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February 6, 2014

The Sochi Circus

By Ben Moss

Columnist Ben Moss details the

February 6, 2014

Lopez’s Film Highlights Profiling

By Cole Yamada

Students and faculty filled the MultiCultural Center Theatre yesterday night to hear a discussion led by Chicana playwright Josefina Lopez and watch her film Detained in the Desert.

February 6, 2014

Development Proposed at Dublin’s Location

By Carissa Quiambao

February 6, 2014

A.S. Senate Discusses Energy; Debates I.V. Center, Logo

By David Jackson

During last night’s Associated Students Senate meeting, Third District Supervisor Doreen Farr gave a presentation to students, senators discussed ongoing projects such as the Pardall Center and Chilla Vista, and Ansel ...

February 6, 2014

New A.S. Logo is a No-Go: A.S. President Rejects Design

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Associated Students President Jonathan Abboud vetoed an official A.S. logo passed by the A.S. Senate last week, claiming that the process of establishing the logo was not “inclusive” enough of the student body.

February 5, 2014

Don’t Wait – Vaccinate! UCSB To Offer Free Meningitis Inoculation

By David Jackson

On Feb. 24, Student Health Services will begin offering select students and faculty an experimental meningitis vaccine that is not licensed for use in the U.S., following the use of a similarly unlicensed vaccine at Prin...

February 5, 2014

Author Lusane Discusses Lack of Social Change

By Peter Mounteer

Award-winning author, lecturer, freelance journalist and professor at American University, Clarence Lusane, discussed the current socioeconomic condition of African Americans under the Obama administration in his lecture...

February 5, 2014

Professor Gives Talk on Public Universities

By Leon Freyermuth

English professor Chris Newfield gave a talk yesterday evening at the McCune Conference Room on the future of public universities, as well as the necessity of low tuition and face-to-face learning in order to foster egal...

February 5, 2014

Suicide Awareness, Prevention Among Local University Students

By Peter Mounteer

Sixteen years ago, UCSB student Matthew DeMarco lost his 15-year-old half-brother to suicide and depression. Two years later, his father — a successful Los Angeles businessman — contracted a life-threatening illness ...

February 5, 2014

Veteran Affairs To Be Addressed by UC System

By Loren Forrester

After meeting with ten student veteran representatives within the University of California system last week, UC President Janet Napolitano announced a systemwide veterans’ advisory group this past Monday.

February 4, 2014

Christian Groups on Campus Sell Clothes to Fund Missions Overseas

By Jackson Kerr

Clothes will abound today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Parking Lot 22, where members of Epic — an Asian American Christian group on campus — and the nonprofit organization Campus Crusade for Christ plan to flag down pas...

February 4, 2014

Police Respond to Auto Thefts, Assaults

By Jimmy Chang

Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to several crimes over the weekend, including a string of burglaries and multiple incidences of assault.

February 4, 2014

White House Task Force Aims to Fight Sexual Assault

By Kelly Lin

President Barack Obama announced late last month that he is establishing a White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, taking a more proactive approach to address dangers and incidences of sexual assa...

February 3, 2014

New Student-Run Magazine Debuts At I.V. Food Co-op

By Jackson Kerr

Branching from the UCSB English Department, a new student-run literary arts magazine called The Catalyst made its debut with a launch party hosted at the Isla Vista Food Co-op on Thursday.

February 3, 2014

Symposium Debates Poverty

By Aditya Tadanki, Michael Coronado

Scholars and public policy professionals from across the nation gathered for a debate on Friday called “Organizing for Economic Democracy,” which touched on the historical, political and economic circumstances surrou...

February 3, 2014

Nexus Competition Winner Recounts Luxury Experience Courtesy of Uber

By Staff Report

A sleek black car driving through a seaside road in Santa Barbara pulls up to the curb in front of oceanfront hair studio Salon Del Mar to reveal Daily Nexus Uber contest winner and fourth-year biopsycology major Roxy Ma...