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April 29, 2015

Nakamura Speaks on LEDs

By Peeka Zimmerman, Christopher Chen

Nobel Laureate and UC Santa Barbara materials and electrical and computer engineering professor Shuji Nakamura gave a talk on his Nobel Prize-winning research on blue light-emitting diodes last night in Campbell hall.

April 29, 2015

Meeting Discusses Term Lengths

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

Isla Vista residents, county representatives and UC Santa Barbara Associated Students met Tuesday night in the I.V. Clinic Building for the weekly self-governance meeting held by Assemblyman Das Williams’ office to dis...

April 28, 2015

Weekend Wrap-up April 24-26

By Patrick Guardian

Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) and UCSB Police Department (UCPD) responded to a fight, a bicycle theft and an attempted robbery last weekend.

April 28, 2015

Capps Introduces Bill Against Offshore Fracking

By Cheryl Sun, Supriya Yelimeli

Santa Barbara Congresswoman Lois Capps introduced the Offshore Fracking Transparency and Review Act of 2015 to the U.S. House of Representatives last Friday to temporarily halt offshore hydraulic fracturing and acid well...

April 28, 2015

College Sexual Assault Discipline Bill Passes State Senate

By Beth Lebens

Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson’s Senate Bill 186 (SB 186) cleared the senate floor Monday, extending California community colleges’ jurisdiction beyond their campuses, allowing them to discipline students who commit sex...

April 27, 2015

A.S. Business Committee Runs Low on Funds

By Supriya Yelimeli

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met in the State Street Room of the University Center on Friday to address funding requests regarding reallocation and cultural events.

April 27, 2015

Prof. To Talk on Malware, Cybersecurity

By Juliet Bachtel

UCSB computer science professor Giovanni Vigna will give a lecture titled “The Evolution of Malware” in the Pacific View Room tonight at 4 p.m. as part of the Davidson Library’s Pacific Views: Library Speaker Serie...

April 26, 2015

Top UC Headlines

By Staff Report

Top headlines from across the UC system.

April 26, 2015

I.V. Earth Day Highlights Environmental Issues

By William Leiva

UCSB Environmental Affairs Board (EAB) hosted the annual Isla Vista Earth Day festival at Anisq’Oyo’ Park on April 25 to celebrate the environment and bring the community together following last year’s May 23 trage...

April 26, 2015

Representatives Discuss Sexual Assault Policy, Culture

By Peeka Zimmerman

State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson and California Assemblyman Das Williams, representatives of the Santa Barbara area, held a forum to discuss university handling of sexual assault last Thursday night at Lotte Lehmann Con...

April 24, 2015

State Bill Aims To Improve 911 Response

By William Leiva

Santa Barbara Assemblyman Das Williams recently proposed AB 510, a statewide bill to better reroute mobile 911 phone calls for quicker responses to emergencies.

April 24, 2015

Community Discusses Food Systems, Sustainability

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Isla Vista Food Co-op and UCSB Environmental Affairs Board (EAB) hosted a community talk to discuss food sustainability at the Food Co-op on Tuesday night.

April 24, 2015

A.S. Elections End With Near-Sweep

By Staff Report

This year’s Associated Students elections ended with Open People's Party (OPP) candidates taking three of the four available A.S. executive board seats, an independent candidate taking one seat and a general OPP sweep ...

April 23, 2015

IVFP Reports Suicide Attempts, Theft, Prank Calls

By Patrick Guardian

Last weekend yielded not too many occurrences thanks in part to Coachella, but included probation violations

April 23, 2015

Talk To Discuss Sexual Assault

By Erin Gurewitz

Santa Barbara Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson and Assemblyman Das Williams will give a talk titled “Sexual Assault on College Campuses” in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall today at 8 p.m.

April 23, 2015

Senate Covers Deltopia Stats, Food Bank, UCen

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum, Alyssa Schmidt

Associated Students Senate met last night in the UCen’s Flying “A” Room to discuss Deltopia crime statistics, A.S. Food Bank funding and events to commemorate the anniversary of the May 23rd tragedy.