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UCSB To Participate in First Suicide Prevention Walk

On April 21, UCSB will be hosting its first Suicide Prevention Walk through a collaborative effort between Associated Students and The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). The AFSP works...
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A.S. Commission on Student Well Being Hopes to Expand Services With New Student Lock-In Fee

Next week’s Associated Students election ballot will include a new lock-in fee initiative of $1.03 per undergraduate per quarter to support the A.S. Commission on Student Well-Being, an organization...
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UCSB Ranks Second Among Research Universities Globally

UCSB has recently been ranked number two in the world, based on global impact in the field of sciences, by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Netherlands’ Leiden University. The rankin...
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A.S. Plans Alternative Intoxication Solution

Rather than being arrested, finger-printed and sent to court, students found to be drunk in public may soon find an alternative solution in the Isla Vista Sobering Center. The AssociatedStudentsLegalR...
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Gauchos Organize Innovative Weekend Leadership Forum

Next Generation Summit — a university-represented conference centered on learning, collaboration and networking — will be hosting their first conference at Corwin Pavilion on May 4 and 5. Represen...
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Initiative Will Revitalize Worn-Out UCSB Sports Facilities

This year, the “Flip the Switch for Student Recreation” fee — which charges students a quarterly fee of $15 — is up on this spring’s Campus Elections Committee ballot, potentially enabling i...
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Health & Wellness Program Seeks Support for Services

UCSB Health & Wellness Program is requesting a lock-in fee of $7.13 per quarter for undergraduate and graduate students to support their services including Dog Therapy Day, free massages and HIV t...
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TBL Continues Campaign for Student Lock-In Fee

Next week’s Associated Students elections ballot will include a proposal for a $1.69 per quarter student lock-in fee in support of The Bottom Line, A.S.’s weekly campus newspaper. The organization...
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Renegade Stringband Brings Bluegrass to SB

It was a night of foot stomping, soul-warming bluegrass from the Renegade Stringband on April 9 at SOhO in downtown Santa Barbara. The group is comprised of singer Jessica Jarris, banjo player Joe Sea...
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Women, Gender and Sexual Equity Center Seeks Support Via Student Fee

With campus-wide elections quickly approaching, the Women, Gender and Sexual Equity Center is campaigning for a reaffirmation of their $4.25 fee per student, per quarter and hopes to receive approval ...
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Board of Supervisors Approves Funding to Improve I.V. Lighting

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to allocate $100,000 in community block grants towards a project improving street lighting in Isla Vista during yesterday’s meeting. T...
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UCSB Biologists Find Contradictory New Organism With Unique Function

Researchers in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology have discovered a line of marine organisms that actually increase their calcification, or creation of new shells, in ocean waters...
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Landlord, Tenants Clash Over Recent Evictions in Isla Vista

After over a dozen families were evicted from the apartments located at 781 Embarcadero Del Norte, students from the Isla Vista Tenants Union and the External Vice President of Local Affairs have crea...
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A.S. Candidates Debate, Voting Starts Next Week

The candidates for the position of Associated Students External Vice President of Statewide Affairs debated a number of issues such as lobbying legislators during yesterday’s A.S. elections forums a...
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An Ancient Gaucho Looks Back: Part Three

Harvey B. Schechter, class of 1947, recounts a few of his experiences attending Santa Barbara State College — the predecessor to UCSB. Schechter gives current Gauchos a look into what life was like ...
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