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Armenian Assocation Advocates Awareness

January 27, 2012 by

Members of UCSB’s Armenian Student Association gathered in silent protest yesterday near Girvetz Hall in objection to the Turkish government and the international community’s failure to officially...
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I.V. Skate Shop To Celebrate Opening

January 26, 2012 by

The Isla Vista Movement Boardshop is hosting a grand opening party this Saturday from 4:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. after skating its way to a new location on Pardall Road. The shop — open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. ...
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Beloved Psychology Professor To Deliver Pseudo-Final Lecture

January 26, 2012 by

Psychology professor Alan Fridlund, best known by students for his popular Introduction to Psychology course, will consider the approach of his death and give his ‘last lecture’ at 8 p.m. in Embar...
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UC Scholars Receive Grants For EAP Study

January 26, 2012 by

The United States Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded 215 UC undergraduates its prestigious Gilman Scholarship this year, with 51 honorees at UCSB alone. Students received a total of $9...
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Student-Run Startup To Expand Business

January 26, 2012 by

SBprinter.com, a student and alumni-owned storefront, is scheduled to open at the Isla Vista Bookstore early next month. The store provides course readers, pamphlets, business cards and other printing...
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Campus Ad Request Causes Controversy

January 26, 2012 by

Student government representatives grappled with the issue of restricting on-campus advertising by Crisis Pregnancy Centers during last night’s Associated Students Legislative Council meeting. If pa...
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Delay of Guantanamo Bay Closure Incites Protests

January 25, 2012 by

Human rights activists marched from the White House to the Supreme Court building earlier this month to protest the perpetually delayed closure of the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay. The group ...
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Student Sues UC Over Employment Policy

January 25, 2012 by

Fourth-year global studies major Alexander Stern has filed a case against the UC regarding the employment policy of the Disabled Students’ Program, which allegedly bans disabled people from applying...
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Universities Study Effects of Weed on Lung Health

January 25, 2012 by

In a national study, researchers at UC San Francisco found that a low to moderate level of marijuana usage is less harmful to the pulmonary system than tobacco use. The researchers believe the data ca...
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UCSD Tests How Smokers Quit

January 25, 2012 by

The UC San Diego School of Medicine released an update in this year’s Annual Review of Public Health about the most successful techniques for helping modern smokers ash the habit. The group made sig...
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Scientists Relate Liquor to Endorphins Release

January 25, 2012 by

UC San Francisco researchers have linked alcohol addiction to the release of endorphins in the human brain, marking the first time these feel-good chemicals were directly related to alcohol use in Hom...
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Alumnus Produces Crime Thriller

January 24, 2012 by

What do a former Gaucho and Bernie Madoff have in common, you ask? Money laundering. Sean Meier, an alumnus of the communication program and former Division I golfer at UCSB, has found his niche in Ho...
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Regents Move Meeting To Rally at Capitol

January 24, 2012 by

The UC Board of Regents announced last week that it plans to relocate this year’s May 16 and 17 meeting from its original location at UC San Francisco to Sacramento, where regents will join UC stude...
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Weekend Wrap-Up

January 24, 2012 by

The I.V. Foot Patrol responded to an assault, theft and several alcohol-related crimes this weekend. Deputies received a report of a physical assault at 1:40 a.m. Saturday on the 700 block of Embarcad...
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Advocates Aim to Renew Law Against Violence

January 24, 2012 by

Earlier this month, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris joined 53 other attorneys general from across the country in petitioning the U.S. Congress to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Ac...
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