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Falk Addresses Controversial Boston Bombing Post

UCSB visiting professor and United Nations Special Rapporteur Richard Falk recently became enmeshed in a flurry of controversy after publishing a blog post entitled “A Commentary on the Marathon Mur...
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Reel Loud Film Festival Hosts Carnival, Movie

Today, the Reel Loud Film Festival will be hosting a free carnival and screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s film “Rear Window” on the SRB Lawn, with carnival events beginning at 4:30 p.m. Planned by ...
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32nd Annual Summit Discusses State of Economy

UCSB Arts & Lectures is collaborating with the UCSB Economic Forecast Project to host the 32nd Annual Santa Barbara County Economic Summit this morning at Granada Theater. The event will include d...
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Students Get Involved in Local Community for Volunteer Week

The Community Affairs Board is currently hosting their first Volunteer Week, a six-day series of events offering volunteer opportunities and information for students on campus. So far, the week’s ev...
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Ice Skating Club To Present Annual Ice Blocking Event

The UCSB Ice Skating Club will hold its Xtreme Ice Blocking event near the lawn by the UCen facing the lagoon this Friday at noon. Xtreme Ice Blocking is an annual event and currently the only on-camp...
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Secure Coding Competition Awards UCSB Students Third-Place Prize

Last week, fourth-year computer science majors Dane Pitkin, Nathan Crandall and Justin Rushing took third place at a global hacking competition in Singapore called Hardcode. The secure coding competit...
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Students Bring Custom Surfboards to Isla Vista

Isla Vista will be welcoming a brand new surfboard business called The First Floor, which will be retailing customized, handcrafted surfboards. UCSB students Jeff Svoboda and Will Howard have turned t...
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Students Rally Against Sexual Assault in I.V.

Associated Students organization Take Back the Night gathered at Anisq’ Oyo’ Park yesterday evening to rally through the streets of Isla Vista in observance of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Begi...
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Police Pursue Reckless Driver Through Isla Vista, Suspect Flees Damaged Vehicle, Turns Himself In

UCPD officers attempted to stop a black Ford Fusion for driving recklessly in Isla Vista on Saturday night but were led on a brief car chase that ended in an accident on El Colegio Road. On Saturday, ...
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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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