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Goleta Skateboarding Movement Helps Create Interim Skate Park

The increasing popularity of skateboarding in Goleta, along with the efforts of the Goleta Skateboarding Movement, have led to the proposed design of a tempo- rary skate park in the city, which will b...
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A.S. To Look Into Lack of Proper Lighting in I.V.

Due to the abundance of nonfunctioning lights and poorly lit areas on Isla Vista streets, safety concerns have arisen within the campus community and Associated Students senators are now organizing ne...
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Regents Kick Off Meeting With Debates on Health Care, Audits, Eco-Friendly Buildings

Yesterday’s UC Board of Regents meeting at UCSF Mission Bay touched on potential improvements and changes to the university, including the supposed need for increased environmental sustainability at...
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UC System To Reconsider Viability of Online Classes

At today’s UC Board of Regents meeting, officials will discuss the future of online courses — which the university has spent $4.3 million to market, despite enrolling just one non-UC student after...
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An Ancient Gaucho Looks Back

Harvey B. Schechter, class of 1947, recounts a few of his experiences attending Santa Barbara State College — the predecessor to UCSB. Schechter gives current Gauchos a look into what life was like ...
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CalPIRG Blends Solar-Powered Smoothies, Educates on Energy Efficiency

CalPIRG offered up free smoothies to students strolling by the Arbor yesterday as part of an effort to showcase the powers of energy-efficiency and affordability found in the solar-powered blenders th...
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Award-Winning War Reporter, Author To Speak in Campbell Hall

Pulitzer Prize-winner Dexter Filkins — author of the New York Times best-seller The Forever War and former New York Times combat journalist — will give a free lecture discussing his first-hand exp...
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UCSB To Offer TMP’s New Business Degree

After eight years of planning, UCSB’s Technology Management Program has finally achieved full academic program status, meaning that as of fall 2014 students can earn a business degree for the first ...
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Stein Discusses This Week’s Regents Meeting

This week, the UC Board of Regents will meet at UCSF Mission Bay to discuss a multitude of issues facing the University — the fate of UC online education courses, the potential for future tuition hi...
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Weekend Wrap-Up

The I.V. Foot Patrol responded to several incidents this weekend, including a street fire, a fall from the beachside cliffs and other alcohol-related crimes. According to I.V. Foot Patrol Lieutenant R...
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Study Examines Plant Species Diversity In California

A new study conducted by UCSB’s National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis indicates that low plant extinction rates spanning the last 45 million years have led to more diverse plant life...
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County Health Reveals Storm Runoff Caused Sands Beach Closure

In light of last week’s warning at Sands Beach — which required beachgoers to avoid going within 50 feet of storm drains and creek mouths at the location — representatives from Santa Barbara Cou...
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Schedule for 2013 Santa Barbara International Film Festival Revealed

The 28th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival will begin on Jan. 24 at the Arlington Theatre, honoring several prominent members of the film industry and introducing new films to the publi...
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Student Groups Put On Golf Tournament to Fundraise for Wounded Warrior Project

UCSB’s Student Veterans Organization and Future Leaders of America hosted a golf tournament fundraiser last Saturday at the Ocean Meadows Golf Course in Goleta. As one of their largest local fundrai...
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Magic Lantern Screens Cult Classic Film, Hosts Director Q&A

UCSB Magic Lantern Films presented a screening of the romantic drama “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” last Friday at Isla Vista Theater, allowing student questions to be answered by the book’s ...
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