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April 15, 2015

Weekend Wrap-up April 10-12

By Patrick Guardian

Isla Vista law enforcement dealt with multiple reports from residents including an attempted suicide, a resistant probationer and a missing persons report last week.

April 15, 2015

EVPLA and EVPSA Candidates Debate Student Housing, Self-Governance, More

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

Candidates for the positions of Associated Students External Vice President of Local Affairs (EVPLA) and External Vice President of Statewide Affairs met in the Hub Tuesday afternoon to answer questions from students abo...

April 14, 2015

A.S. Forum Brings Candidates to The Hub for Questions

By Megan Mineiro, Cheryl Sun, Supriya Yelimeli

Candidates running for positions in Associated Students participated in a forum yesterday in the Hub, answering questions from students and explaining their platforms.

April 14, 2015

Students Protest Alleged Mistreatment

By Christopher Chen

Students gathered for a sit-in outside the Student Resource Building on Monday in protest of the university’s alleged mistreatment of sexual assault survivors and lenient punishment of perpetrators.

April 14, 2015

A.S. Hears Student Funding Requests

By Beth Lebens

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met yesterday in the State Street Room in the University Center to hear funds requests from eight student organizations.

April 13, 2015

Holi Moly!

By Shelly Lu

UC Santa Barbara Indus hosted their annual Holi event this Sunday on the beach behind the Anacapa and Santa Cruz Residence Halls, drawing over 2,000 students to celebrate the traditional South Asian festival of colors wi...

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....