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FOX Contributor Speaks on Guns, Media at UCSB

May 13, 2013 by

Last Thursday, Ben Shapiro — editor-at-large of Breitbart.com and a FOX News contributor — spoke at UCSB’s Loma Pelona Center as the keynote speaker of an event hosted by UCSB Colleg...
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Held For Newly Constructed Fence in Walter Capps Park

May 13, 2013 by

Last Thursday, local officials and members of the public gathered at Walter Capps Park to take part in a ribbon cutting ceremony for a newly erected wooden fence along the park’s oceanside cliff. Sp...
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A.S. Senate Meeting Fails to Pass Revised Divestment Resolution With Close Votes

May 10, 2013 by

A revised resolution aimed at divesting from companies that “profit from the military occupation of Palestine” failed to pass — despite a 12-11-1 vote — after it was reintroduced during Wednes...
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Sorority, Nonprofit Join Forces to Support Victims of Domestic Abuse

May 10, 2013 by

Multicultural sorority Sigma Alpha Zeta will partner with Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara County, a local nonprofit organization that provides assistance to victims of domestic abuse, to...
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UCSB Professor Gives Talk on Bacteria Research

May 10, 2013 by

College of Letters and Science honors students gathered in the State Street Room of the UCen last night to listen as Professor Michael J Mahan of the Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology depa...
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Program Board Releases Extravaganza Lineup

May 9, 2013 by

After months of anticipation, A.S. Program Board announced last night that Kendrick Lamar, Dada Life, J Boog, The Growlers and Alpha Phunk will comprise the lineup for this spring’s Extravaganza mus...
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College Republicans’ Keynote Speaker To Discuss Gun Control, Media Bias

May 9, 2013 by and

UCSB College Republicans will host their annual keynote speaker lecture at the Loma Pelona Center, featuring FOX News contributor Ben Shapiro, who will give a lecture entitled “Dismantling the Left...
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Pollock Theater Hosts Feminist Mini-Con Events

May 9, 2013 by

The Feminist Porn Mini-Con — a multi-series event which discussed feminist and queer pornography — opened with a two-hour discussion panel at Pollock Theater yesterday, as UCSB professors and adul...
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CA Universities Uniting in SB to Talk Sustainability

May 9, 2013 by

Registration is now open for the annual California Higher Education Sustainability Conference that is expected to draw hundreds of participants from across the state to UCSB next month to discuss long...
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Annual Festival to Host Local Bands, Offer Free Food, Produce Zero Waste

May 9, 2013 by , and

Isla Vista’s ninth annual Chilla Vista will feature hip hop-infused indie surf rock trio Radical Something along with local Isla Vista bands Junipero, Ultraviolet, Adventure Dogs and Eucalyptus, Euc...
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Women’s Center To Host LunaFest Film Festival

May 9, 2013 by

Tonight at 7 p.m., the traveling film festival LunaFest is making a stop in the Isla Vista Theater to showcase nine award-winning short films concentrating around diverse topics and issues within the ...
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New Alert Website Texts Students Class Openings

May 9, 2013 by

A newly launched website called Alertification now allows students to receive a text message alert as soon as a space becomes available in a previously filled class. Initially established for UCLA stu...
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Acclaimed Actress Performs Play on Race, Love

May 8, 2013 by

Award-winning actress and playwright Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni performed her one-woman play, “One Drop of Love: A Daughter’s Search for Her Father’s Racial Approval” at the UCSB Multicultural Cen...
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Local Entrepreneurs Create ‘Trustworthy’ Online Marketplace

May 8, 2013 by

Looky.co, an Isla Vista-based start-up company, launched its website yesterday morning with hopes to attract individuals looking to buy products from friends and other acquaintances. The company takes...
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Assistant Professor To Discuss Highly Controversial Act

May 8, 2013 by

UCSB history and environmental studies assistant professor Peter Alagona will give a free lecture on the Endangered Species Act today at 4 p.m. in the HSSB McCune Conference Room. Alagona’s lecture,...
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