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September 25, 2014

Gaucho Entrepreneurs Recognized For Success In Startup Business

By David Jackson

Forbes magazine recently ranked UCSB as a better university for entrepreneurs than Harvard and other Ivy League institutions. The ranking system, which established UCSB in 20th place, was based on university ratios of st...

September 25, 2014

UCSB Committee Elects Former Dean as New EVC

By Heeba Kaleem

Former Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts in the College of Letters and Science David Marshall was appointed as UCSB’s next Executive Vice Chancellor Sept. 10. Marshall replaces Professor of Geography Joel Michaelsen, wh...

September 25, 2014

UC Task Force Aims To Combat Sexual Assault

By Peter Mounteer

UC President Janet Napolitano’s task force on sexual assault and sexual violence recently presented its findings along with seven specific recommendations to the Board of Regents at its bi-monthly meeting last Wednesda...

September 23, 2014

UC Regents Finish Up Summer with Finances, Appointments, Task Forces

By Peter Mounteer

The Regents of the University of California held their last meeting of the summer at the UCSF Mission Bay Community Center last Wednesday and Thursday, where they appointed a new UC Irvine chancellor, discussed future pl...

September 12, 2014

Students File Federal Complaint Alleging UCSB Mishandled Sexual Assault Cases

By Peter Mounteer

Six current and former UCSB students filed federal complaints against the university last Wednesday, citing violations of the Clery Act and Title IX in the way university administration handled their sexual assault cases...

August 27, 2014

UC Student Association Advocates For Consent

By Haley Kulik

Students across the UC system voted to launch UConsent last week, a UC Student Association (UCSA) campaign that aims to support student survivors of sexual assault through student education and advocacy.

August 27, 2014

Santa Barbara County Launches I.V. Restoration Plan

By Kaitlin Cuskey

Students returning to Isla Vista this fall will find some typically non-existent or run-down sidewalks newly constructed and repaired thanks to a Santa Barbara County renovation project that aims to improve I.V. infrastr...

August 27, 2014

Court Rules on Miller-Young Case

By Loree Lewis

Feminist Studies professor Mireille Miller-Young was sentenced to 108 hours of community service, 10 hours of anger management, three years of probation and was ordered to pay almost $500 of restitution this month after ...

August 27, 2014

Former A.S. President to Run in County Election

By Brittany Tholan

This fall’s county elections will determine just how much of District 6 — ranging from student-clustered Isla Vista to the multi-million dollar residences of Hope Ranch — is “all Abboud it.”

August 27, 2014

American Doctors Respond Successfully to Ebola Treatment

By Priyanka Shindgikar

Two Americans doctors infected by the recent outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Liberia were released from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Aug. 21 following a successful treatment with the experimental drug Z...

August 27, 2014

Changes in UCSB Health Insurance Receive Complaint

By Emani Oakley

Students with health insurance providers outside of a 30-mile radius around Student Health are now ineligible to waive Gaucho Health Insurance according to policy changes made earlier this year.

August 27, 2014

Senate Passes Bill to Prevent Gun Violence, Sent to Brown

By Peter Mounteer

The California State Senate unanimously passed Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson’s bill to prevent gun violence last Friday, and the bill now heads to Governor Jerry Brown, who must approve the bill by Sept. 30 for it to bec...

July 26, 2014

Judge Denies Gang Injunction Request

By Emani Oakley

Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Colleen Sterne denied the city of Santa Barbara-proposed gang injunction this past Tuesday, ending a two-year fight between injunction proponents and opponents since the case’s...

July 23, 2014

I.V. Community Discusses Self-Governance

By Aditya Tadanki

In light of recent violent events in Isla Vista, including the Deltopia riots and the May 23 mass killings, local residents and community officials convened on Monday at Santa Barbara Hillel for a meeting titled “Our I...

July 23, 2014

UC Regents Confirm New UCSF Chancellor

By Peter Mounteer

During last Thursday’s University of California Board of Regents meeting at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay Community Center, the Board unanimously confirmed the appointment of UCSF School of Medicine Dean Sam Hawgood...

July 23, 2014

UC Regents Convene for 2014-15 Fiscal Year’s First Meeting

By Peter Mounteer

The University of California Board of Regents held its first meeting of the 2014-15 fiscal year last Wednesday at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay Community Center, addressing the appointments of the student regent and n...