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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...

February 24, 2015

A.S. Fully Funds Nine Campus Groups

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met Monday night in the State Street Room of the UCen to hear funding requests from 19 campus groups.

February 24, 2015

Students Form New Campus Party

By Beth Lebens

Third-year political science majors Jason Garshfield and Brandon Morse formed a new campus political party last week, the Free Thinking Patriots (FTP), and plan to compete in the upcoming Associated Students elections th...

February 24, 2015

Financial Aid Office To Adhere to Stricter Filing Deadlines for 2015-16 Applications

By Peter Mounteer

The Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships will implement stricter adherence policies for deadlines for the March 2 filing of 2015–16 financial aid applications.

February 23, 2015

I.V. First Friday Planners Attempt to Work Around Noise Ordinance

By Danny Kolosta

The planners of the next Isla Vista First Friday event, scheduled for April 3, are exploring different ways to host the monthly program to get around a recently approved county noise ordinance in effect during the first ...

February 22, 2015

Community Meets for Year’s Second Town Hall, Brainstorms I.V. Taxes

By William Leiva

Students and I.V. residents attended the second Isla Vista self-governance town hall of the year on Saturday at the Anisq’Oyo’ Park to discuss potential taxation policies and funding models under I.V. self-governance...

February 22, 2015

IVTU Continues Tenant Rights Campaign

By Christopher Chen

The Isla Vista Tenants Union (IVTU) rallied support at the Pardall Center on Friday for an upcoming march to protest the eviction of six households from their homes at 6754 and 6764 Abrego Road last August.

February 22, 2015

Campus Looks To Improve University Lighting

By William Leiva

The UCSB Police Department (UCPD) hosted its annual Lighting and Safety Walk Thursday evening to inspect light posts and light bulbs on campus in an effort to make the university safer and more light-efficient.

February 20, 2015

Sheriff Releases Report Detailing Events, Investigation of 2014 I.V. Mass Murder

By Megan Mineiro, Supriya Yelimeli

On Thursday, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s office released its final investigative summary report on the Isla Vista mass murder that left six UCSB students dead and another 14 injured on May 23, 2014.