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May 12, 2014

Indus Hosts Annual South Asian Cultural Show

By Heeba Kaleem

Several Asian cultural performance groups shared the stage at Campbell Hall on Saturday to perform during “Visions,” Indus club’s free annual event.

May 12, 2014

‘Speak up Against Hate Day’ Features Many Activities

By David Jackson

In celebration of “Speak Up Against Hate Day,” the UCSB Office of Judicial Affairs will host a series of events today discussing the precautions and dangers that surround acts of hate based on race, gender and other ...

May 9, 2014

RHA President Announced

By Staff Report

UCSB dorm residents elected current on-campus senator, second-year political science and communication double major Nikki Calderon to the position of Residence Hall Association President in this past week’s RHA electio...

May 9, 2014

UCSB Holds Annual Economic Summit

By Max Fernbacher

Leading economic experts and forecasters gathered yesterday at the 33rd annual Santa Barbara County Economic Summit presented by the UCSB Economic Forecast Project, a research group founded out of the UCSB economics depa...

May 9, 2014

Isla Vista Properties Released to SB County

By Jackson Kerr

The Successor Agency to the former County of Santa Barbara Redevelopment Agency (RDA) in Isla Vista held a meeting yesterday morning to discuss the retaining of three Isla Vista properties — a medical clinic, church an...

May 8, 2014

Bestselling Author Speaks About Life and Business

By Emani Oakley

New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett spoke at Campbell Hall Tuesday night to discuss the therapeutic aspects of writing and her mission to open an independent bookstore in her hometown of Nashville, Tennessee.

May 8, 2014

Organizations Lose Funds to Pardall Center in New Budget

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Despite opposition from campus groups, the Associated Students Senate decided to pass the budget for the 2014-2015 school year, as proposed by A.S. President Jonathan Abboud, which increased a “recharge” fee on lock-...

May 8, 2014

Pride Week’s ‘Paint Yourself’ Colors Campus With Events

By Lannhu Khuat

In celebration of Pride Week, UCSB’s Associated Students Queer Commission is hosting a series of educational and entertaining events, including personal and student-run drag shows, to engage the campus community with L...

May 8, 2014

Grad Students Win Fulbright Scholarships

By Brittany Tholan

Graduate students Elijah Bender and William Dewey have been named Fulbright scholars, giving them the opportunity to travel across the globe to perform research in India and Japan.

May 8, 2014

Justice O’Connor To Speak at UCSB

By Peter Mounteer

Former United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will deliver a free talk in Campbell Hall Saturday afternoon titled “Educating for Democracy in a Digital Age,” presented by the Walter H. Capps Center...

May 7, 2014

Gang Injunction Trial Begins

By Peter Mounteer, Simone Dupuy

May 7, 2014

Weekend Wrap-Up (5-2 to 5-5 2014)

By Jimmy Chang

Over the weekend, the Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to the discovery of a dead female body on the beach as well as an occurrence of shoplifting, among other minor incidents.

May 7, 2014

I.V. Resident Held On Rape Charges

By Staff Report

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office announced yesterday that Sherriff’s deputies arrested Santa Barbara City College student Deon Kitt on April 2 in connection with the sexual assault of two local high school s...

May 7, 2014

Wealthy Environmentalist Tom Steyer Speaks on Climate Change

By Kelly Lin

Billionaire investor and philanthropist Tom Steyer delivered a free lecture titled “Confronting Climate Change: A Political Reality Check” last night at Pollock Theater to discuss the urgency of reducing climate chan...

May 7, 2014

UCSB Ranks 8th In the World

By Amanda Leyva

Leiden University’s Centre for Science and Technology Studies, based in the Netherlands, ranked UCSB eighth in the world according to scientific performance and research at universities across the globe.

May 7, 2014

CCS Physics Student Wins Goldwater Award

By Dustin Chan

Third-year College of Creative Studies physics major Ilan Rosen received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship in recognition of his research on condensed matter, while second-year CCS math major Mark Rychnovsky received an...