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Thirty Meter Telescope Project Now To Be Paused Until February 2020

January 1, 2020 by

The project has drawn significant controversy since its groundbreaking in October 2014 and has remained a subject of criticism from Native Hawiians.
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In Photos | UCSB Rallies in Solidarity with UCSC Graduate Students

December 14, 2019 by

The UCSC graduate students are striking indefinitely until the university agrees to a Cost of Living Adjustment of an additional $1,412 a month.
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Hawaiian Activists Speak At UCSB Town Hall, Urge UC Not to Move Forward With Telescope Construction

December 7, 2019 by and

The panel, hosted in collaboration between the the EVPSA office and the American Indian Student Association, consisted of three speakers who spoke and sang to a packed Flying A Room.
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University Takes Second Attempt at Controversial Faculty Housing Project

November 21, 2019 by and

The proposal would demolish Ocean Road and cover the 16.7 acres of land up and down the street with up to 540 housing units.
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Graduate Student Accuses UC Regent Kieffer of Sexual Misconduct, Calls for Systemwide Policy Change

November 21, 2019 by

Ora said she chose to speak during public forum due to frustration not only with the Regents’ system, but the entire University of California process for investigating sexual misconduct.
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“I do feel very privileged to be able to leave”: UC Study Abroad Students To Leave Hong Kong

November 21, 2019 by

Each student’s academics would be dealt with by the universities they were attending in Hong Kong.
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“There’s no relying on mommy and daddy”: Foster and Formerly Incarcerated Students Share Their Stories With UC Regents

November 19, 2019 by

The Regents organized the discussion in order to hear from students within the UC system who were or still are in the foster care system or were formerly incarcerated.
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RCSGD Kicks Off 20th Anniversary Celebration

November 15, 2019 by and

The center kicked off its 20th anniversary celebrations with an event on Tuesday evening, with Craig Leets, RCSGD director, giving attendees a small history of the RCSGD.
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Committee Moves Forward With Plans for Permanent A.S. Bike Shop

November 15, 2019 by

The current building was created in 2008 to replace the shipping containers. But what was meant to be a temporary solution has now been in place for over a decade. 
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In Photos | AFSCME Strikes for Sixth Time in Two Years

November 14, 2019 by

AFSCME 3299 represents more than 24,000 health care and service employees across the UC system.
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UC Study Abroad Suspends Spring Hong Kong Program, Citing Safety Concerns

November 13, 2019 by

All of the UC students currently in Hong Kong are attending one of three schools: University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong or Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 
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A.S. Senate Passes Resolution Proposing a Ban on Toxic Herbicides Use at UCSB, UC System

November 12, 2019 by

The resolution was authored by On-Campus Senator Austin Foreman and Off-Campus Senator Tianna White.
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“Our struggles as students are intertwined with the struggles of workers”: A.S. Senate Endorses Upcoming AFSCME Strike

November 10, 2019 by

The Senate’s resolution also asks Chancellor Henry T. Yang to write a letter to several UC institutions to express support for AFSCME 3299 contract demands.
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Supreme Court Begins University of California DACA Arguments

November 7, 2019 by

The lawsuit alleges the Trump administration rescinded the program on “nothing more than unreasoned executive whim,” and that its removal is “unconstitutional, unjust, and unlawful.”
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AFSCME Files Six New Unfair Labor Practice Complaints Against UC, Plans To Strike Nov. 13

November 6, 2019 by

The UC's largest workers union filed six new unfair labor practice complaints against the university system on Nov. 1 and plans to strike on Nov. 13.
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