Project Brings Internet to Village

After bringing Internet capability to the remote town of Aghbradzor, Armenia, through the Hidden Road Initiative this summer, three UCSB students will share their experiences tonight in the Multipurpose Room of the Student Resource Building at 8 p.m. HRI founder and fourth-year political science major Nanor Balabanian was awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Donald […]

A.S. Advances Annex Plans in Isla Vista

UCSB Associated Students representatives met with property developers last week regarding rental space and development plans, furthering the organization’s goal to create an Isla Vista Annex. The project seeks to establish a new office space to house various groups such as the Family Literacy Program, provide student study spaces and expand the institute’s presence within […]

Center Aims To Unify BioEngineering Studies

The UCSB Academic Senate approved plans for the university’s Center for BioEngineering, scheduled to open in 2014 as a juncture for the campus’s fledging exploration into the field. Construction for the project — a collaborative effort between the university’s departments in biology, engineering and physical science — is set to begin in 2012 and will […]

Board Grants Funds to Campus Groups

The Associated Students Finance Board distributed $2,450 to two student organizations during last night’s 45 minute meeting. The board used money from its Winter and Spring Quarter unallocated budgets to fully fund the A.S. Food Bank and partially fund the UCSB Women’s Lacrosse Team. The team requested an additional $2,000 for the 2012 Women’s Collegiate […]

UCSB 4-0 Over Weekend Tourney

Defending Western Collegiate Roller Hockey League champion UCSB went undefeated at a league event in Huntington Beach on Saturday and are currently ranked No. 1 overall in the conference. With just six active players on the roster due to injuries, the Gauchos entered the weekend facing plenty of adversity. Their opponents had eight to 10 […]

Locked Out and Down: The NBA’s Plight

As you probably know, the NBA is currently in a lockout over a dispute regarding a collective bargaining agreement between the players and owners. Although there continues to be much attention on the business side of the lockout, more attention deserves to be spent on all of the canceled games that have resulted. Here are […]

Voter ID Laws Make for Sensible Policy

When the United States was first established under the Constitution in 1787, not all men could vote — much less women, who wouldn’t have the uniform right to vote until 1920. Universal suffrage for all citizens is one of the few constitutional changes which can be truly said to draw negligible amounts of controversy — […]

ID Laws Isolate, Marginalize Specific Voters

Issues alone do not determine election results; the makeup of the electorate is the most important factor. This is why getting out the vote is so important to any political campaign; voter persuasion is great, but supporter mobilization is more important. Unfortunately, this emphasis on turnout also leads to the temptation of voter suppression: tactics […]

‘Occupy’ Movement Hits I.V.

UCSB students, faculty and community members gathered this past weekend at People’s Park for an Occupy Isla Vista demonstration. The rally began Saturday at 3 p.m. and featured musical performances, poetry recitals, workshops and featured speeches from several university staff members. An estimated 150 to 200 demonstrators attended the event, though numbers dwindled in the […]

Plan Aims To Resolve I.V. Parking

The Isla Vista Project Area Committee considered a proposed program to monitor parking on I.V. streets between 3 and 5 a.m. during last Wednesday’s meeting. Community members and committee representatives discussed the potential implications of the plan, which would likely require residents of certain areas in I.V. to purchase overnight parking permits. Program manager Errin […]