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AFSCME 3299 continues their strike against the UC system for new labor contracts and fair wages. Judge David Brown issued an injunction that would require 120 employees to work during the strike.
AFSCME 3299 continues their strike against the UC system for new labor contracts and fair wages. Judge David Brown issued an injunction that would require 120 employees to work during the strike.

Court Works to Keep Hospitals Running During Strike

May 21, 2013 by

Sacramento Superior Court Judge David Brown issued an injunction yesterday exempting certain union employees from participating in this week’s two-day strike of UC Medical Centers by the American Fe...
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Senate Bill Could Prevent Loophole in Rape Cases

May 21, 2013 by

After a Santa Barbara County sexual assault case involved a victim mistakenly giving consent after her attacker impersonated another individual, the Senate Public Safety Committee has now unanimously ...
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Chateau Whatever, formerly known as HomeCookedHood, is a pop-up restaurant in Karla Subero’s apartment in Isla Vista. Several locals flock to her apartment-turned-restaurant every weekend for its themed cuisine.
Chateau Whatever, formerly known as HomeCookedHood, is a pop-up restaurant in Karla Subero’s apartment in Isla Vista. Several locals flock to her apartment-turned-restaurant every weekend for its themed cuisine.

Isla Vista Pop-Up Restaurant To Hold Final Brunch

May 21, 2013 by

Every week, Karla Subero can be found in the kitchen of her one-bedroom Isla Vista apartment cooking Sunday morning brunch. But rather than the usual eggs, bacon and orange juice, Subero serves up gou...
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Six Teams Advance to Finals in Product Marketing Contest

May 21, 2013 by

The UCSB Technology Management Program will host the Finals for the 14th Annual New Venture Competition, in which teams of student entrepreneurs showcase inventions and business ventures, this Wednesd...
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A.S. To Swear In Next Year’s Executive Officers

May 21, 2013 by and

With an OPP Election Sweep Last Month, the Winning Candidates Prepare to Take Office Associated Students Senate will swear in the elected student officials for the 2013-2014 school year at their week...
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Kendrick Lamar Rocks Extravaganza 2013

May 20, 2013 by

  [wzslider autoplay=”true” interval=”4000″ transition=”‘slide'” lightbox=”true”]   Thousands of students filled Harder Stadium yesterda...
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ROTC Cadets Commended in Ceremony

May 20, 2013 by

The 66th Annual Awards Ceremony of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps took place on Saturday at Mosher Alumni House, honoring over 30 Surfrider Cadets in the UCSB Army ROTC program. UCSB Assistant...
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UCSB Professor Gives New Point of View to Current Trend of Mastectomies Used to Reduce Cancer Odds

May 20, 2013 by

A UCSB feminist studies professor is offering a new perspective on the growing use of prophylactic mastectomies, the surgical removal of one or both breasts, as a possible key to breast cancer prevent...
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A.S. Senate Approves Budget for 2013-2014

May 17, 2013 by

During Wednesday night’s 12-hour Associated Students Senate meeting, Senators approved A.S. budget allocations for the 2013-2014 school year. Due to a $50,000 cut in the fund for Boards, Committees,...
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Street Health Outreach Petitions to Allow People to Live in Cars in I.V.

May 17, 2013 by

UCSB student organization Street Health Outreach recently created an online petition to allow people to live in their cars in vacant Isla Vista parking lots without risk of being ticketed. The petitio...
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Panel Debates Ethics of Drone Warfare at Campbell Hall

May 17, 2013 by

UCSB Arts & Lectures and the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center hosted “Drone Warfare: Prospects and Dangers” at Campbell Hall on Wednesday, opening the way for discussion of the United State...
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Harvard Professor To Deliver Lecture on Social Inequality

May 16, 2013 by

Harvard University professor of social sciences Lawrence D. Bobo will give the 10th annual Shirley Kennedy Memorial Lecture today in the MultiCultural Center Theater, addressing contemporary issues ...
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Gauchos Selected as Recipients of Prestigious Linguistic Scholarship

May 16, 2013 by

The United States Department of State has awarded two UCSB students with the 2013 Critical Language Scholarships for Intensive Summer Institutes, allowing them to both spend the summer in a prestigiou...
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Yudof Receives Criticism for Salary, Near-Doubled Tuition During Tenure

May 16, 2013 by

Last week, UC President Mark Yudof was placed eighth on The Chronicle of Higher Education’s list of the highest paid public college leaders in America. The list is based on figures from the 2012 fis...
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Union Workers Picket, Sit-in, Announce Strike

May 16, 2013 by

University of California Police arrested 13 people at the UC Board of Regents meeting yesterday morning during a demonstration in support of a UC patient care and service workers union in their ongoin...
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