Day: March 8, 2012

Volleyball

UCSB Falls in Straight Sets to Irvine

March 8, 2012 by Paul-Michael Ochoa

Facing one of the top teams in the nation, the No. 12 UCSB men’s volleyball team fell in straight sets to UC Irvine Wednesday night in Rob Gym for their third consecutive loss. In their last match of the year at Rob Gym, the Gauchos fell ...

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Ecologists Debate Impact of New Bill’s Restrictions on Otter Habitats

March 8, 2012 by Brigitte Naughton

California’s 24th District Representative Elton Gallegly recently introduced the “Military Readiness and Southern Sea Otter Conservation Act” that aims to preserve Southern California’s “No Otter Zone.” The zone prohibits the an...

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Campus Burglar Faces Multiple Felony Charges

March 8, 2012 by Carissa Quiambao

UCSB Police Department detectives arrested 20-year-old Aaron Brian Ceja, a former UCSB student, as the primary subject in multiple burglaries at Santa Catalina Residence Hall on Feb. 5. The perpetrator, who has been in custody since Feb. 28...

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Professor Helps Find Ancient Spherules

March 8, 2012 by Kristin Crosier

UCSB earth science professor emeritus James Kennett and 15 other researchers discovered 13,000-year-old black mat sedimentary deposits believed to be evidence of Earth’s encounters with extraterrestrial materials. The researchers gathered...

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Russia’s Democratic Protests Allege Election Fraud

March 8, 2012 by Staff

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was elected President of Russia for his third term on Sunday with 63.3 percent of the popular vote, sparking major protest movements in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Political science professor Cynthia Kaplan disc...