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Flash Mob To Encourage Solidarity

October 30, 2013 by

The Student-Worker Coalition for UC Statewide Action will organize a flash mob this Friday, in support of the UC employee union-led demand for better worker compensation for UC service and patient car...
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Scholar Nassim Taleb Talks On Effects of Uncertainty

October 30, 2013 by

Renowned philosophical scholar Nassim Nicholas Taleb gave a lecture on the effects uncertainty has on decision-making Monday at Campbell Hall, discussing the philosophical and technical problems with ...
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Biologists Dissect Deep Sea Oarfish

October 30, 2013 by

A team of UCSB researchers with the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology (EEMB) dissected the body of an 18-foot oarfish that was found on Catalina Island on Oct.13.
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Local Tribe To Withdraw Application for More Land

October 30, 2013 by

In response to public uproar over the Chumash Tribe’s attempt to acquire additional public land through an application submitted to the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), tribal chairman Vincen...
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New Street Lights To Reduce Crime, Energy Costs

October 30, 2013 by

Third District Supervisor Doreen Farr, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown and County Public Works Director Scott McGolpin joined together in Pescadero Park for a ribbon cutting ceremony in celebr...
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Zombies Spook Santa Barbara

October 29, 2013 by

Dressed as zombies, over 200 volunteers gathered in Santa Barbara Courthouse Sunken Gardens to dance in a flash mob to Michael Jackson’s hit song “Thriller” on Saturday, raising funds for variou...
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UCSB Research Team Publishes Piece on Nature’s Impact in Humans

October 29, 2013 by

Researchers at the UCSB National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) have identified a number of ways nature affects humans in intangible ways, such as through cultural contributions ...
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A.S. Rally Aims to End Halloween Sexual Violence

October 29, 2013 by

Students will march from the Arbor to Isla Vista in a rally entitled, “Stop the Shame,” addressing issues of sexual violence, which can become even more prevalent during large-scale I.V. festiviti...
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I.V. Resident Found Dead

October 29, 2013 by

The Isla Vista resident found dead Saturday morning has been identified as 22-year-old UCSB communication major Brandon Colin Schmidt from Alameda County.
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Career Services Hosts Panel for Humanities, Liberal Arts Majors

October 28, 2013 by

UCSB Career Services hosted a career panel for humanities and liberal arts majors at 3 p.m. in Career Services 1109 on Thursday. The panel addressed questions posed by students in fields outside of th...
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UCLA’s Christine Borgman Speaks About Modern Data Sharing for CITS ‘Big Data Brown Bag Series’

October 28, 2013 by

Presidential Chair and Professor of Information Studies at UCLA Christine Borgman spoke on the impact of contemporary data-sharing research at the Social Sciences and Media Studies Building on Friday....
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UCSB Museum Unveils Five New Exhibitions

October 28, 2013 by

With its high ceilings, impeccably white walls and pristine pine floors, UCSB’s Art, Design and Architecture Museum welcomed guests to its opening reception last Friday, unveiling five new art exhib...
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Silk Road Ensemble Celebrates Anniversary at UCSB’s Cambell Hall

October 28, 2013 by

The Silk Road Ensemble, a Grammy-nominated collective of musicians from multiple continents and musical traditions, celebrated the 15th anniversary of its conception last Thursday, with an evening per...
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Individual Passes Away on Del Playa Drive Despite Revival Attempts by IVFP

October 28, 2013 by

A death occurred on Del Playa Drive this past Saturday at 9:45 a.m. when Isla Vista Foot Patrol received a call of an unresponsive individual and found the individual deceased upon arrival, according ...
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War Film Investigates Drone Strikes, Raids

October 24, 2013 by

On Tuesday, Arts & Lectures screened the award-winning documentary “Dirty Wars,” a film providing a glimpse into the United States’ covert wars around the globe from the angle of an investig...
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