Santa Barbara EAP Scholars Soar in Numbers
More students from UCSB studied abroad last year with the Education Abroad Program than from any other UC campus.
Bacteria Levels Lower Water Safety
While the Santa Barbara Channelkeeper issued warnings for several local beaches this month in response to increased bacterial levels, water quality has likely returned to a safer state by today.
Haiti Relief Efforts Grow
UCSB graduate student Nicolás Pascal’s philanthropic efforts have expanded beyond California’s border with the help of the University of California Haiti Initiative.
Student Atheists Open to Facts, Closed to Faith
This week’s question: Why can’t atheists be more open-minded about God?
Teen Dies in Accident on Train Tracks
The victim of yesterday afternoon’s train crash has been identified as local high school student Humberto Moreno.
Freebirds Franchise Grows
Tavistock Restaurant Group recently announced its plans to open 16 new Freebirds World Burrito locations in California this year.
With Precious Rights Comes Personal Responsibility
Everyone likes a good yarn. I’m not talking about the kind the kittens play with, but a good old rip roaring story told around the camp fire or beer pong table.
Natalie Portman: Lady in the Streets, Reportedly a Freak in the Sheets?
Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” is a movie obsessed with doubles: mothers and daughters, mentors and protégés, teachers and students, mirrors and reality, art and life, layering on the tropes thicker than Natalie Portman’s make up.
Local Under Arrest for Fraud
Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives arrested 26-year-old former UCSB student Imoukhuede Ohiwerei Ehimika last month on several charges of identity theft.
Pension Plan Sparks Controversy
A group of 36 University of California executives are threatening legal action against the UC Board of Regents unless the University increases retirement benefits for roughly 200 of its highest-paid employees.