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UCSB Professor Develops Efficient Light Displays

The National Academy of Television and Sciences will honor UCSB materials, electrical and computer engineering professor Shuji Nakamura at the 63rd Annual Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards this J...
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Air Force Calls Off Test on Peace Day

The Air Force Global Strike Command cancelled yesterday’s scheduled test launch of a Minuteman III nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in order to finish anal...
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UC Regents Reveal Long-Term Budget Plan

Following a $650 million funding reduction for higher education in California’s latest state budget, the UC Regents unveiled a long-term budget plan last week suggesting that student contributions t...
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Students Urge Brown to Make Dream Act Reality

Students and UC workers’ union members from across the state gathered in Sacramento on Monday in support of AB 131 — the second half of the California DREAM Act — which would enable students wit...
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Council Unifies Programs to Address Transiency

The Santa Barbara City Council unanimously passed a motion on Tuesday endorsing the consolidation of regional homeless advisory committees with several nonprofit organizations in an effort to minimize...
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Organizations Unite to Clean County Beaches

Volunteers will head to the Santa Barbara coastline this Saturday to obliterate litter from 28 of the county’s beaches, creeks and other environmentally sensitive sites during the 27th annual Califo...
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UCSB Library Receives Thoreau Collection

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Davidson Library’s Thoreau Edition a grant of $245,000 last month, giving UCSB a 28-volume trove of writings from the famed author and philosoph...
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I.V. Community Mourns UCSB Student’s Death

Friends gathered at Campus Point Tuesday Sept. 6 to mourn the death and commemorate the life of UCSB student Mark Andrew Romasanta, II. The 22 year-old Santa Barbara native was last seen on the 6600 b...
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Revamped UCen To Welcome Local Shop, Healthy Eateries

This Fall, four business spaces within the University Center will close their doors to make way for new on-campus vendors including the Alternative Copy Shop, Subway, Wahoo’s Fish Tacos and Root 217...
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UC Deals With Slashed Funding

The UC Office of the President recently released its annual report on UC system-wide employee compensation, highlighting the decline in state funding but also showing an increase in revenue generated ...
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UCSB to Welcome New Students at Convocation

New Student Convocation will take place on September 19 from 3 to 4 pm on the Faculty Club Green to welcome freshmen and transfer students to the greater UCSB community of scholars and students. The c...
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Insurance Hikes Fees, Expands Health Coverage

Beginning Sept. 18, all UC students will fall under a newly restructured Student Health Insurance Plan. The new program will cost $300 more per year for undergraduates but now includes dental coverage...
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Santa Barbara Remembers 9/11 Events 10 Years Later

Santa Barbara County residents gathered at several local memorials on Sunday to honor the victims of the September 11 attacks exactly 10 years after the tragedy struck. The events included a “Day of...
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Santa Barbara Airport Opens More Modern Terminal

The Santa Barbara Airport opened its new terminal on August 18 to improve services and amenities for the 750,000 passengers travelling annually through the Goleta airfield. The $54 million project con...
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Dating Site Plays Matchmaker Within Campus Communities

Looking for a college sweetheart? Log in to DateMySchool.com, a dating website created by Columbia University students Balazs Alexa and Jean Meyer that matches students across departments within the s...
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