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January 23, 2014

SB Foundation Aids Local GEM

By Aditya Tadanki

The Santa Barbara Foundation, a foundation established to improve the lives of community members through philanthropy, recently pledged $25,000 to the Goleta Entrepreneurial Magnet (GEM), a partnership between the Goleta...

January 23, 2014

Regents Meeting Reaches Into Plethora of Topics: Master Plan, Thirty-Meter Telescope Discussed

By Carissa Quiambao

During yesterday’s meeting at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay Conference Center, the University of California Regents discussed the expected federal and state budgets for the UC next year, Chancellor Henry T. Yang’s...

January 22, 2014

CCS Lit May Receive Admissions Hold

By Marissa Wenzke

The UCSB Academic Senate is currently deciding whether or not the College of Creative Studies will be accepting applicants for the CCS Literature program for Fall 2014, as the Executive Vice Chancellor recently requested...

January 22, 2014

UCSB’s Prestige, Applicants Increase

By Jackson Kerr

Applications to the UC system have increased across the board and this year, UCSB received a record-breaking 80,893 freshman and transfer applicants.

January 22, 2014

Regents Meeting Today

By Staff Report

The UC Board of Regents will meet today at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay Conference Center to discuss issues such as online education and the expected budgets for both federal and state funding to the UC next year, wi...

January 22, 2014

UCSB Joins Efforts to Stimulate Research, Product Development

By Emani Oakley

UCSB has recently become one of seven universities — along with 18 companies — to make up a new national public-private manufacturing consortium designed to stimulate the economy and American innovation, announced by...

January 22, 2014

The Art of Social Activism

By Cole Yamada

Renowned artist, current UC Davis professor and activist Malaquias Montoya gave a presentation last night at the MultiCultural Center Theater discussing his social activism-inspired artwork and giving an autobiographical...

January 21, 2014

Santa Barbara Leads the Way in UC Water Sustainability

By Jonathan Rogers

UC President Janet Napolitano announced the prospective goal of reducing the UC system’s water usage by 20 percent on Thursday, with plans of reaching this reduction goal by the year 2020.

January 21, 2014

Bliggity is the New Black

By Dustin Chan

“Blackness is beautifully nuanced,” said Mahader Tesfai, an Eritrean artist whose work will be featured at the art exhibit “Bliggity Black: Blacker Than Black” at the MultiCultural Center until March 21.

January 21, 2014

Police Arrest Group on Suspicion of Theft, Rape

By Staff Report

Officers with the Isla Vista Foot Patrol and UC Police Department arrested three suspects in Isla Vista early Saturday morning for rape in concert, after a witness reported a woman being sexually assaulted on the 6500 bl...

January 21, 2014

AS Legislation Seeks to Reassign Responsibilities

By Leon Freyermuth

Legislation is in the works to restructure Associated Students and its governing bodies, with plans to create special committees in A.S. Senate that will be responsible for certain A.S. Boards, Committees and Commissions...

January 21, 2014

Don’t Be a Drag, Be a Queen

By Loren Forrester

The Hub heated up last Thursday as a procession of drag queens took the stage during the Queer Student Union’s second annual “Winter Wonder Drag” show.

January 17, 2014

Visiting Professor Speaks on Medical Ethics in Guantanamo Bay

By David Jackson

Boston University Professor Sondra Crosby spoke about the ongoing human rights crisis in GuantanamoBay in a lecture called “Medical Ethics at GuantanamoBayDetentionCenter” yesterday at the Humanities and Social Scien...

January 17, 2014

A.S. Senate Calls For Sexual Assault Policy Reform

By David Jackson

Associated Students Senate unanimously passed a resolution calling on the university to reform certain aspects of its sexual assault policy and discussed the status of the association’s Pardall Road space during last W...

January 17, 2014

BSU and Chancellor Yang Collaborate to Establish Institutional Changes

By Michael Coronado

Following negotiations for increased recruitment of black faculty and students, Chancellor Henry T. Yang and the Black Student Union reached an agreement in December that includes hiring an Admissions Counselor for Diver...

January 16, 2014

Police Arrest Student With Child Porn

By Staff Report

On Tuesday, detectives with the Santa Barbara County Criminal Investigations Division arrested 19-year-old UCSB student Scott Lienhart for possession of child pornography found on his cell phone.