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November 25, 2013

Student Volunteers Collect Donations for A.S. Food Bank

By Cole Yamada

The Community Affairs Board, Associated Students Food Bank and Manzanita Hall Council held a Donation Walk Saturday and yesterday afternoon, during which volunteers knocked on doors in Isla Vista and Goleta and collected...

November 25, 2013

I.G.N.I.T.E. Campaign Gets Students Fired Up

By Aditya Tadanki

Students marched from Cheadle Hall through campus and into Isla Vista this past Friday in support of I.G.N.I.T.E, Invest in Graduation Not Incarceration, Transform Education, a statewide campaign to push for more public ...

November 22, 2013

Local Band The Fire Department to Play Show Tomorrow

By Elliott Wright

This Saturday night, local rock, funk, soul and reggae band the Fire Department will perform a show at 10:30 p.m. at 6741 Sabado Tarde, filming the music video on their upcoming single, “Underwater.”

November 22, 2013

Protesters Express Outrage Over Napolitano’s Exclusive Meeting with UCSB ‘Student Leaders’

By Carissa Quiambao

Chanting mantras like “Undocumented, Unafraid!” and “Hey hey, ho ho, Napolitano’s got to go!”, UCSB students rallied in opposition to the appointment of UC President Janet Napolitano, who will be attending a cl...

November 21, 2013

In Photos: Students Protest Napolitano’s Visit to UCSB Campus

By Daily Nexus Photography

November 21, 2013

A.S. Senate Discusses Pardall Center, IGNITE, Bike Safety

By Elliott Wright

Wednesday night’s Associated Students Senate meeting discussed a number of ongoing campus projects and issues, including development of a community center in Isla Vista called the A.S. Pardall Center — a center at 65...

November 21, 2013

Officials Warn of Third Possible Meningitis Case

By Staff Report

A third case of meningococcal disease — which causes the highly contagious and deadly illness meningitis — at UCSB has been identified by Santa Barbara Public Health Officials.

November 21, 2013

Strikers, Supporters March to Storke Tower & Rally Participants

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Hundreds of students, workers and community members rallied together at Storke Tower yesterday afternoon, as part of a UC systemwide strike by American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees 3299, a union t...

November 21, 2013

East L.A. Son Jarocho Band To Play at MCC

By Alexandra DeSanto

Las Cafeteras, a popular Chicano band from East Los Angeles, will conduct a live musical performance tomorrow, Nov. 22. Hosted by UCSB’s MultiCultural Center and co-sponsored by the Chicano Studies Institute, this even...

November 21, 2013

Music Ensemble Combines Sound, Science, Visuals in Experimental Collaborative Show

By Jackson Kerr

The Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology, or CREATE, and the Media Arts and Technology Program, or MAT, presented an electronic and visual music show called “Sound Storm” at the Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall...

November 20, 2013

Film Screening Highlights Issues of Police Violence and Racial Profiling

By Emani Oakley

Fruitvale Station, a 2013 film on the police shooting of 22 year-old African American man Oscar Grant, was screened last night at the Multicultural Center Theater, along with a discussion on police shootings, common raci...

November 20, 2013

PTSD Expert Charles Hoge To Talk on Mental Health

By Carly Bates

Retired U.S. Army colonel and post-traumatic stress disorder expert Charles Hoge will give a free lecture tomorrow at the Mosher Alumni House as part of a new suicide prevention outreach effort launched by UCSB Counselin...

November 20, 2013

Peter Edelman To Give Talk On Poverty in America Tomorrow

By Jun Ong

Law professor at the University of Georgetown’s Law Center Peter Edelman will speak about the prevalence of poverty in America in a lecture entitled “So Rich So Poor: Why It’s So Hard to End Poverty in America” t...

November 20, 2013

Storke Plaza Gets Snowed In

By Chelsea Brandwein

Philanthropy campus group UCSB First Committee filled Storke Plaza with clouds of snow and blocks of ice yesterday afternoon, offering the campus a winter wonderland featuring an ice-eating contest and warm goodies like ...

November 20, 2013

Visiting Filmmaker Examines Military Psychology, PTSD

By David Jackson

Renowned filmmaker and psychologist Jan Haaken spoke about her feature-length documentary, “Mind Zone: Therapists Behind the Front Lines,” and its discussion of post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychological ...

November 20, 2013

Students Attend Conference at UCLA Despite Funding Controversy

By Aditya Tadanki

UCSB students attended a three-day-long “Students of Color Conference” at UCLA, after students planning the trip struggled to attain funding when some student government officials said money was being allocated unfai...