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Board Considers Solution to I.V. Parking

The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission met Nov. 4 to evaluate updates to the Isla Vista Master Plan (IVMP), focusing mainly on the issue of parking in I.V. and ultimately recommending continued ...
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I.V. Community Meeting Discusses Safety Services

The Isla Vista Self Governance Initiative held a public meeting Tuesday evening at the I.V. Clinic Building to discuss what public safety services an I.V. Community Service District (CSD) could provid...
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I.V. Resource Fair To Provide Information on Local Organizations

Isla Vista Community Relations Committee (IVCRC) and Associated Students Food Bank is holding the Isla Vista Resource Fair Saturday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the A.S. Pardall Center to provide the com...
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UCSB To Establish Chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy

Students Cole Garcia and Ashcon Minoiefar are in the process of establishing a UCSB chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), an international organization advocating an end to the “war o...
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Berkeley Draws Big Halloween Crowd

UCSB has a quiet Halloween this year, while UC Berkeley gets rowdy Upwards of 5,000 people packed the streets of Berkeley this Halloween — a stark contrast to the relatively quiet weekend in Isla Vi...
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LGBTQ Studies To Revitalize its Minor

The Department of Feminist Studies plans to expand the LGBTQ Minor by adding three new classes; two in Winter quarter and one during Spring New Director of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and ...
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UCSB Alcohol and Drug Program To Host Conference To De-stigmatize Alcohol and Drug Recovery

The UCSB Alcohol and Drug Program will host the California Unified Collegiate Recovery Program Nov. 7 and 8 in Corwin Pavilion to de-stigmatize alcohol and drug addictions and educate UCSB and SBCC st...
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Aizzah Fatima To Perform Her Play ‘Dirty Paki Lingerie’

Actress, writer and producer Aizzah Fatima will perform her one-woman play, titled “Dirty Paki Lingerie,” describing the post-9/11 lives of six Pakistani-American Muslim women Friday at 8 p.m. at ...
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Dr. David Bearman Talks History, Uses of Cannabis

Vice President of the Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine Dr. David Bearman lectured and held a book signing in an event titled “Why Medical Marijuana is Good For You & The Benefits of Changing Our ...
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National Spotlight/International News

International News Mexican Supreme Court Sets Groundwork for Marijuana Legalization The Mexican Supreme Court ruled Wednesday citizens should be allowed to grow and distribute marijuana for personal c...
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First LGBTQ Youth Conference To Be Held Saturday

The First Congregational Church of Santa Barbara, in partnership with Planned Parenthood and PFLAG, formally known as Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, will be hosting the first LGBT...
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UC Merced Addresses Stabbing of Four Campus Members

UC Merced held a press conference Wednesday to address the stabbing of four campus members by a UC Merced student, who was later shot and killed as he tried to flee the scene. The four victims, two st...
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Award-Winning Writer Graces Campbell Hall to Speak on Chilean Mining Accident

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Héctor Tobar lectured on his recent book, Deep Down Dark, Monday night at Campbell Hall in an event hosted by UCSB Arts & Lectures. In Deep Down Dark,...
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Electricity Company Speaks on Green Updates

President of Southern California Edison (SCE) Pedro Pizarro spoke at Pollock Theater on Monday about the electric utility company’s plans for a more eco-friendly future. Governor Jerry Brown introdu...
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CeCe McDonald Answers Student Questions for Trans Revolution Series

The UCSB Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity hosted a discussion with LGBTQ activist CeCe McDonald on Thursday, Oct. 22 in The Hub as part of its Trans Revolution Series. CeCe McDonald i...
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