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Water Rate Increase Approved to Fund Desalination Plant

January 21, 2015 by

The Santa Barbara City Council approved raising water rates in order to amass the $40 million needed to reactivate the Charles E. Meyer Desalination Plant.
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Water Rates To Increase if Drought Conditions Hold

January 21, 2015 by

The Goleta Water District Board indicated last week that water rates may significantly increase in the Goleta area starting spring of this year if drought conditions hold.
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Weekend Wrap-up Jan. 16-18

January 21, 2015 by

Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) officers responded to numerous calls in I.V. last weekend, citing under-aged students for possession of cocaine, taking custody of three legally registered firearms for s...
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A.S. Proposal Divides the MCC

January 20, 2015 by

Associated Students President Ali Guthy presented a proposal to create a new entrance to the A.S. Main Office in the MultiCultural Center (MCC) during last week's A.S. Senate meeting in response to wh...
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A Tale of Two Protests

January 20, 2015 by

Civil-rights activists and anti-immigration groups held opposing protests in front of the Santa Barbara News-Press office in downtown Santa Barbara Monday afternoon over fallout regarding all...
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A.S. Releases Insight on UCSB Committees

January 20, 2015 by

The Associated Students Senate University Affairs Committee published their first shared governance report from Fall 2014, documenting current issues and updates from different committees on campus.
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TSA Beefs Up Security After International Attacks

January 20, 2015 by

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is expanding airport security in the wake of terrorist threats and attacks in Yemen and France this past month.
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March Decries Rape Culture in Isla Vista

January 20, 2015 by

Students and Isla Vista residents, led by members of Sociology Professor Kum-Kum Bhavnani’s Introduction to Women, Culture, and Development (Soc 156A) class, marched down Del Playa Drive to bring at...
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Community Examines History of I.V., Self-Governance

January 16, 2015 by

Students, faculty and Isla Vista residents met at the Isla Vista Clinic on Embarcadero del Mar yesterday to discuss the history of I.V. as well as problems facing the I.V. self-governance movement.
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Students Plan DP March Against Rape Culture

January 16, 2015 by

Chair of the Academic Senate and Sociology Professor Kum-Kum Bhavnani, along with four students from her Introduction to Women, Culture, and Development (SOC156A) class, plan to march up and down Del ...
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UCSB To Host Summit on Food Justice

January 16, 2015 by

The California Higher Education Food Summit, an intercollegiate event designed to spark discussion on food justice within the UC system, will be hosted on campus from Friday through Sunday this weeken...
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UCSB Receives Record Amount of Student Applications

January 15, 2015 by

UCSB recorded its highest number of student applicants ever for the upcoming 2015-2016 school year this past Monday.
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Senate Proposes Construction to A.S. Main Office

January 15, 2015 by

The Associated Students Senate met in the Flying A Room at the UCen last night to discuss potential campus construction projects and issues surrounding A.S. Program Board member payment.
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Brown Releases 2015-2016 State Budget Plans

January 15, 2015 by

Governor Jerry Brown released a $164.7 billion proposed state budget plan for the fiscal year 2015-2016 on Friday, which includes the $120 million increase for the University of California system he c...
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UCSB Receives Grant for Mental Health Services

January 15, 2015 by

Congresswoman Lois Capps announced that the university will receive a federal grant of roughly half a million dollars from the U.S. Department of Education (D.O.E.) to fund mental health services to a...
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