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UCSB cuts down 50-year-old tree at campus bus loop due to falling branches

Campus will replant another new tree at an unspecified date.
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Student Ethics Bowl team places second at national competition

The UC Santa Barbara Ethics Bowl student team competed in the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl competition in Cincinnati from Feb. 24-25, taking home the s...
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UCSB doctoral student announces seven-day hunger strike

Department of Education doctoral student Charlene Macharia listed several demands to administration on March 9 in the wake of the suspension of the MultiCultural Center.
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SBC Supervisor Capps hosts community safety meeting about bluff safety, seeks public suggestions

Isla Vista Community Services District (IVCSD), Santa Barbara County Parks Department staff and other community leaders joined Capps to speak on the progress and completed improvements to ensure bluff...
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Alumnus publishes I.V. nature photography book as “tribute to Isla Vista”

The 300-page book, “Isla Vista Seasons,” is filled with photos from Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve to Campus Point Beach “and everything in between.”
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CalFresh finds grocery waiver underutilized by county post-storm

The Food and Nutrition Service approved a request on Feb. 9 for an extension on the CalFresh benefits affected by last month’s storm to recover food loss until March 4 — but the waiver was underut...
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‘U.S. Building of the Year’ Interactive Learning Pavillion: the need, the design and now

The Interactive Learning Pavilion (ILP) won “US Building of the Year” in a contest by World-Architects with 42% of 5,000 votes. 
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Student Affairs seeks student input on UC President one-time funding

Ideas must be submitted by Sunday, March 18.
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Senators object to IVP chairing Senate meeting, demand for IVP’s resignation

UC Santa Barbara Associated Students Off-Campus Senator and second president pro tempore Amelia Rowe objected to Internal Vice President Sohum Kalia’s chairship by raising a point of order at the As...
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S.U.N. sues UCSB for failure to comply with PRA request on housing

UCSB emeritus professor of sociology Richard “Dick” Flacks convened the lawsuit following the University’s failure to comply with a Public Records Act request.
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UCSB MultiCultural Center remains closed

Though the university has not confirmed a date of reopening, university spokesperson Kiki Reyes said “there’s a great sense of urgency” to do so.
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What to expect for Deltopia 2024: Social ordinance, cliff safety, restorative justice

The Nexus spoke with I.V. community officials to evaluate how the social ordinances, ongoing cliff safety measures and the temporary suspension of the Restorative Justice Program will affect Deltopia.
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Vista point: Weekly goings-on in, around Isla Vista

Weekly goings-on in and around Isla Vista.
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SB Sheriff’s Office to suspend restorative justice program April 6-7, Deltopia weekend

The Associated Students Office of the External Vice President for Local Affairs announced the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office will suspend the restorative justice program in Isla Vista from 6 ...
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Students for Justice in Palestine hold die-in for Rafah

Over 50 SJP members and allies rallied before the UCSB library on Feb. 21 at noon.
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