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UCSB Student Receives Honor

January 9, 2012 by

Fourth-year ecology major Anai Novoa received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring early last month in Washington, D.C., on behalf of the San Diego-b...
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Police Find Smuggling Boat

January 9, 2012 by

Off-duty Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department deputies found a boat likely used for illegal drug smuggling abandoned at sea north of Refugio Beach last Monday and are on the lookout for more. A...
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UCSB Ranked in Top 10 Universities Worldwide

January 4, 2012 by

The Center for Science and Technologies Studies at the Netherlands’ Leiden University ranked UC Santa Barbara 7th of 500 major universities worldwide last month, using a scale centered on global...
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Gaucho, Nonprofit Honored by White House

January 4, 2012 by

Fourth-year ecology major Anai Novoa received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring earlier this month in Washington, D.C. on behalf of the San Diego-...
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Regents Move to Closed Meeting As Students Express Dissent

December 1, 2011 by

During a closed meeting on Monday, the UC Board of Regents unanimously approved an 8 percent increase in systemwide spending, awarded pay raises to several UC administrators and voted to request an ad...
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Two Arrested as Accessories in Isla Vista Stabbing Case

November 23, 2011 by

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office arrested two women last month for their suspected involvement in 26-year-old Santa Barbara resident, Vincent Velasquez’s murder last May. Twenty-year-old ...
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Occupy SB Creates Community Ties

November 23, 2011 by

The Occupy Santa Barbara movement, centered in De La Guerra Plaza, continues to sustain its efforts after more than 50 days since its first demonstration. Occupy SB plans to hold additional marches an...
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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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