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Seven Killed in Isla Vista Shooting Spree

Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown confirmed six people were killed during multiple drive-by shootings Friday night in Isla Vista, with the suspect also dying from gunshot wounds, and seven victi...
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Multiple Shootings in Isla Vista

[Update: Police have now confirmed a total of seven fatalities and thirteen injured and more information is coming in continuously. Check here for the latest information.] At least one unidentified su...
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Student Regent Nominee Revealed

Former Internal Vice President and third-year economics major at UCLA Avi Oved recently received the nomination to be the 41st University of California Student Regent for the 2015-2016 school year.
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SJP Hosts Annual Palestinian Culture Night

Students for Justice in Palestine celebrated the third-annual Palestinian Culture Night with a myriad of Palestinian dishes, presentations and live performances at the MultiCultural Center last night....
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ShadowMaps Wins New Venture Competition

The Technology Management Program’s New Venture Competition Finals awarded $10,000 to a team of graduate students yesterday at Corwin Pavilion for their business start-up ShadowMaps, an application ...
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Students, Organizations Honored in Awards Ceremony

Representatives from some one hundred student organizations were honored in the 28th annual Leadership and Activities Awards ceremony recognizing the achievements of individuals and student organizati...
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Student Protesters Take D.C.

Dozens of UC students protested the leadership of UC President Janet Napolitano Monday at the UCDC Center in Washington D.C., where she met with UC graduates and 14 selected students at a special alum...
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Senators Amend Student Lobby, Swear in Execs

Last night, students identifying as members of Coalition for Survivors silently protested the last Associated Students Senate meeting for the 2013-2014 academic school year, during which senators pass...
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UCSB Hosts Finals For New Venture Competition

Six finalists will present their business plans and investor pitches at the Technology Management Program’s 2014 New Venture Competition today at 3 p.m. in Corwin Pavilion.
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CHG and USGS Develop Digital Rainfall Monitor

The UCSB Climate Hazards Group collaborated with the U.S. Geological Survey to create a single, comprehensive database of precipitation patterns to monitor droughts worldwide.
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Lecture Discusses Ethnic Issues in Penal System

Associate professor of history at UCLA Kelly Lytle Hernandez gave a presentation tracing the history and reasons behind the mass incarceration of people of Mexican descent in the United States last ni...
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Two Professors Win Bellagio Residency

The Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center recently awarded professors Richard Appelbaum and Nelson Lichtenstein a space in the prestigious Bellagio Residency Fellows program in Italy, where they ...
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California’s Drought Problem Discussed in Talk

UCSB Bren School professor and water policy expert Robert Wilkinson addressed California’s water resources and drought actions Tuesday night in a lecture titled “California’s Water Resources and...
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Sex Talk Covers Consent, Ethics, Law

Former World Health Organization advisor and UCLA professor Paul R. Abramson spoke about the individual sexual rights of children and adults Monday night at Harold Frank Hall.
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Supreme Leader of Nexus Arises

The Daily Nexus editorial staff elected former news editor Carissa Quiambao as editor in chief for the 2014-2015 academic year in an office-wide election last Thursday.
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