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UC Students Fight Hike in Interest Rates

The UCSB chapter of CALPIRG will hold a rally today at 11 a.m. in the Arbor as part of a nationwide student movement in opposition to the potential doubling of many federal student loan interest rates...
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Divestment Resolution Conversation Continues To Dominate Senate Meetings

Last night’s Associated Students Senate meeting — which was once again held in Corwin Pavilion to accommodate the hundreds of students in attendance — centered around lengthy discussion of the u...
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Photo Website Seeks Amateur Shots of I.V. Community

A new Facebook page entitled Native Talent is hosting monthly competitions for student-shot photos of the UCSB and Isla Vista communities. The page was created by Special Projects Coordinator of the I...
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A.S. Candidate Debates Debut With Discussion on Community Issues

In the first of several forums leading up to the Associated Students elections this month, candidates for the position of Off-Campus Senator presented themselves to discuss community-related issues ye...
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UC Holds Forum on World Hunger, Sustainability

The University of California held a global forum yesterday focused on addressing the issue of worldwide hunger by bringing together researchers, farmers, environmentalists, policymakers and other sust...
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Award-Winning Comics Theorist and Cartoonist to Discuss Development of Art

Tonight, renowned comic theorist and author Scott McCloud will give a lecture titled “Comics and Visual Communication” at Campbell Hall, discussing the overall evolution of comic art in its many f...
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UCSB Equestrian Team Co-Captains Advance to Nationals

After placing as the top two competitors during last Sunday’s Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Zone Championship, UCSB Equestrian Team co-captains Celia Turner and Becky Leisz will be travelin...
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SBCC Aims To Receive $1 Million in Donations

The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College recently received upwards of $400,000 in grants from various community organizations and residents, as part of its Campaign for Student Success. The six-w...
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Record-Breaking Turnout for Deltopia 2013

An Increase in Attendance, 9-1-1 Calls and Hospital Visits Takes Toll on County Resources; County Officials Look to Better Prepare to Respond to Similar Festivities in the Future This year’s Deltopi...
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Coastal Fund Awards Grant for Watershed Restoration

The Associated Students Coastal Fund recently announced they will be granting the Environmental Defense Center a $7,000 grant to support the center’s work restoring the Goleta Slough Watershed. Loca...
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UCSB Students Vote to Bring Movie Premiere on Campus

UCSB currently ranks first in a contest to host a free advanced screening of the Sony Pictures’ upcoming June 12 comedy film, “This Is The End”, directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and star...
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Woman Found on Isla Vista Beach, Identified as Cal Poly SLO Student

At 8:20 a.m. on Saturday, a jogger discovered the body of a young college-aged female in the water around Campus Point. The body was identified yesterday afternoon by investigators from the Santa Barb...
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Assemblyman Proposes Bill to Exempt Textbooks From State Sales Taxes

Assemblyman Tim Donnelly of the 33rd District of California has introduced the Textbook Tax Relief Act, Assembly Bill 479, which aims to exempt textbooks from any state sales tax in order to reduce th...
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Professor Recieves Fellowship From Academic Foundation to Pursue Research in Egyptology

UCSB history professor Anthony Barbieri-Low was recently awarded a $238,700 grant called the Mellon New Directions Fellowship by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The fellowship funds will be directed ...
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Deltopia Damage: Beta House Balcony Caves In

This year’s annual Spring Quarter “Deltopia” event saw thousands of partygoers on Saturday and resulted in a number of incidents, including a collapsed balcony of a house on Del Playa Drive. Alt...
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