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Film Uncovers Injustices, Child Slavery Driving Grenada’s Chocolate Production

Last Thursday, the Associated Students Human Rights Board screened the documentary film “Nothing Like Chocolate” followed by a Q&A session with director Kum-Kum Bhavnani, a UCSB sociology prof...
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Geography Professor Chosen For National Advisory Group

Geography professor Keith Clarke was recently appointed as one of 13 new members of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee for a three-year term. The NGAC is an interagency committee that reports ...
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A.S. Backs Green Movement, Reforms Elections

Associated Students Senate voted to overturn a presidential veto of last week’s revisions to the elections code and unanimously approved a resolution supporting divestment from fossil fuel companies...
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Philanthropy Around The World: Peace Corps Welcomes SB Alumni

UCSB ranked in the top 10 colleges that sent graduates into the Peace Corps for 2013, with 76 alumni currently participating in the U.S. government’s volunteer program. This new ranking marks an inc...
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UCSB To Offer New Business Degree

UCSB’s Technology Management Program has been granted full academic-unit status and will be offering students a graduate degree in business starting in the fall of 2014. The program, which is part o...
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Former Gaucho David Takes Shot at MLS

After being drafted 44th in the MLS Supplemental Draft on Jan. 22 by the Colorado Rapids, former Gaucho Machael David is currently in Colorado training with the team. According to David, the Rapids ar...
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Students Rally In Favor of College Loan Grace Period

Students marched from the Arbor to Storke Plaza yesterday to protest high levels of student loan debt and other fiscal struggles facing students, showing their support for the anti-student debt campai...
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Alleged Hazing Injury Forces Shutdown of Campus Team

After decades of participating in National Collegiate Water Ski competitions, the UCSB Waterski and Wakeboard team has been suspended by the university due to allegations of hazing. The UCSB Recreatio...
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Emancipation Proclamation Exhibit Debuts at Davidson Library

Davidson Library hosted the opening of a new exhibition commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, with history professor John Majewski discussing the 19th century anti-sl...
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Universities Take Students With Debts to Court

Several prominent universities, such as George Washington University, University of Pennsylvania and Yale University, are suing former students for defaulting on Perkins student loan repayments, accor...
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Reuters Wins UC Lawsuit

As of last Monday, the University of California Regents will be forced to disclose information regarding a number of the University’s investments into private venture capital funds, following a succ...
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Weekend Wrap-Up

Last weekend Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to numerous incidents of burglary and made several alcohol-related citations and arrests. IVFP Lieutenant Ray Vuillemainroy said the burglary of a residen...
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Human Rights Week Features Films, Lectures, Workshops

Associated Students Human Rights Board is holding 26 events this week focusing on a range of social issues including cultural identification, environment, sexuality, student debt and cross-categories ...
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Reconsidering Last Week’s Abortion Debate

As members of End Fake Clinics, a reproductive justice group on campus, we were happy to see the Nexus address the presence of the anti-abortion advocates on the UCSB campus, however implicitly, throu...
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Geography Dept. Creates Map of Campus, Local Features

The UCSB Geography Dept. recently released their Interactive Campus Map — an online map that allows students to see find campus amenities such as “hydration stations” as well as tours and other ...
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