Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor / Opinion

Concerned Alum Speaks Out Against SB’s Gang Induction

LTE- Gang Injunction   In 2011 Police Chief Sanchez, along with Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office, filed a civil legal action against 30 Santa Barbara residents who are allegedly members of the Santa Barbara Eastside and Westside gangs. The injunction proposed that these individuals not be allowed in certain [...]

Letters to the Editor / Opinion

UC Spokesperson Challenges Claims Against “Digital Education”

Patrick Sheehan’s May 3 Op-Ed, “From the Makers of Massive Budget Cuts: A Digital Education,” is based on the incorrect assumption that the University of California Board of Regents and administration are pursuing online education as a solution to $900 million in state funding cuts. The regents support the exploration [...]

Letters to the Editor / Opinion

Gaucho de Mayo: Beyond Shots and Sombreros

I know Cinco de Mayo is approaching when sombreros are being sold on campus, when supermarkets begin to dress their aisles in sarapes and when themed parties begin to overflow the streets of Isla Vista. On the surface, these things may appear to be a celebration of Mexican culture and [...]

Letters to the Editor / Opinion

From the Makers of Massive Budget Cuts: A Digital Education

From the makers of massive budget cuts: a digital education   Over the last four years, the top managers of the UC system — the governor and the UC Regents — have launched an accelerating effort to make online courses a bigger part of the UC curriculum. It started in [...]

Letters to the Editor / Opinion

Student and Mother Calls for Affordable Childcare at UCSB

I am a master’s degree student at UCSB. I have a 2-year-old son who is in the White Door of the Orfalea Family Children’s Center. Recently, I heard that the university is going to cancel the daycare fee for students. Please don’t! My husband is a postdoctoral researcher at UCLA. [...]