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A&L: Arts & Lectures
ACCESS Card: The official Student ID Card; used to check out books at the Library. Can be used to purchase goods on campus if money is deposited into the account
AD: Academic Disqualification
The Alternative: Copy shop in IV that sells course readers
AP: Advanced Placement (a good thing) or Academic Probation (a bad thing)
Arbor: Small snack shop located near the Library
ARD: Assistant Resident Director of a residence hall
AS: Associated Students
AS Notes: Notes taken by a paid notetaker; subscriptions available
BA: Bachelor of Arts
BA/RC: Billing Accounts/Receivable Collections; generally, it is not equal to its bite
BFA: Bachelor of Fine Arts
Bid: Offer to become a member of a sorority or fraternity
Bluebook: Booklet used for most written exams, available at campus stores
BRC: beans, rice, cheese (burrito)
BS: Bachelor of Science
CAB: Community Affairs Board
Campus Point: A. S. newspaper
Catalyst: English Department publication
CCS: College of Creative Studies
CHO: Community Housing Office
CLAS: Campus Learning Assistance Services
Convocation: UCSB's official induction ceremony for new students held in the fall
Copy Card: A card which allows you to xerox at the library copy machines
Coral Tree Cafe: Place to eat, chat, and/or study adjacent to Cheadle Hall
Crash: To add a class by petition after the quarter begins; or to sleep or rest after a tough exam or late night from studying
CSO: Community Service Organization
DA: Desk Attendant in residence halls
Dead Week: The week before finals
D-Days: Discovery Days; welcome events scheduled during the first week of fall quarterDepressions: The strip of beach from Ocean Road (in front of San Raf) to Campus Point
DLG: De La Guerra Dining Commons
Downtown: State Street, Santa Barbara
DP: Del Playa; oceanfront street in I.V.
DSP: Disabled Students Program
Drizzle: Snoop Dogg's favorite type of weather
EAP: Education Abroad Program
EEMB: Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
EOP: Educational Opportunity Program
E-Bar: Elephant Bar Restaurant in Goleta
Email: Electronic mail; useful mode of communicating with people on and off campus; available at the IC and at NetStations; free to UCSB students
Frat: Fraternity
Fontainebleu: A university-affiliated residence hall
Foot Patrol: Police officers who patrol on foot and bicycle in Isla Vista (also known as IVFP)
Freebirds: A popular 24-hour burrito restaurant in Isla Vista
Gaucho: The UCSB mascot; an Argentinian cowboy
GE: General Education requirements
GOLD: Gaucho On-Line Data; allows you access to your student records; also where you register for your classes
Grafikart: Copy shop in IV that sells course readers
Greek: A member of a fraternity or sorority
Hall Council: The government in each individual university-owned residence hall
HSSB: Humanities and Social Sciences Building.
Hub: The food court on the first floor of the UCen; it also sometimes serves as a venue for concerts sponsored by A.S.
IC: Instructional Computing
IM: Intramural sports
Independent: Weekly publication with all the "cool" clubs and shows in Santa Barbara
ITP: Institute for Theoretical Physics
I.V.: Isla Vista; the community bordering UCSB where many students reside
IVCDP: IV Community Development Peer; students helping to build community in Isla Vista
IVRPD: Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District
KCSB: The UCSB radio station located under Storke Tower - 91.9FM
Kiosk: This publication; a structure covered with posters; vending machines used to get parking passes
Leggies: People on Legislative Council in A.S.
L&S: College of Letters and Science
MCC: MultiCultural Center
MCDB: Mollecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
MTD: Metropolitan Transit District; the local bus service; you can ride the local buses free with your current student ID cardNetStation: Computers located around campus on which you can access your records, send email, check an on-line Schedule of Classes, etc.
Nexus: Student newspaper
NMC: New Media Center (located on the second floor of Kerr Hall)
NonTrad: Non-traditional student
O-Staffer: Your advisor during Summer Orientation
OSL: Office of Student Life; coordinates all club and organization activities
PC: Politically correct; Personal computer
Perm Number: Student identification number; VERY important
The Phantom: Mascot for games at the Event Center.
PIN: Personal Identification Number
Pink Building: Counseling Services and Career Services; Building 599
R: Thursday; used in Schedule of Classes
RA: Resident Assistant in the residence halls
RBR: Reserve Book Room in the Library. Open all night; a great place to study
RC: Resident Coordinator in university-owned apartments
RCSGD: Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity
RD: Resident Director in any residence hall
Reader: A bound set of photocopied material required for a class
RecCen: The recreation center financed by student fees. Students can use the RecCen for free when they bring their current UCSB I.D. card
Regents: The University of California's governing board
RHA: Residence Halls Association
Rob Gym: Robertson Gymnasium
Rush (Recruitment): Opportunity to check out Greek life (both sororities and fraternities)
SAASB: Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building
Sabado: Sabado Tarde, where many UCSB students reside
Sam's: Sam's To Go; popular Isla Vista sandwich shop
San Mig: San Miguel Hall
San Nic: San Nicolas Hall
San Raf: San Rafael Hall
SB: Santa Barbara
SBCC: Santa Barbara City College
Schedule of Classes: List of classes offered each quarter; contains important deadline information; published each quarter or on GOLD
Sci: Short for Science, as in Poli Sci (Political Science) or Bio Sci (Biological Sciences)
SHS: Student Health Services
SRB: Student Resource Building
State Street: Downtown (Santa Barbara)
Spectrum: CCS publication
STI: Sexually Transmitted Infection
The Study Hall: A local bar-no studying allowed! 21 and over only
Syllabus: Typed summary of course requirements and assignments handed out in class. Don't lose it.TA: Teaching assistant; highly overworked and grossly underpaid member of the academic staff (usually a graduate student)
TBA: To be announced; to be scheduled
Thunderdome: The Events Center, also referred to as "the T-Dome"
Trop: Tropicana Gardens, a university-affiliated residence hall
UCen: University Center
UCPD: University of California Police Department
U-mail: University email system
URC: University Religious Center
Woodstock's: A pizza joint in IV
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