Project Seeks Donations
University of California President Mark G. Yudof announced plans for a $1 billion financial aid fundraising campaign last Friday, Oct. 23 while speaking to a Sunnyside High School pep rally in east Fresno.
Woman Sues County After Being Fired
A former Santa Barbara County employee filed suit against the county for wrongful termination yesterday, alleging emotional damages and asking to be reinstated.
Students Fight to Keep Cal Grants
Students from the University of California will gather at their respective campuses at noon today to voice support for a constitutional amendment designed to secure continued funding of the Cal Grant program.
Professor Disproves Long-Believed Theory
UCSB anthropology professor Michael Gurven has discovered that chronic inflammation may not be an indicator of cardiovascular disease — a discovery that contradicts currently accepted medical research.
CERN To Bring Particle Science Forward
Inside a 27-kilometer tunnel below the surface of France and Switzerland, the world’s largest particle supercollider is beginning to rise out of dormancy to begin running fundamental physics experiments once again.
Sunny with a Chance of Crashing
Hey, while you were busy whining about how Where the Wild Things Are was your absolute most favorite childhood book ever and how the movie ruined it, your registration window for Winter opened, and closed.
SB Opens With Split
The UCSB women’s swim team came away with mixed results in their season-opening meet against UCLA and Oregon State on Saturday. The meet, an annual triple dual meet against Pac-10 opponents, yielded the Gaucho’s a 182-80 victory over Oregon and a 94-165 loss to UCLA.
Yudof Not to Blame for Legislature’s Failure
I truly sympathize with you. After the state cut $813 million from the University of California budget, hordes of disgruntled faculty and students began screaming over furloughs, program cuts and tuition increases, demanding that you somehow close the budget gap by unlawfully drawing from research grants that are legally bound to other, non-academic duties.
Crash Ends Fatally for Undergrad
Devin Petelski, a fourth-year UCSB student, died at the UCLA Medical Center on Oct. 17 from injuries she sustained when a police cruiser slammed into her car two days before.
Foretelling the Fall Classic
The saying, “Defense wins championships,” may hold true in most cases, but both teams can’t field worth a damn. In 2009, allow me to ordain the saying, “Money can buy players to hit the shit out of the ball to win championships.” It may not have the same ring to it, but there’s no doubting its validity with this year’s World Series winner.