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A.S. Finance Board Deliberates Campus Organization Funding

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...
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Joshua Foer Lectures On UCSB Reads Selection

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 ...
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Humanities Center Talks About Ethics of Using Drones for War

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 pres...
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Local Safety Concerns and Issues Discussed at Latest IVRPD Meeting

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 ge...
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Regents Form Panel To Begin Search for Successor to President Yudof

The University of California Board of Regents has created a special committee to begin the search and nomination process for selecting a new president of the UC system, who will succeed current UC Pre...
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UCSB Hopes To Scientifically Inspire Others with Nanoscience Festival

The UCSB Nanofabrication Facility will host a nanoscale science festival called NanoDays at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History on March 16 and 17. Sponsored by the National Nanotechnology Inf...
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Students, Congressmembers Call for UC Healthcare Reform

University of California President Mark Yudof stated that the UC is considering removing the cap on UC student health insurance, after Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Lois Capps and eight other congressional repre...
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Williams Proposes Bill to Ban Inhumane Trapping

Assemblymember Das Williams recently proposed a bill aimed at ensuring humane wildlife treatment by wildlife trapping industries. Private nuisance wildlife control operators are currently licensed by ...
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UCSB Disc Golfer Achieves World Record At Isla Vista Fundraiser

UCSB Disk Golf team member Mike Sale recently broke the world record for the most disc golf holes played in a 24-hour period. Sale accomplished the feat last month during a fundraiser in Isla Vista, w...
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A.S. Senators, Community Groups Debate New Resolution’s Validity

During last night’s Associated Students Senate meeting, various campus organizations came forward in public forum to address the recent controversy surrounding the UCSB Confessions and UCSB Hook-Ups...
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Goleta Remembers Oil Field Shelling of 1942

Last Saturday marked the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack on Ellwood Oil Field in Goleta — the first and only attack on U.S. mainland soil by a foreign nation since the War of 1812. The attac...
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Goleta Earns High Ranking on List of America’s Safest Cities

Goleta is reportedly one of the safest cities in the country according to NeighborhoodScout[[.com]], an enterprise-grade data collector for every neighborhood and city in the United States. The Santa ...
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UCSB Anthropologist Receives Praise for Upcoming Book

Over the course of four years, UCSB anthropologist Jeffrey Hoelle spent a total of 18 months in Acre, Brazil tapping rubber and rounding up cattle while studying the social dynamics contributing to de...
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Foundation Awards Prestigious Fellowship to Assistant Professor

David Weld, assistant professor of physics at UCSB, has been awarded a two-year $50,000 fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to aid and further his research. Founded in 1934, the Alfred Sloa...
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Organization Educates Students About Stress, Eating Disorders

Yesterday, Active Minds hosted the first in a series of three informational events from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. across from the Student Resource Building as part of this year’s National Eating Disorder...
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