Governor Proposes New Plan to Fund Education
Following a $100 million trigger cut to the University of California system last month, Governor Jerry Brown announced a state budget plan last Thursday including a tax increase initiative aimed at preventing additional tuition increases. The governor has already announced new methods that would provide more abundant funding, including a November ballot initiative that partially […]
Arroyo Grande Man Saved After Straying Off Trail
Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue recovered a stranded hiker from the Los Padres National Forest last Sunday approximately two hours after the volunteer team mounted a full search effort. According to a statement issued by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department, the hiker — an Arroyo Grande resident in his early 40s — signaled […]
Board of Regents Continues to Disregard Open Meeting Policy
During the UC Board of Regents’ latest meeting on Nov. 28, held across four campuses via teleconference, officials cited attempts to spread access to the proceedings but instead denied public open access and violated statewide public meeting legislation. As the portion of California’s constitution guaranteeing the transparency of civic bodies, the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act […]
UCSB Begins Public Response Team Training
UCSB Emergency Services will kick off its free eight-week Community Early Response Team training course this evening to help the community develop effective response skills for large-scale disasters. The instruction will begin tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Environmental Health and Safety Building 565 and includes several courses such as Disaster Preparedness, Fire […]
New Parking Program Seeks Support From I.V. Locals
During public forum at last night’s Associated Students Legislative Council meeting, speaker Errin Briggs outlined the county’s plan to remedy overcrowding on the streets of Isla Vista. As the Program Manager for the Santa Barbara County Redevelopment Agency, Briggs and his team seek to implement the Night-Time Only Pilot Parking Program, which would ultimately charge […]
A Letter From the Editor
Welcome back, everyone. I hope you all had a delicious winter break filled with fun and carelessness because I worked two jobs to afford living in this over-priced wasteland. But I’m not bitter. No my friends, I am enlightened. After many New Year’s Eve drinks and my midnight kiss, my friends and I flagged down […]
‘Melancholia’: Delightfully Depressing and Unsettling
So apparently it’s the end of the world in a year or something. To prepare us for the inevitable, I appoint 2011’s “Melancholia” as mandatory viewing. When it premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, the film made a splash for all the wrong reasons (see: director Lars von Trier’s Nazi rant) and has since […]
Coachella Announces 2012 Line Up
So, the line up is out, and here’s what you’ve probably been hearing: “I’ve seen so many of these bands already …” “Snoop and Dr. Dre? I’m gonna get so high.” “RADIOHEAD!” “Ugh, Florence, La Roux, Justice and the Black Keys … again?” “If not for the two weekend bullshit, there would be way […]
Raised by Popular Culture: The Worst Movie of 2011
Confession time: I don’t see a lot of movies out in theaters. Tickets are expensive, I am poor and I’m also terrible at torrenting, so I am selective about what movies I see on the big screen. What I am trying to say is, I don’t think I can accurately say what the worst movie […]
Group Seeks Student Volunteers for Humanitarian Efforts
The Growth International Volunteer Excursions program is visiting UCSB today, aiming to draw college students interested in global volunteerism and adventure. G.I.V.E. helps develop rural communities’ infrastructures by providing safe drinking water, constructing elementary schools and creating basic health care plans. The organization will host information sessions from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the […]