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UCSB Muslim Students Discuss Discrimination

March 5, 2015 by and

Gauchos of Islamic faith and/or Middle Eastern descent open up about the effects of the Department of Homeland Security's recent Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) program and other international even...
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Food Security Forum Explores Finances of Eating Healthy

March 5, 2015 by

The Associated Students Food Bank and UCSB Sustainability hosted their first of two Isla Vista Food Forums discussing student food insecurity at the local and state level at the Santa Barbara Hillel l...
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I.V. Stakeholders Meeting Talks Tax

March 4, 2015 by

Community members met Wednesday night for the weekly stakeholders meeting hosted by Assemblyman Das Williams’ office to discuss the possibility of a User Utility Tax and whether students living in u...
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Families Sue For Wrongful Death

March 4, 2015 by

The families of former UCSB students David Wang, James Hong and George Chen jointly filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Santa Barbara County, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department and Cap...
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Class Attempts to Rescue Paraglider

March 4, 2015 by

A male paraglider died Monday in the Rattlesnake Canyon area after becoming detached from the tandem paraglider he was flying with his daughter.
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History Professor Lectures On Underground Railroad, Misconceptions

March 4, 2015 by

Pulitzer prize-winning author and Columbia University history professor Eric Foner gave a lecture at Campbell Hall on Tuesday evening on his recently released book Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden H...
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Weekend Wrap-Up Feb. 27 to March 1

March 4, 2015 by

Law enforcement officers with the Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) and University of California Police Department (UCPD) responded to numerous calls this past week on various incidents concerning a fight...
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Santa Barbara Exploring Voting Changes

March 3, 2015 by

The City Council of Santa Barbara is drawing up new electoral boundaries with community input and will begin implementing by-district elections starting November 2015 as a result of a partial settleme...
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A.S. Meets to Allocate Funds

March 3, 2015 by

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met on Monday night to hear 17 funding requests, fully funding 16 student organizations and refusing funds to UCSB Model United Nations.
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Bill To Decriminalize Homelessness Introduced to State Senate

March 3, 2015 by

State Senator Carol Liu introduced the Right to Rest Act (SB 608) to the California State Senate on Friday to decriminalize the homeless by giving them access to public spaces without discrimination.
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Dancers Boogie for 12 Hours, Raise Funds for Children’s Hospital

March 2, 2015 by and

The second annual Dance Marathon took place on campus on Saturday night at Pavilion Gym to raise money for the Santa Barbara Cottage Children’s Hospital.
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Students Clean Up I.V. Beaches

March 2, 2015 by

The Coastal Fund, a student organization that does restoration work on Isla Vista beaches, held a sunset beach clean-up along the beach of the 6700 block of Del Playa Road down to Sands Beach this pas...
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Cooking Competitors’ Beets Beat Others

March 2, 2015 by

The Associated Students Environmental Affairs Board (EAB) hosted their quarterly Green Chef sustainable cooking competition Sunday afternoon in the Student Resource Building.
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Fitness Area Opens By Campus Dorms

March 2, 2015 by

The Housing & Residential Services and the Resident Housing Association (RHA) hosted the grand opening ceremony for the new Channel Island 5 (ChI-5) Outdoor Fitness Area located adjacent to the the Sa...
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Students To Dance for Charity Saturday

February 27, 2015 by

Dance Marathon, a 12-hour-long fundraising dance event featuring food, entertainment, DJs, bands and other UCSB performing groups will be held this Saturday in the Pavilion Gym.
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