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Pollock Theater To Host Series of Movie Screenings

The Pollock Theater will launch its “Script to Screen” series through screenings of the movies Dead Poets Society and 10 Things I Hate About You, which will be followed by Q&A sessions with th...
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Campus Groups To Rally Voters, Discourage Apathy

  Voter Registration Volunteer Coalition and UCSB CalPIRG are hosting a local youth voting campaign today from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the Santa Rosa Residence Hall lawn in order to prevent student a...
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Lecture To Explore Effects of Rising Sea Level

This Friday, the 2012-13 Critical Issues in America series will kick off this year’s theme of “Figuring Sea Level Rise” with its first installment, which will discuss the role of global warming ...
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UCSB Red Cross Joins Hurricane Relief Effort

In light of ongoing natural disaster relief efforts on the East Coast, the UCSB American Red Cross group will host a blood drive today in front of the Thunderdome from 1 to 5 p.m. UCSB Red Cross is ho...
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2012 Ballot Measures Incite Significant Oppositional and Support Funding for Issues

Monetary influence on the democratic process will be explored this week as Californians head to the ballot box to decide on a variety of heavily funded social and economic propositions. Initiatives of...
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Acclaimed Author Hector Tobar Wins Luis Leal Award

Last Wednesday, Los Angeles Times journalist and internationally acclaimed novelist Hector Tobar was awarded UC Santa Barbara’s 2012 Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature at a...
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UCSB Joins Program to Explore Effects of Urbanization in Ghana

A study by UCSB geography researchers and researchers at San Diego State University, George Washington University and the University of Ghana will analyze land change in the country of Ghana and its t...
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Associated Students Discuss Hurricane Relief, I.V. Lighting

In contrast to last week’s lengthy meeting, the Associated Students Senate completed business in under three hours at this week’s meeting, which was rescheduled for Thursday to accommodate Hallowe...
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Annual Mexican Literature Conference Celebrates Influential Authors, Hosts International Scholars

UCSB held its 15th annual colloquium celebrating Mexican literature, which consisted of a three-day series of events beginning last Thursday and continuing until Saturday. The colloquium took place on...
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UC Online Education Program To Open Courses to Non-UC Students

In light of plans to begin offering online UC courses to non-UC students, UC Online Education Interim Director Keith Williams discussed various short and long-term development plans regarding the futu...
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Daily Nexus Presents Proposition Endorsements

Proposition 30: yes This ballot initiative provides the students of the University of California system the long-awaited break from continuous tuition hikes they have endured and fiercely campaigned a...
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Voters To Decide on Tax Increases, Education Funding With Prop 30

With Proposition 30 on this season’s election ballot, California voters will have the chance to determine whether California’s pub- lic education sector — including the University of California ...
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SB Theatre Hosts Eco-Fundraiser

The inaugural three-city Save the Waves Film Festival Tour, a non-profit fundraising effort for clean beaches, will kick off tonight at 6 p.m. in Santa Barbara’s Arlington Theatre. Along with live m...
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UCSB Professors Receive Awards in Communication

UCSB communication professors Linda Putnam and Howard Giles will receive awards of national recognition from the National Communication Association this November. Putnam and Giles will be recognized a...
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Simpson-Bowles Legislators To Discuss America’s Financial Position, Solutions

UCSB Arts & Lectures is hosting a presentation in Campbell Hall tonight at 8 p.m. entitled America’s Debt and Deficit Crisis: Issues and Solutions, during which the National Commission on Fiscal...
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