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UCI’s New Israeli Legislation Stirs Up UCSB Senate Meeting

In last night’s Associated Students Senate meeting, representatives from American Students for Israel and Students for Justice in Palestine appeared in public forum to discuss the Associated Student...
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Financial Aid Office To Reassess Student Support for Hurricane Victims

Last Friday, the UCSB Financial Aid and Scholarships Office announced that it will reassess financial aid provisions for students affected by the destruction of Hurricane Sandy. The effort — which w...
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UC Regents Discuss Budget Issues During This Week’s Meeting

The UC Board of Regents discussed UCSB’s Long Range Development Plan and a proposal to build the Faculty Office Building at the San Francisco Mission Bay campus yesterday during the first day of the...
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services To Possibly Remove Sea Otter Ban

Next month, California sea otters may finally gain back their legal right to swim freely in waters along the Southern California coastline after 24 years of the marine mammals being banned in a “no ...
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Assault in I.V. Sparks SB County Sheriff ’s Department Investigation

In the fourth reported sexual assault case against a woman since the beginning of the school year, a female student was assaulted at a party in Isla Vista last Saturday night. At around 1:00 a.m. the ...
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Former Gymnastics Coach Arrested On Underage Sexual Assault Charges

A former UCSB gymnastics coach has been arrested on child pornography charges in Oregon more than a decade after a civil suit was filed against him for sexually assaulting two underage girls during hi...
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Census Study Sees Steady Increase of Santa Barbara County Bike Commuters

A recent study conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau found that Santa Barbara County exceeded the national and Californian average for 2011 in percentage of commuters who bike to work. The annual study ...
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UCSB Private Donations Continue to Aid School Despite Public Funding Cuts

Private donations to UCSB hit a record high since 2000 this past year, more than tripling from $34 million during the 2010-11 academic year to $112 million in 2012. This year’s contributions increas...
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Community Honors Memory of UCSB Student at Candlelight Vigil

Last night, UCSB students gathered for a memorial vigil held beside the Music Building to celebrate the life of David Propp, who passed away last week. An open microphone allowed students to express t...
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Estate To Possibly Be Turned Into Museum

Last year, philanthropist, art patron and heiress Huguette Clark passed away at the age of 104, leaving behind a 23-acre estate that is now the topic of a heated legal dispute. Clark left behind two d...
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Hana Kitchen Opens Up on Pardall Road

A new vegan-friendly restaurant named Hana Kitchen recently opened at 6558 Pardall Road next to Blenders in the Grass in the space previously occupied by Fat Mo’s Burgers and Car Wash. A fusion of m...
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Goleta PD To Fund Anti-DUI Program to Reduce Accidents

The California Office of Traffic Safety awarded the Goleta Police Department a $68,250 grant to fund a year-long anti-DUI program. The grant provides support for 12 DUI sobriety checkpoints throughout...
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Professor To Detail Errors in Apocalypse Predictions

Chicano studies professor Gerardo Aldana will host a lecture on the common errors and misinterpretations surrounding Mayan proposals of apocalypse tonight at the University Club. “The Mayan Apocalyp...
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UCSB To Host Challenge for Young Entrepreneurs

MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast is hosting an Elevator Pitch Competition tomorrow night at 5 p.m. in the Corwin Pavilion, featuring two-minute business pitches from entrepreneurs. Prospectiv...
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UC, State of California, SB County Face Lawsuit Over Arrest Record Law

The University of California Police Department along with the state of California, the University of California, Santa Barbara County and Sheriff Bill Brown and California Highway Patrol of Santa Barb...
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