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Napolitano, Attorney General Work to Improve Sexual Assault Policies

University of California President Janet Napolitano and Attorney General Kamala Harris developed a Model Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Wednesday to ensure cooperation between higher education a...
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Budget Proposal to Freeze In-State Tuition, Provide More Program Funds

University of California President Janet Napolitano announced Thursday that the UC has reached an agreement with Governor Jerry Brown on state budget revisions to increase funding to the university, p...
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Goleta State of the City Addresses Town Development, Finances

The Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce held the eighth annual Goleta State of the City on Thursday at Bacara Resort & Spa.
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Yang Meets Sexual Assault Survivors’ Demands After Thirteen-Hour Sit-In

A group of students headed by survivors of sexual assault Alejandra Melgoza, Lexi Weyrick and Melissa Vasquez staged a 13-hour sit-in of Chancellor Henry T. Yang’s office from Wednesday afternoon to...
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County To Revamp, Lease Clinic Offices

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved a renovation budget of approximately $335,000 for the Isla Vista Clinic building on Tuesday to refurbish and lease currently vacant office spaces...
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Vigil Honors Lives Lost to Suicide

UCSB Counseling and Psychological Services (C.A.P.S.) hosted a candlelight vigil in Storke Plaza Wednesday evening to provide a space for students, staff and residents of Isla Vista to honor lives los...
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Goleta Beach Permitted Retention of Revetments

The California Coastal Commission held a hearing in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room on Wednesday to determine whether to reaffirm the County’s Goleta Beach Permit Application that would perman...
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Talk Encourages Students to Heal, Share Emotions

Residence halls Multicultural Awareness Chairs held a discussion Wednesday titled “Where Are We Now?” to explore students’ healing processes following the events of May 23 last year.
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A.S. Senate Talks COSWB Funds, Monday Night

A.S. Senate discussed budget reallocations, A.S. Commission on Student Well-Being (COSWB) funding, Monday’s domestic disturbance and the search for a new Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs.
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Students Demand Change

Cheadle Hall sit-in protests sexual assault, challenges university’s misconduct policies
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‘We’re fUCked’ Protests Tuition

The UCSB Office of the External Vice President for Statewide Affairs (EVPSA) is hosting the “We’re fUCked” weeklong series of events on campus to protest the long-term plan proposed by the Uni...
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AB-3 Passes Assembly Governance Committee

The California State Assembly Committee on Local Government voted 6-1 with two abstentions on Wednesday to re-refer Assemblymember Das Williams’ Assembly Bill 3 (AB 3) to the Joint Committee on Fair...
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Capps Brings Back Act to Prevent Gun Violence

Representative for the 24th District of California Congresswoman Lois Capps reintroduced the Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act (H.R. 2216) to the House of Representatives Thursday ...
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A.S. To Fill Posts After Resignations

UCSB Associated Students (A.S.) is currently recruiting students to fill two vacant on-campus senator positions for the 2015-2016 school year.
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Art Installation To Light Campus

Media Arts Technology (MAT) Program professor Marcos Novak, Academic Senate Chair and sociology professor Kum-Kum Bhavnani and Academic Senate Vice-Chair and physics professor Omer Blaes will host “...
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