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Esteemed UCSB Grad Student Passes Away

UCSB physics graduate student and teaching assistant Mananya Tantiwiwat passed away on April 18 after a three-year battle with breast cancer. She was 28 years old. Tantiwiwat, known to friends and fam...
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Funds Focus on Locals in Need of Aid

The Goleta City Council distributed a federal grant of roughly $40,000 between several local organizations to support low-income residents in the community. The Santa Barbara Food Bank and Community A...
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Two New Fees Make The Cut, Many Reaffirmed

Last week’s campus-wide Associated Students Spring Elections yielded two new undergraduate student fees as well as cuts to long-standing programs. Students approved a $4.24 per quarter increase to t...
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LGBTQIA Pride Week to Educate, Revel in Diversity

UCSB’s Pride Week kicked off yesterday in celebration of the university’s LGBTQIA community and wide range of gender diversity. Associated Students Queer Commission and Queer Student Union will ho...
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$8,000 Remain in Spring Budget

The Associated Students Finance Board doled out over $19,000 to 15 student organizations during last night’s three-hour meeting. The board voted to fully fund 12 campus groups, leaving over $8,000 i...
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Nobel Laureate Discusses Conflicts

“War and violence are constantly in our eyes and ears,” acclaimed economist and Harvard professor Amartya Sen told a full house in Campbell Hall last evening.
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Weekend Wrap-Up

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to two burglaries and several alcohol-related crimes this weekend. Deputies received a report of a theft on the 6500 block of El Greco Road at 10:30 p.m. Friday. A...
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Screenings Highlight Global Issues

UCSB’s sixth annual Human Rights Film Festival kicks off today at 4 p.m. in Campbell Hall, offering three nights of award-winning independent cinema to the campus community. The event will showcase ...
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Government Briefs

Santa Barbara City Council   The council will examine the city’s effectiveness in enforcing existing state laws and city municipal ordinances regarding transient-related street crimes such as p...
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KCSB To Broadcast Al Jazeera English

KCSB 91.9 FM is broadcasting international news channel Al Jazeera English twice a week this quarter to expand its current program. The university’s radio station will relay the 24-hour coverage on ...
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Extravaganza Restricted To Campus, Kept Private Event

Associated Students Program Board will keep the Extravaganza music festival local this year by banning all non-UCSB attendees. Extravaganza, slated for 1 p.m. on May 15, will be open exclusively to UC...
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Celebrated Economics Theorist Visits Campus

Economics Nobel Prize laureate Amartya Sen will discuss the field of welfare economics tonight at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall. Sen is the Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and an economics and philoso...
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Students Reject Bulk of Fees

The results of the Spring Elections’ Campus Elections Commission ballot were released Friday, establishing one new fee and upholding five reaffirmations. Students approved a fee increase of $4.24 pe...
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Nexus Deems Future Editor “Trainwreck”

The Daily Nexus editorial staff selected Katherine “KittyKat” Friedman — Zumba enthusiast, onesie-wearer and self-proclaimed “gremlin” — as the next editor in chief in last Thursday’s co...
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Sports Briefs: Softball

UCSB softball won its third consecutive Big West series this weekend, this time against Cal State Northridge 5-4, 2-9 and 4-2 at Campus Diamond.
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