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March 7, 2013

Students Address Senate About Racial, Minority Issues at UCSB

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

  During last night’s Associated Students Senate meeting, the Associated Students Student Advocate General Yoel Haile addressed the campus’s senators with a list of demands from the Black Student Union. Haile pr...

March 7, 2013

Summit To Host Black Leaders To Network and Promote Organizations

By Shannon Ham

Shannon Ham Staff Writer   UCSB First Committee is hosting their second annual Black Leaders Summit event today from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Mosher Alumni House. UCSB First is a volunteer student organization sponso...

March 7, 2013

San Joaquin Project Concerns Local Residents

By Hannah Nelson

Hannah Nelson Staff Writer   UCSB Housing and Residential Services will be in the process of constructing the new university housing site San Joaquin — an apartment complex to be located north of Santa Catalina Re...

March 6, 2013

Students Attend Education Protest, Discuss Legislation

By Jonathan Rogers

Nearly 5,000 college students from around California descended on the state Capitol building in Sacramento this past Monday to demand educational reform from state legislators. The annual event, called the “March in Ma...

March 6, 2013

New Icon Gardens Building To Provide More I.V. Housing

By Staff Report

The developers behind ICON UCSB will open a new 30-unit apartment complex called Icon Gardens on Seville Road this upcoming fall. ICON established its presence in Isla Vista last fall with the opening of ICON UCSB at 654...

March 6, 2013

Panel Discusses Controversy Over Pope’s Recent Resignation

By Emile Nelson

Last night the UCSB History Associates hosted a panel of professors at the University Club in downtown Santa Barbara to discuss the future implications of the recent resignation of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, as well as ...

March 6, 2013

UCSB Police Hold Forum on Gun-Related Safety Precautions as Part of Campus Education Series

By Natalie Cassvan

Yesterday afternoon, the UCSB Police Department held a seminar in Campbell Hall advising students, faculty and staff on the proper way to respond to active shooting and hostage situations on campus. The Active Shooting S...

March 6, 2013

UC Administration, Students Debate Pros, Cons of Online Courses

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Gov. Jerry Brown recently allocated $10 million in state funding toward a University of California online education program, sparking dissent and discussion among various UC faculty, students and university officials. Th...

March 6, 2013

Student Group Raises Funds to Provide Aid in Central America

By Haley Kulik

This summer the UCSB Global Medical and Dental Brigades will travel to Honduras to provide free health services to communities with limited access to medical care. Although the volunteer organizations are primarily compr...

March 6, 2013

UC Administration, Students Debate Pros, Cons of Online Courses

By Robert Johnson

Gov. Jerry Brown recently allocated $10 million in state funding toward a University of California online education program, sparking dissent and discussion among various UC faculty, students and university officials. Th...

March 5, 2013

Q&A With Armen: A.S. President Talks About Rally on State Budgets, Prop. 30, Financial Aid

By Rilla Peng

Yesterday roughly 5,000 students from the University of California, California State University and California Community College systems joined forces to protest at the State Capitol in Sacramento, addressing ongoing bud...

March 5, 2013

Weekend Wrap-Up

By Jimmy Chang

Over the weekend, Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to several alcohol-related cases, with no major cases being reported. According to Lt. Ray Vuillemainroy, the weekend was fairly incident-free besides a few alcohol-base...

March 5, 2013

A.S. Finance Board Deliberates Campus Organization Funding

By Tiffany Park

Yesterday, Finance Board met and discussed potential funding for 22 clubs and organizations looking to receive financial assistance from UCSB Associated Students. Organizations which requested funding at the meeting incl...

March 5, 2013

Joshua Foer Lectures On UCSB Reads Selection

By Staff Report

Author and 2006 U.S.A. Memory Champion Joshua Foer discussed his book Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything before a packed venue last night in Campbell Hall as the final event of the 2...

March 4, 2013

Humanities Center Talks About Ethics of Using Drones for War

By Emile Nelson

Last Thursday, UCSB’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Center hosted a symposium focused on examining the ethical and tangible repercussions of using drones for targeted killing. A set of panelists presented art, research ...

March 4, 2013

Local Safety Concerns and Issues Discussed at Latest IVRPD Meeting

By Adam Courtin

Last Thursday, the Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District convened with community members for its weekly meeting, addressing a number of upcoming local civic projects and concerns. Beginning with general announcements,...