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February 26, 2015

UCSB To Fund Cliffside Fence

By Erica Loera

UCSB announced Tuesday that it will provide $70,000 to Santa Barbara County for the construction of permanent fences along the bluffs in Isla Vista.

February 26, 2015

MSA Condemns Federal Programs

By Erin Gurewitz

The Muslim Student Association West released a public statement on Saturday stating that Muslim Student Associations at universities across California are against the Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Violen...

February 26, 2015

Academic Senate Lifts 2014 Freeze on CCS Lit Admissions

By Peter Mounteer

The Academic Senate has lifted a 2014 admissions freeze placed on the College of Creative Studies (CCS) Literature program, effective immediately and opening to students admitted for Fall 2015.

February 26, 2015

Frat Chapter Closes Due to Alleged Misconduct

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Phi Sigma Kappa National Fraternity revoked UCSB fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa’s charter on Tuesday, and the fraternity will now be in consultation with the Office of Student Life.

February 26, 2015

Senate Talks i>Clicker Rental Updates, GE Modifications

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum, Alyssa Schmidt

The Associated Students Senate met Wednesday night at the Flying A room of the UCen to discuss resolutions regarding the support of curricular changes in general education, senators’ workload, developments in the i>Cli...

February 26, 2015

Housing Organization Offers Substance-Free Living in I.V.

By Josh Ortiz

The Haven at College, an organization that provides sober living homes for college students, plans to open a new sober living facility on Pasado Road in Isla Vista next year called The Haven at Santa Barbara.

February 26, 2015

New Note-Taking Tool in the Works

By Danny Kolosta

The Associated Students’ Office of the Controller is currently conducting research on how to improve student information gathering in the classroom through a new collaborative note-taking program.

February 26, 2015

Panel Discusses Eating Disorders As Part of Awareness Week

By Shelly Lu

The Active Minds student organization hosted a panel discussion for National Eating Disorder Awareness week on Wednesday at the Loma Pelona Center with six panelists from the Hosford Counseling and Psychological Services...

February 26, 2015

National, International Spotlight

By Staff Report

Top world headlines from this past week.

February 26, 2015

Local Psychologist, Author Lectures on PTSD in Veterans

By Christopher Chen

Santa Barbara psychologist and author Larry Decker gave a lecture on his recently released book, The Alchemy of Combat: Transforming Trauma in Combat Veterans, exploring post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans ...

February 26, 2015

Former US Ambassador Gives Lecture on Foreign Policy

By Juliet Bachtel

Former U.S. ambassador to Morocco Marc Ginsberg and previous executive director at the American Task Force on Palestine Ghaith al-Omari presented a lecture in Campbell Hall about U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East on...

February 25, 2015

Stakeholders Talk Graffiti, Fences

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

Community members and local government officials met Tuesday night at the weekly Isla Vista self-governance meeting hosted by Assemblyman Das Williams’ office in the I.V. Clinic to further discuss potential services an...

February 25, 2015

American Indian Author, Poet Reads from Newest Book

By William Leiva

American Indian author, poet and professor at Washington and Lee University Deborah A. Miranda gave a lecture Tuesday evening at the HSSB McCune Conference Room about her latest novel, Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir, which...

February 25, 2015

Napolitano Seeks to Delay Tuition Hike

By Staff Report

UC President Janet Napolitano announced last Wednesday at the 37th Pullias Lecture on higher education at the University of Southern California that the approved UC-wide tuition hike of five percent will not take effect ...

February 25, 2015

Professor Talks About Muslims in the US

By Erin Gurewitz

Yale University Professor of American and Religious Studies Zareena Grewal held a discussion about the cultural role of Muslim Americans in the U.S., American media portrayal of Islam and current debate about Islamic ref...

February 24, 2015

Researcher Presents Lecture on Mexico’s Kidnapped Students

By Alyssa Schmidt

Principal Researcher of the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico City Alicia Civera Cerecedo presented a lecture in HSSB on Monday night about the 2014 mass kidnapping of Ayotzinapa students in Iguala, Mexico, and gi...