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UC Divests from Private Prisons After Pressure from Black Student Unions

December 17, 2015 by Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

The University of California has sold approximately $25 million worth of indirect investments in private prison corporations after the Afrikan Black Coalition, which encompasses UC’s nine Black Student Unions, revealed in November that th...

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Editor in Chief Sends His Wishes This Holiday

December 3, 2015 by Emile Nelson

It’s been a tough year. Not just for the students here at UCSB, but for the entire world. There are millions of people fleeing from a country torn apart by violence; Paris, Beirut and countries all across Africa and the Middle East have b...

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Stakeholders Discuss Code Enforcement Program

December 3, 2015 by Josh Ortiz

The Isla Vista Self Governance Initiative held a public meeting Tuesday evening in the Isla Vista Clinic building to discuss the possible implementation of a building and zoning Code Enforcement Program for a potential Community Services Di...

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Students Come Together For First Meeting of New Social Justice Group

November 25, 2015 by Effie Sklavenitis

Students have officially founded UCSB’s first Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) club, which held its first meeting to discuss social justice and civil rights at the Goleta Valley Conference Room last Wednesday.

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Students Combine Cultures in Thanksgiving Traditions

November 25, 2015 by Effie Sklavenitis

Thanksgiving has been a tradition in the Americas since 1621 when Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared a meal to celebrate the autumn harvest. Today, Thanksgiving traditions vary family to family. With many UCSB students coming f...