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County Lays Plans For I.V. Community Center

The state Department of Finance approved a plan allowing three Isla Vista properties on Embarcadero del Mar — previously a medical clinic, church and parking lot — to persist under control of Sant...
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Third Annual ‘Last Lecture’ Features Professor Kennedy

Tonight, linguistics professor Robert Kennedy will give a lecture as if it were his last, as part of the third annual “Last Lecture” event hosted by the Associated Students Academic Affairs Board ...
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Take Back the Night Begins Week-Long Campaign

Take Back the Night, an Associated Students organization aimed at combating rape culture and sexual harassment at UCSB, has taken up a week-long campaign against street harassment, armed with spray pa...
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Worried About Meningitis? Better Take a Shot

In response to last quarter’s meningitis surfacing, Student Health Services is now offering a not yet licensed vaccine against the potentially fatal bacterial disease, providing students with shots ...
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Congressional Candidate Comes to UCSB

Competing with Lois Capps and her 16-year hold onto congressional office, fellow Democratic candidate for 24th Congressional District Representative Paul Coyne came to speak with UCSB students in Camp...
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Weekend Wrap-Up

Over the weekend, Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to two cases of sexual assault — in addition to alcohol-related crimes and citations for trespassing and false imprisonment.
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UCSB Alum Creates New Multipurpose Tool

UCSB alumnus Matt Dubberley founded local company LighterBro LLC last May that produces a multi-tool product, which recently accrued a high number of sales at 110 retail stores across the country, inc...
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Famous Photojournalist Lectures on Career and Human Trafficking at UCSB

National Geographic photographer Jodi Cobb, who was once named White House Photographer of the Year, detailed her experiences as a photojournalist and spoke about modern-day human trafficking to a pac...
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Michael Moss Gives Presentation at UCSB

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Michael Moss spoke about the addictive nature of processed and fast food in his talk Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us on Saturday at Cam...
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Persian New Year

The UCSB Persian Student Group celebrated the Persian New Year with a colorful array of traditional Iranian dishes and musical performances hosted in the MultiCultural Theater.
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S.C.O.R.E. Addresses Racial Inequality in Conference

The Student Commission on Racial Equality (SCORE) hosted its 15th annual Facing Race convention on combating racism on Saturday at the Student Resource Building.
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Sexual Assaults Reported in I.V.

Two separate sexual assault crimes in Isla Vista occurred this past weekend, with suspects in both cases currently at-large, according to statements released by the Santa Barbara County Sherriff’s O...
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UCSB Professor Weighs in on Civil Unrest in Ukraine

The Daily Nexus’ Senior Staff Writer David Jackson sat down with political science professor Cynthia S. Kaplan to discuss the deteriorating situation in Ukraine, the reasons behind it and its ramif...
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Bridging Surfing and Life: Author Gives Talk on Student Leadership

The Office of Student Life’s Leadership Development Center hosted a leadership conference in Corwin Pavilion on last night titled “Connect. Create. Change.,” featuring renowned surfing champion ...
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NCEAS Study Suggests Surprising Biodiversity in Cities

A recent study conducted by UCSB’s National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) found that urban environments are more supportive of biodiversity than previously thought, with a sur...
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