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November 5, 2015

National Spotlight/International News

By Staff Report

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 consumption. While th...

November 5, 2015

First LGBTQ Youth Conference To Be Held Saturday

By Sierra Deak

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 LGBTQ Youth Conference t...

November 4, 2015

UC Merced Addresses Stabbing of Four Campus Members

By Maura Fox

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 students, one staff me...

November 4, 2015

Award-Winning Writer Graces Campbell Hall to Speak on Chilean Mining Accident

By Jessica Aguilar

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, Tobar recounts the ...

November 4, 2015

Electricity Company Speaks on Green Updates

By Zareena Zaidi

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 introduced a bill in Octobe...

November 3, 2015

CeCe McDonald Answers Student Questions for Trans Revolution Series

By Selina Alvarez

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 is a black transgende...

November 3, 2015

A.S. Finance and Business Committee Fully Funds 10 Requests, Partially Funds Three, Tables One

By Amy Koo

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee (A.S. F&B) met Monday in the UCen State Street room to consider 14 funding requests from various campus organizations. The committee began its meeting with $26,1...

November 3, 2015

Activist Jennicet Gutierrez To Speak for Trans Revolution Series

By Jonathan Mendez

The UCSB Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity will host “An Evening with Jennicet Gutierrez” Thursday at 8 p.m. in The Hub as part of its Trans Revolution Series. Jennicet Gutierrez, a trans Latina activ...

November 3, 2015

Dr. David Bearman To Give Talk on History and Reform of Medical Marijuana at the MCC

By Duncan Calvert

Vice President of the Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine, Dr. David Bearman, M.D., will speak and hold a book signing at the MultiCultural Center Theater Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. The talk, titled “Why Medical Marijuana is Good Fo...

November 2, 2015

Halloween Events, Police Presence Draw Crowds Away from DP

By Amy Koo

Del Playa Drive was surprisingly quiet this Halloween weekend, with festivities drawing significantly smaller crowds and resulting in fewer misdemeanor arrests and medical evacuations compared to previous years. Accordin...

October 30, 2015

Pizza with Police Addresses Halloween Expectations

By Patrick Guardian

Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) and UCSB Police Department (UCPD) hosted the second Pizza with Police event of the year Thursday which allowed I.V. residents and UCSB students to speak directly with local police about ordi...

October 30, 2015

A.S. Tables Bill Creating Party Oversight

By Chris Perez, Neil Yanga

Associated Students (A.S.) Senate voted 13 to 8 on Wednesday to table a bill that would require student political parties to register as Office of Student Life (OSL) groups and abide by judicial procedures for claims of ...

October 30, 2015

Student Residence Groups To Merge With Approval

By Anna Yoo

  The Resident Halls Association (RHA) hopes to merge with the Student Apartments Community Council (SACC) to form one housing student government titled the “UCSB Housing Association.” RHA aims to better connect...

October 29, 2015

UC Regents Discuss, Define Anti-Semitism

By Sierra Deak

Amid concerns of anti-Semitic threats on UC campuses, the Board of Regents held an open forum Monday to discuss revisions to the definition of anti-Semitism The UC Board of Regents held a public forum on Monday at UC Los...

October 29, 2015

Students Discuss Bills Vetoed by A.S. President

By Chris Perez, Neil Yanga

Two bills concerning student councils and S.T.A.R.K. funds fail to pass at the A.S. meeting The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate met Wednesday night in the Flying A Room of the UCen to discuss A.S. President Jimmy Vill...

October 29, 2015

Students Advocate for End of Rape Culture

By Sonia May Htoon

With the Halloween weekend coming up, C.A.R.E. and Fuck Your Standards held the event #PledgeforConsent to condemn rape culture and prevent sexual assault UCSB Campus Advocacy Resources and Education (C.A.R.E.) and membe...