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April 13, 2015

CA Assembly Bill Seeks to Increase College Sexual Assault Penalties

By Danny Kolosta

A bill requiring universities to include a notation on the transcripts of students found guilty of sexual assault was passed by the California State Assembly Committee on Higher Education last Wednesday after being intro...

April 13, 2015

Professors Present at TEDxUCSB

By Kendra Witt

Five professors from various university departments spoke about recent developments in their research and other ideas at the third annual UCSB TEDx talk on Saturday in Embarcadero Hall in Isla Vista.

April 10, 2015

Divestment Resolution Passes to A.S. Senate

By David Jackson, Peter Mounteer

The Associated Students Senate External Affairs Committee formally passed to the A.S. Senate, by a secret vote of six-to-one, a resolution to divest from companies profiting from human rights violations in the Israel-Pal...

April 10, 2015

UCSB MUN Wins Award For Second Year

By Addie Burk

UCSB Model United Nations (MUN) won an Outstanding Delegation award for the second year in a row while representing Kuwait and Luxembourg at the National Model U.N. conference in New York last Thursday.

April 9, 2015

TEDxUCSB To Feature Professors In Search of ‘Next’

By Kendra Witt

The third annual UCSB TEDx event, featuring live talks from five professors from the university’s chemical engineering, computer science, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education (GGSE), and sociology departments, will be ...

April 9, 2015

Political Activist To Lecture On Experience in Egyptian Revolution

By Danny Kolosta

Egyptian political activist Abdallah Helmy Shehata will give a guest lecture on his involvement in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and the organization of social protests that led up to it in 3824 Ellison Hall today at 4 p....

April 9, 2015

Committee to Erect I.V. Shooting Memorial

By Beth Lebens

Students and faculty met to continue plans for an art installation

April 9, 2015

Union of American Physicians and Dentists Refuse To Work Due to Lack of UC Budget Transparency

By Patrick Guardian

UAPD holds second strike of the year after 25 years of peacetime, protesting lack of necessary financial information from UC Office of the President

April 9, 2015

Brooks Discusses Death, Careers at Campbell

By Josh Ortiz

Op-ed columnist, best-selling author highlights significance of important human traits and virtues beyond résumé appeal

April 9, 2015

New Arbor Mural Assembled

By Juliet Bachtel

Students for Justice in Palestine erect mobile mural, sparking West Bank, Gaza Strip debate

April 9, 2015

National News/International Spotlight

By Staff Report

A sum of this weeks national and international happenings

April 9, 2015

Lois Capps To Retire in 2016

By Staff Report

24th District Congresswoman announced yesterday that she will not re-run in next election

April 9, 2015

Senate Talks C.A.P.S., More

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum, Alyssa Schmidt

The Associated Students Senate met Wednesday night at the UCen in the Flying “A” room to discuss the expansion of Counseling and Psychological Services (C.A.P.S), the present campaign to condemn UC budget cuts, the f...

April 9, 2015

A Year in Women’s Prison, A Night at Pollock Theater

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Carsey-Wolf Center presented a special screening of the Netflix television series “Orange is the New Black” (OITNB) on Wednesday night in Pollock Theater as a part of their TELEtalk series, which examines histori...

April 8, 2015

Author Lectures on Social Pressure of Technology

By Juliet Bachtel

Writer and fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia Matthew B. Crawford gave a lecture on modern technology and the mind Tuesday night in Campbell Hall.

April 8, 2015

Stakeholders Continue To Discuss Isla Vista Self-Governance

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

Students, Isla Vista residents, Santa Barbara County officials and university administrators gathered Tuesday night at Assemblyman Das Williams’ stakeholder meeting in the I.V. Clinic building to discuss the creation o...