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UCSB Installs New Alarm Speakers

January 24, 2013 by

UCSB administrators have installed five new emergency speakers to alert campus members of oncoming tsunamis and other emergency situations and disasters, testing the new devices on Monday. The univers...
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Increase in CA Law School Accreditation Standards Requires Greater Number of Students to Pass Bar

January 23, 2013 by

Students looking to enter law school this year will face a system of greater scrutiny due to the California Committee of Bar Examiners’ recent decision to increase accreditation standards for Califo...
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Weekend Wrap-Up

January 23, 2013 by

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to three burglaries and several alcohol- related incidents over the three-day Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend. Officers responded to a reported theft on the 800...
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Sen. Jackson Selected For Women’s Rights League

January 23, 2013 by

State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson has been elected vice-chair of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus (LWC), allowing her to now lead the way for new legislation and other advocacy of women’s...
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Brown Begins Push for Efficient UC Spending as Regents Navigate Through Financial Turmoil

January 23, 2013 by

Despite the passage of Proposition 30 — which protected the UC from a $375 million funding cut — fiscal struggles have yet to disappear from the University’s agenda. While the most recent Board ...
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New Keystone Class Examines Immigrant Experiences

January 23, 2013 by

A newly offered senior capstone course at UCSB titled “Uncertainty Experiences Among Undocumented Immigrants in Santa Barbara County” explores the struggles implicit in the constant uncertainty ex...
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Engineers Create Instrument That Detects Molecules Through Smell

January 23, 2013 by

A team of scientists brought together through UCSB’s Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies recently engineered a device that biomimics a dog’s scent receptors in order to identify various mo...
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Flu Cases in SB Dwindle From Previous Year

January 23, 2013 by

Despite the Center for Disease Control and Prevention declaring the recent nationwide influenza outbreak to be one of the worst of the decade, the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department reports...
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President Yudof Steps Down

January 22, 2013 by

In the midst of the University of California’s struggle to overcome a host of budgetary challenges, University President Mark Yudof announced on Friday that he would step down and open the way for ...
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Homeland Security To Investigate Human Smuggling After Panga Boat Found In Goleta

January 22, 2013 by

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is investigating the possibility of human smuggling after a 30-foot panga boat was found washed up on Goleta Beach last Friday morning. The fiberglass boat, wh...
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UCSB Boasts Increase In Diversity Through Minority Applicants

January 22, 2013 by

This year, UCSB received a record number of applicants — numbering 76,026 — and showed a 14 percent increase in the number of applications from underrepresented minority students, reflecting a nat...
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Carsey-Wolf Center Promotes Film Preservation Via Screenings

January 22, 2013 by

UCSB’s Carsey-Wolf Center will screen the 1950’s crime and drama film “The Hoodlum” tonight at 7 p.m. in the Pollock Theater as part of “The Future of the Past: The Art and Philosophy of Fil...
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Winter Career Fair To Offer Job, Networking Opportunities

January 22, 2013 by

UCSB’s Career Services is hosting their Winter Career Fair today at the University Center’s Corwin Pavilion, where students from all departments of the College of Engineering and the College of Le...
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Environmentalists Appeal for Further Preservation of Great Whites

January 22, 2013 by

Non-profit wildlife organizations Oceana, the Center for Biological Diversity and Shark Stewards are seeking approval from the California Fish and Game Commission for a petition that would raise prote...
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Dome Will Be Loco for Blue-Green Rivalry

January 18, 2013 by

College basketball rivalries are synonymous with rocking gyms, rabid fans and exciting play. Throw in a televised game, and UC Santa Barbara’s match up against rival Cal Poly on Saturday has the ing...
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