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UCSB Alum Builds Environmental Monitoring System

UCSB alumnus Mark Kram, founder of Groundswell Technologies, Inc., is developing environmental monitoring software that seeks to improve current methods of resource management. Groundswell, created by...
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Small Cakes Send Big Messages in I.V.

Several UCSB students are collaborating with SBMenus.com this Valentine’s Day to play Cupid and deliver handmade cupcakes for all of Isla Vista’s special someones. Third-year global studies major ...
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Gauchos Snap Three-Game Losing Skid With Win Over Fullerton

Finally the shots went down. A tremendous second half by the UCSB women’s basketball team resulted in a 52-39 victory against Cal State Fullerton. The much needed victory was the 39th consecutive wi...
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Activists Reveal Inmate Rights Issues

Local advocacy group Families ACT! and several community members gathered for a press conference yesterday outside the Santa Barbara County Jail to address the growing issue of inmates receiving inade...
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Brown’s Funding Plan Takes Heat

The state Legislative Analyst’s Office released a report on Wednesday advising against Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to remove earmarks on state funding for the UC and the CSU, thereby giving school...
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Women Host UC Davis, Men Travel North to Face Oregon, Washington

The No. 67 UCSB women’s tennis team will play its first match at home on Saturday against No. 64 UC Davis. The Gauchos (0-4) are looking to get on the winning track against the Aggies (2-5) in their...
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World-Class Locals To Surf at Rincon

Local surfers will get “pitted, so pitted” this weekend along Santa Barbara’s legendary coastline during the 29th annual Rincon Classic surf contest. The power-packed professionals’ heat will ...
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New Bill Could Provide Students With Financial Aid Options

State Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez proposed a plan on Wednesday to provide more scholarship money for middle-class UC and CSU students. If passed, the bill would provide $1 billion to students alre...
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State Seeks Loans from Colleges

The state of California plans to borrow up to $200 million from the UC system for the operation of its general fund following the discovery of an emergency shortfall in its budget. The funds will not ...
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Police Book Conman on Burglary Charges

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. arrested 21 year-old Arkansas resident Mathew Brian Hensley on Wednesday morning for his alleged involvement in a recent string of Goleta burglaries. The SBC...
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Nonprofit To Endorse Violence Prevention

Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara County will host an event this Thursday in the Santa Barbara Central Library to educate the community about teen dating violence and prevention. The progr...
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SBCC Students To Receive ETP Aid

The Santa Barbara Foundation recently granted $75,000 to the Foundation for Santa Barbara City College to create a new Express to Transfer Program that would hasten students’ transition between SBCC...
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Website To Assist Renters In Local Real Estate Sales

UCSB alumnus Kevin Sloan founded the networking site easycollegeliving.com to provide students with information on upcoming community events and various local housing options. The site aims to conveni...
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Upcoming Forum To Explore New Religious Perspectives

Westmont College biology professor Jeff Schloss and Biblical studies professor Tremper Longman will host a forum at 7 p.m. today in the Isla Vista Theatre to discuss evolution in relation to the bibli...
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Appeals Court Opposes Prop 8

Yesterday morning, California opponents of Proposition 8 celebrated a landmark decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled the 2008 ban on same-sex marriage...
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