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A.S. Ballot to Determine Fate of Goleta Sobering Center

During this year’s Associated Students elections, students will have the opportunity to vote on a ballot initiative to fund a sobering center in Goleta for first-time drunk-in-public offenders, avoi...
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A.S. Bikes To Retract Lock-in Fee Initiative

The Associated Students Bike Committee is in the process of retracting its fee initiative from the Spring 2014 ballot after the UC Office of the President suggested withholding the initiative and havi...
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Queer Commission Fees To Appear on Upcoming A.S. Ballot

The upcoming Associated Students election ballot will include a new lock-in fee initiative of $2.12 per quarter for undergraduate students to support the Associated Students Queer Commission, an educa...
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The Catalyst Requests Lock-in for Print Costs

The students behind The Catalyst, a new student-run literary arts magazine, have requested a lock-in fee in the upcoming Associated Students election in an effort to ensure continued quarterly publica...
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Prospective A.S. Senators Debate in the Hub

During the Associated Students On-Campus and University-Owned Housing Senator debates, senatorial candidates for the 2014-15 academic school year congregated in the Hub yesterday to discuss their view...
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A.S. Candidates Debate Goals, Plans

Last night, prospective candidates for Associated Students External Vice President of Local Affairs, External Vice President of Statewide Affairs, and Student Advocate General gathered in the Hub to d...
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Poet and Singer Collaborate In Campbell Hall

Arts & Lectures will present an acoustic music and poetry event at Campbell Hall titled “Words and Music: An Evening with Billy Collins and Aimee Mann” tomorrow night, featuring former U.S. Poet L...
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Weeklong Event Brings Philippines To UCSB

Every day this week, students will have the opportunity to get a taste of traditions and culture from the Philippines by participating in Pilipin@ Visibility Week, sponsored by UCSB’s Kapatirang Pil...
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A.S. Ballots Present Initiative for UCen Renevations, With a Cost

During next week’s Associated Students Elections, students will decide whether or not to implement a $20 quarterly student fee for a multi-million dollar renovation of the University Center.
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Hurt Covers Race, Media at MCC

Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker and activist Byron Hurt presented a talk called “Deconstructing Images of African Americans in the Media,” in which he analyzed and critiqued common media ...
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A.S. Senate Forms Committee to Revise Isla Vista Master Plan

The A.S. Senate recently passed a resolution for revisions to the Isla Vista Master Plan, a 104-page guide to local development that was denied approval in 2007 and has since been gathering dust.
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UCSB Professor Explores Effects of Hidden Shame

UCSB Sociology professor Thomas Scheff published an examination on the topic of hidden shame in an article released in a February issue of the peer-reviewed academic journal, Cultural Sociology.
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Pardall Center Welcomes Students to Open House

Associated Students will be hosting an open house of the A.S. Pardall Center this Thursday to showcase its newly renovated details and services, which are open to all students.
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A.S. Election Campaigns Ravage UCSB Campus

Active campaigning for the upcoming A.S. elections officially began yesterday and will continue for the next two weeks.
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Prolonged Drought Calls for Conservation Measures

As California's drought stretches into its third consecutive year, an increasing number of officials are calling for more conservation measures.
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