call attention to college suicide. Send Silen...
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Upcoming El Niño May Threaten Cliffside Homes

Climatologists are increasingly certain of predictions that a strong El Niño will likely hit California in the coming months, bringing wet weather and the possibility of increased erosion along the c...
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UCSB Hosts Ecosocialism Conference in Girvetz

System Change not Climate Change (SCNCC), an ecosocialists organization, hosted the “21st Century Ecosocialism Conference” in Girvetz Hall this weekend to discuss potential solutions to the climat...
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Gun Control Activism Discussed During Open Meeting at UCSB

Chicano/Chicana Studies Professor Ralph Armbruster and Graduate Student Association vice president of committees and planning Timothy Irvine hosted an open meeting Thursday evening in front of the Stu...
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Long-Planned Ice Rink Opens in Goleta

Greater Santa Barbara Ice Skating Association (GSBISA) opened Ice in Paradise skating rink on Saturday on Santa Felicia Drive near Girsh Park and El Camino Real Marketplace. The GSBISA planned and dev...
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Avi Oved Moves Forward Initiative To Increase Student Representation on UC Board of Regents

University of California Student Regent Abraham “Avi” Oved has been working with students and organizations across the UC to add a Student Regent Adviser position as part of his Shared Governance ...
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Send Silence Packing To Feature Backpack Display Signifying Lives Lost to Suicide

UCSB Active Minds and the Mental Wellness Center will host an event titled Send Silence Packing on October 12 on the Student Resource Building (SRB) lawn from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Active Minds, a nati...
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UCSB Staff and Students Share Opinions on Newly Passed California Fair Pay Act

Governor Jerry Brown signed Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson’s California Fair Pay Act (SB 358) into law this Wednesday. SB 358, which takes effect in January, prohibits California employers from paying ...
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Students and I.V. Community React to Jerry Brown’s End of Life Option Act

Governor Jerry Brown signed the End of Life Option Act (ABX2 15) into law Monday, making California the fifth state to grant terminally-ill patients the right to choose physician-assisted suicide inst...
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Doreen Farr Talks to Community About I.V. Self Governance, I.V. Community Center

Third District Supervisor Doreen Farr held “office hours” Thursday at Coffee Collaboration in Isla Vista to meet with constituents and address questions regarding local issues. Discussion focused ...
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An Inside Look at the Roles of SB Peace Officers

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP), clad in khaki uniforms, and UCSB Police Department (UCPD), clad in blue, hold overlapping jurisdiction in the UC Santa Barbara community. IVFP was initiated in 1970 ...
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A.S. Senate Discusses RHA Representatives in Senate, S.T.A.R.K. Funding

The Associated Students Senate met Wednesday night in the Flying A Room at the UCen to discuss the possibility of having an RHA representative on A.S. Senate, reforming Science, Technology, Aerospace ...
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Students Represent Both Sides on Pink Out Day

Potential for federal defunding of Planned Parenthood spurs on-campus representation from both sides of life issue, reproductive health education and HIV/AIDS prevention Planned Parenthood’s UCSB ch...
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Talk Highlights Military Transgender Advocacy

The Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity (RCSGD) and Veteran Student Services co-hosted a talk Tuesday night in the Hub featuring Shane Ortega, the first openly transgender soldier in the...
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I.V. Self-Governance Bill Approved

Student leaders are confident that moves to establish a board of local representatives for I.V. will be successful   Governor Jerry Brown signed Assemblymember Das Williams’ Isla Vista self-gov...
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