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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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Divestment Proposal Sparks Nine-Hour Debate, Tabled as Each Side Stands Firm

Hundreds of students attended Wednesday night’s Associated Students Senate meeting to debate a resolution supporting divestment from companies accused of profiting from “the military occupation of...
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Call it Deltopia: Weekend Beach Closures Confirmed

Santa Barbara County’s Community Services Department will be closing Isla Vista beaches this Saturday and Sunday due to the potential for a “Floatopia” event to occur. The closure has been enact...
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Photojournalist Brian Skerry To Present in National Geographic Live! Series

Arts & Lectures will feature award-winning underwater photojournalist Brian Skerry and a presentation of his career in documenting marine life during an event this Sunday, April 7 at 3 p.m. in Cam...
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Brown To Grant Pardons to Former Convicts, Former SB Narcotics Criminal

Gov. Jerry Brown announced plans to pardon 65 various individuals convicted of drug possession and other low-level crimes, including Richard Brent DeLeon, a drug dealer from Santa Barbara County. All ...
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Engineer’s Death Sparks Suspicions in U.S.A.

Last June, UCSB Electrical Engineering Ph.D. graduate Shane Todd was found dead in his Singapore apartment on the eve of his return to the United States. Todd had just finished his work on Gallium Nit...
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Survey Reveals Students’ Dining Common Preferences

Apart from textbooks, professors and course registration, a major concern for many college students is the quality and accessibility of food. With four dining commons situated around campus, UCSB stud...
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Organization Plans to Restore Wetlands, Donate to UCSB

The Trust for Public Land recently purchased the Ocean Meadows Golf Club, a 63-acre property in Goleta with plans to restore the area to its natural state of wetlands and eventually donate it to UCSB....
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Campus Model U.N. Debaters Commended for Excellence

UCSB’s Model United Nations team was awarded “Distinguished Delegation” during the 2013 National Model United Nations competition held last week in New York City from March 24th to the 28th. One...
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Coast Guard Takes Smuggled Reefer Near Channel Islands

On Sunday morning, crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alert recovered approximately 3.3 tons of marijuana floating in the Pacific Ocean near the Channel Islands. During a routine patrol, a ...
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Police Blotter

Last week, Santa Barbra police officials made three different arrests for large-scale drug charges, with one arrest involving a Santa Barbara City College student found to be in possession of one poun...
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Luminarium Returns to UCSB for Second Time

Shannon Ham Staff Writer   Associated Students Program Board and Architects of Air will open the Exxopolis Luminarium on the Lagoon and Faculty Club Lawns tomorrow, with the exhibit remaining ope...
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Students Call For Attention, Promote Justice In Palestine

Yesterday, Students for Justice in Palestine erected a wall outside Girvetz Hall in order to draw attention to the condition of the Palestinian people, along with presenting a petition asking the scho...
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Associated Students Holds Student-Run Textbook Trade

Haley Kulik Staff Writer   Associated Students Office of the President and Academic Affairs Board will host a Textbook Marketplace this afternoon in Storke Plaza from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., in w...
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