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UCSB Professor Cohen Weighs In on North Korea’s Nuclear Threat

Saber-rattling can once again be heard reverberating from the Korean Peninsula as the North Korean government renews its aggressive rhetoric against its southern counterpart and American ally. The cou...
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Goleta Tech Branch Product Helps Locate Boston Bomb Suspect

The Goleta branch of FLIR Systems, a thermal imaging company, helped manufacture an infrared-sensing chip that recently assisted Boston police in seeking out suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar ...
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Students Vote in Favor of Every Fee Proposed in Campus Election

The results of the Campus Elections Commission’s 2013 fee initiatives were released yesterday, wrapping this year’s election season with a unanimous passage of all presented fees. Students voted t...
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Pride Week To Host Multitude of Events

UCSB Pride Week kicks off today with opening ceremonies held in Storke Plaza from noon to 2 p.m. and will culminate on Saturday, May 4 with the Isla Vista Pride Festival in Anisq’ Oyo’ Park. Today...
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University Funding Affected by Recent Federal Budget Cuts

Roughly $1 trillion in automatic, across-the-board federal budget cuts were enacted March 1 after Washington lawmakers failed to agree upon a satisfactory deal between Congressional Republicans, De...
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IHC Seminar Explores Cathartic Nature of Narrative Writing, Impact on US War Vets

Last week, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center held a conference titled “Narrative-Making in the Aftermath of War” as part of a year-long interdisciplinary program on the human impact of the w...
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Alumni To Dish Out Career Advice to Communication Majors at Tomorrow’s Fifth Annual Career Day

Tomorrow, the UCSB Communication Department will host their fifth annual Career Day as part of the All Gaucho Reunion Weekend, beginning at 12:30 p.m. in the Corwin Pavilion’s Lagoon Plaza. Over 30 ...
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A.S. Affirms UC Prison Divestment, Addresses Internal Struggles Within Senate

During Wednesday’s Associated Students Senate meeting, Senators unanimously passed a resolution that calls for divestment of UC funds from the prison industrial complex and addressed issues of clima...
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Alumni To Bring Local Flavor to All Gaucho Reunion

This Saturday, former Gauchos in the food, catering and wine businesses will be gathering on campus to present their gourmet foods and unique drinks for the third annual Taste of UCSB. With events ran...
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Abboud Named A.S. President for 2013-14 as OPP Sweeps Elections

COSWB, The Bottom Line Secure New Lock-in Funding;  All Existing A.S. Fees Reaffirmed [[UPDATED]] Emotions were high Thursday night as Associated Students election and fee results were announced in...
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New Venture Competition Features Student Startups

     This year’s New Venture Competition by the Technology Management Program brought 20 new student-founded business startups to Corwin Pavilion yesterday evening for the New Venture Fair. The N...
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Brothers Compete for Cash Prize, Six Continent Free Trip

UCSB alumnus Alex Ayling and his brother Mark are competing as finalists in the British competition “Biggest, Baddest Bucket List” — a travel-video contest with a grand prize of $50,000 in cash....
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Endowed Chair of Catholic Studies Wins Renowned Fellowship, Grant

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has chosen to honor UCSB religious studies professor Ann Taves as one of the 175 artists, musicians, scholars and scientists to receive the accolade this ...
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UCSB Club Tennis Team Places in National Competition

On April 11, UCSB’s club tennis team competed in the 2013 United States Tennis Association Tennis On Campus National Championship, a tournament drawing on over 600 college campuses across the nation...
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Alumni Weekend To Draw Flocks of Former Gauchos

With over 6,000 alumni expected to return to campus this weekend, the UCSB Alumni Association is hosting a variety of events, ranging from lectures to athletics, as part of the seventh annual All Gauc...
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