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UC Starts Inquiry on Rally Violence

November 23, 2011 by

UC President Mark Yudof and the California State Legislature announced yesterday that they will launch separate investigations into recent university police violence against student protesters at UC B...
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Civil Wars Wow at Lobero

November 23, 2011 by

Last Friday night, acclaimed musical duo the Civil Wars performed at the Lobero Theater in downtown Santa Barbara in a show that sold out in August. In an environment where popular music is dominated ...
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UC Davis Protests Police Actions

November 22, 2011 by

An estimated 5,000 students, faculty, alumni and community members gathered at UC Davis yesterday for a rally in response to the campus police’s use of pepper spray on peaceful student protesters la...
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Police Investigate Additional Vandalism

November 22, 2011 by

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. detectives found several defaced surfaces at UCSB’s Snidecor Hall that contained graffiti referencing last week’s arson attack on the Isla Vista Foot Patrol ...
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Local Launches Support Site for Abuse Victims

November 22, 2011 by

Zoie Brown, a 19-year-old Santa Barbara resident, founded the online organization Victims Get Vocal as a network of resources and support for victims of sexual abuse. Brown and her mother Kristin co-f...
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Nature Groups Combine to Conserve Local Trails

November 22, 2011 by

Four of Santa Barbara’s trail organizations have collaborated to form the Santa Barbara Outdoor Volunteers program for local residents to collectively organize trail maintenance projects throughout ...
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Protests Result in Police Violence

November 21, 2011 by

During a non-violent ‘Occupy’ demonstration at UC Davis on Friday afternoon, Chancellor Linda Katehi called in a retinue of riot police to disperse student activists, resulting in 10 arrests and t...
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Community Convenes for Social Change

November 21, 2011 by and

Associated Students’ Human Rights Board brought students, faculty and community members together for a “Peace in the Park” demonstration in Isla Vista’s People’s Park on Saturday. The rally ...
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Regents Set New Date to Discuss Administration

November 21, 2011 by

Amid growing demonstrations against fee hikes across UC campuses, the Board of Regents announced that it will hold its postponed meeting, originally scheduled for last week, via teleconference on Nov....
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Blue Man Group To Take Center Stage in S.B.

November 21, 2011 by

The azure entertainers of Blue Man Group will make their Santa Barbara debut at 8 o’clock tonight at the Granada Theatre downtown. The internationally renowned squadron of bald, blue-skinned men com...
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Students Protest UC Failings

November 18, 2011 by

UC students across the state have answered violence from university police and the administration’s indefinite postponement of this week’s Board of Regents meeting with numerous peaceful demonstra...
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County Denies Appropriations for Bag Inquiry

November 18, 2011 by

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted down a motion to contribute $15,000 toward an Environmental Impact Report on banning single-use plastic bags in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties i...
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Writers Share Selected Stories

November 18, 2011 by

The College of Creative Studies hosted its second Penny Reading, a monthly event featuring oral storytelling by students, alumni and other local writers, yesterday at the Blue Agave in downtown Santa ...
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Institute Educates Despite Persecution

November 18, 2011 by

Prior to receiving his Ph.D. at Princeton University, UCSB postdoctoral physics researcher Pedram Roushan graduated from the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education. The BIHE is an underground univers...
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Club To Reappropriate Surplus Finances

November 18, 2011 by

The UCSB Office of Student Life recently established the After Dark Club to create non-alcoholic weekend social events for students in Isla Vista. The club receives excess funds from the university’...
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