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Award-Winning Journalist Speaks at Campbell Hall

November 16, 2014 by

Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Nicholas Kristof gave a lecture in Campbell Hall Thursday to speak on the challenges facing philanthropy.
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House of Cards Editor Speaks at Pollock Theater

November 16, 2014 by

In continuation of the Pollock Theater series “Focus On: The Editor,” House of Cards editor Byron Smith, gave a lecture Thursday on the importance of the editor in the process of producing an onli...
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Students To Attend Regents Meeting at UCSF

November 16, 2014 by

The Associated Students Office of the President and External Vice President of Statewide Affairs (EVPLA) is providing transportation and housing for 24 selected students to voice their opinions on a p...
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Mac DeMarco Detained in the Hub Friday Night

November 16, 2014 by

Indie-rock singer/songwriter Mac DeMarco was briefly detained after climbing a rafter hanging on the ceiling in the middle of The Hub toward the end of his show Friday night.
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Fair Fights Mental Health Stigmas

November 14, 2014 by

Active Minds and Associated Students jointly held “Stigma Free UCSB” yesterday in Storke Plaza to facilitate discussion between students, staff and mental health professionals about issues surroun...
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UC Nurses Participate in Nationwide Strike

November 14, 2014 by

Thousands of registered nurses held strikes throughout the country on Wednesday to protest what they claim are currently inadequate standards of nurses’ care for Ebola patients.
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Commission Approves UCSB Development Plan

November 13, 2014 by

The California Coastal Commission approved UCSB’s Long Range Development Plan (LRDP)Thursday, which will add 5,000 undergraduate students and hundreds of faculty and staffers to the university by 20...
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I.V. Residents To Hold Self-Governance Panel

November 13, 2014 by

Santa Barbara City College trustee-elect Jonathan Abboud and Associated Students External Vice President of Local Affairs-elect Cameron Schunk will hold a forum presenting their vision for Isla Vista ...
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Companies Compete To Cure Water Issue

November 13, 2014 by

The Santa Barbara Public Works Committee is currently accepting proposals from three companies to reactivate and maintain the Charles E. Meyer Desalination Plant in accordance with the 2011 Long-Term ...
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Seeking Solutions to Sexual Assault

November 13, 2014 by

State legislators, Santa Barbara law enforcement, Santa Barbara City College representatives, campus resource groups and students met yesterday in the Engineering Sciences Building for a roundtable di...
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Senate Discusses S.C.O.R.E Bill

November 13, 2014 by

Members of the Student Commission on Racial Equality (S.C.O.R.E.) were in attendance during public forum of the Associated Students Senate meeting last night to combat a bill that would reduce S.C.O.R...
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Angel Investor Gifts UCSB Tech Program

November 13, 2014 by

The Technology Management Program (TMP) was recently gifted $1 million by Angel investor Christian Felipe to ensure a senior faculty professor for the program’s budding Master of Technology Manageme...
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Tuition Hike Plans Draw Controversy

November 13, 2014 by

The UC Board of Regents will meet at UC San Francisco Mission Bay next week, on Nov. 19, to discuss a proposed tuition increase of as much as five percent annually for the next five years, depending o...
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Physics Professor Wins Award

November 13, 2014 by

Physics professor Matthew Fisher received the 2015 Oliver E. Buckley prize for his discovery and investigation of the process in which superconductors transition into insulators.
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A.S. FBC Hears Requests, Doles Out Dollars

November 11, 2014 by

On Monday night the Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met in the State Street Room at the University Center to listen to requests from 18 old and nine new campus organizations for fun...
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