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SB Looks For Alternatives During Drought

October 22, 2014 by

Lake Cachuma, a major source of water for Santa Barbara residents, has declined to 30 percent capacity this October due to prolonged drought conditions.
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UCOP Aims to Grow AP Program

October 22, 2014 by

The University of California Office of the President announced a partnership with the College Board yesterday to work together on their “All In” campaign.
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City Council Meets to Discuss New Halloween Restrictions

October 21, 2014 by

The Goleta City Council held its annual Isla Vista Halloween meeting on Thursday to inform Goleta inhabitants on how to stay safe this Halloween.
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Community Gathers for ‘Meet Your Neighbors Day’

October 20, 2014 by and

The first annual Isla Vista “Meet Your Neighbors Day” was held throughout I.V. this past Saturday and drew hundreds of students and community members to various parks in the area.
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Nonprofit Bigwig Speaks at Campbell

October 20, 2014 by

Walter Isaacson, current president and CEO of the nonprofit Aspen Institute and renowned author, spoke at Campbell Hall on Thursday about his new book entitled The Innovators: How a Group of Inven...
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Pardall Carnival Brings Food, Fun, Games and Community Gathering

October 13, 2014 by

This past Saturday afternoon marked the sixth annual Pardall which took place on Pardall Road in Isla Vista between Embarcadero del Norte and Embarcadero del Mar.
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Train Collision Kills One, Injures Two

October 13, 2014 by

Four individuals, three who were researching at UCSB as visiting scholars, were involved in a train collision Saturday evening on a bridge near Vista Point that left one woman dead and two other peopl...
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I.V. Discusses Self-Governance

October 9, 2014 by and

Residents gather for second town hall meeting to discuss plans for the community Members of local law enforcement, student representatives, local government officials, students and other Isla Vista re...
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Jack Johnson Performs at “Come Together: Remember, Reconnect, & Unite”

October 9, 2014 by

Around 5,000 students gathered at Storke Plaza yesterday afternoon to promote a safer, healthier UCSB and Isla Vista community in commemoration of the six students who lost their lives during the May ...
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UCSB Professor Shuji Nakamura Wins Nobel

October 7, 2014 by and

Materials professor Shuji Nakamura was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics this morning for the invention of the blue light-emitting diode, or LED, together with Japanese colleagues Isamu Akasak...
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Brown Approves Precautionary Gun Laws

October 2, 2014 by

Two laws introduced by state legislators from the Santa Barbara area following last spring’s murder spree in Isla Vista, which took the lives of six UCSB students, were approved by Governor Jerry Br...
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EAP Students Without Housing

October 2, 2014 by

Dozens of students are still without permanent housing as Fall Quarter begins at UCSB. Amid one of the most difficult years to find housing in decades, many of the students struggling to find a place ...
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Michael Young To Retire in 2015 After 25 Years

September 25, 2014 by

Michael Young, UCSB’s Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs for 25 years, will be retiring from his position in January 2015. Chancellor Henry T. Yang announced Young’s planned departure in a recent...
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Twenty Years of Yang

September 25, 2014 by

He has advised the Department of Defense, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, NASA and the National Science Foundation. This past year, he finished his term as an elected chairman of the Association of...
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UCSB Committee Elects Former Dean as New EVC

September 25, 2014 by

Former Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts in the College of Letters and Science David Marshall was appointed as UCSB’s next Executive Vice Chancellor Sept. 10.
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