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Google Executive Chairman, CNN Host Get Social

Esteemed journalist Fareed Zakaria and Executive Chairman of Google Eric Schmidt will speak at 8 p.m. tonight in Santa Barbara’s Arlington Theatre to discuss social media’s influence on politics a...
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UCEAP Passes Baton to UCSB, Campus To Assume Leadership

UCSB administrators and the UC signed a Memorandum of Understanding giving control of the UC Education Abroad Program to UCSB campus administration. The agreement was signed by Chancellor Henry T. Yan...
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SB Subsidizes Solar Panels

Santa Barbara’s Community Environmental Council began their “Solarize Santa Barbara” program this month to increase domestic use of sustainable energy and reduce the community’s dependence on ...
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Toy Sale To Raise Funds, Benefit Cancer Patients

The Cancer Center of Santa Barbara will host its fourth Annual Kidz for a Cure toy sale fundraiser this Saturday at 9 a.m. The free event encourages children to sell their old toys, books and electron...
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Students Rate UCSB Faculty 20th in U.S.

UCSB ranked 20th on RateMyProfessors.com’s list of the top 25 highest ranking universities in the nation based on the site’s overall professor and campus ratings. The nationwide rankings were base...
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Mothers Call For Drug Reform

Santa Barbara’s chapter of the national organization A New PATH — Parents for Addiction Treatment and Healing — will participate in the organization’s new countrywide campaign to help end the ...
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Budget Cuts Excise Minor From Campus

The UCSB Dept. of Exercise & Sports Studies will eliminate its Exercise and Sports Studies minor after the university administration’s vote to cut the program last year due to budget constraints...
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Council Meets Controversy

Associated Students Legislative Council spent the majority of last night’s meeting discussing funding for College Republicans’ proposal to bring controversial speaker David Horowitz to campus. Aft...
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Economic Event To Educate Community

The UCSB Economic Forecast Project will host its 30th Annual Santa Barbara County Economic Summit today starting at 8 a.m. at Santa Barbara’s Granada Theatre. The half-day event — hosted by UCSB A...
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Nonprofit Wins First Place Prize

UCSB nonprofit group Environmental Education for the Next Generation won the Dockers “Wear the Pants” contest on Monday, May 2 and taking home the grand prize of $100,000. EENG, founded by UCSB st...
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Extravaganza Lineup Features Array of Genres

The UCSB Associated Students Program Board announced yesterday that this year’s Extravaganza music festival will feature Cee Lo Green, Rusko, Talib Kweli and The Expendables. This is the first year ...
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Racist Graffiti Marks Up SB County School

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. is investigating a crime involving racially offensive vandalism that occurred last weekend at the Ralph Dunlap Elementary School in Santa Maria. The school...
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Students Voice Concerns at A.S. Forum

Associated Students held a transitional forum yesterday in the MultiCultural Center to encourage student feedback about the association’s plans for the upcoming year. A panel of both incoming and ou...
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Accused A.S. Member To Keep Office

Associated Students On-Campus Representative Joseph Lee, who was also elected as a 2011-12 Representative-at-Large, pled not guilty yesterday to four charges in relation to a recent laptop theft.
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Campus Groups To Promote Global Justice

UCSB’s third biannual Human Rights Week kicked off yesterday with a number of events aiming to highlight and discuss domestic and international human rights issues. The week-long series — hosted b...
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