Allison Bailey

November 2, 2009

Vulgar Veto Leaves California Laughing While State Collapses

By Allison Bailey

So I guess what I'm trying to say, Gov. Schwarzenegger and the entire California legislature, is fuck you. When you can manage to balance the budget without screwing my generation out of vital services or burying us with...

October 22, 2009

UC Survival Requires Honest Plan for Future

By Evan Wagstaff, Allison Bailey

University of California President Mark Yudof's open letter to students was condescending and full of useless platitudes and vague promises. The only message that came across clearly was that the chain of command is shaf...

October 12, 2009

A Word to the Wise: Winners Drink Wine

By Allison Bailey

Wine, a delightful beverage made from fermented grapes, has been around since 6000 BC and has held an honored place in across cultures ever since. Hard alcohol, on the other hand, entered the global party scene thousand...

May 1, 2008

Rec Cen Pool To Shut Down Next School Year for Repairs

By Allison Bailey

Next Fall and Winter Quarters, the Recreation Center pool will close for major repairs, leaving only Campus Pool to serve students and the UCSB swim and water polo teams.

April 4, 2008

Rec Cen, UCSB Dismiss Initial New Pool Plans

By Allison Bailey

Following controversy over the proposed location of a new campus pool, the Recreation Center and the university have agreed to not put the facility in Robertson Field 4, although the pool's future location is not yet det...

February 22, 2008

Pool Repairs To Relocate UCSB Aquatic Teams

By Allison Bailey

Students taking a dip in the Recreation Center pool may find themselves competing for lanes with the UCSB swim and water polo teams over the next two months.

February 6, 2008

UCSB’s Extension Program To Cut Staff, Courses

By Allison Bailey

In order to eliminate a $5 million accumulated deficit, the UCSB Extension program will lay off nearly half its workers and cut several programs at the end of Winter Quarter.

January 30, 2008

Proposed Pool Plan Perturbs Students

By Allison Bailey

A recently updated campus development plan has named Rob Field 4 as a potential site for a new pool for UCSB's swim and water polo teams, leading to an outcry from students who say it will invade student-use campus facil...

January 23, 2008

Groups Kick Off Roe v. Wade Events

By Allison Bailey

The UCSB pro-choice community hosted several events yesterday in celebration of the 35th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's historic Roe v. Wade decision.

November 30, 2007

Visitors To Grasp Nanotechnology

By Allison Bailey

In the cutting-edge science of nanotechnology, size matters.

November 29, 2007

EAP Responds to Sexual Assault of a Student Abroad

By Allison Bailey

Following the sexual assault of a University of California student, the system-wide Education Abroad Program has cancelled its trips to South Africa until further notice.

November 27, 2007

A.S. Funds Rec Sports in Last Fall Meeting

By Allison Bailey

In the final meeting of the quarter, Associated Students Finance Board allocated $14,187.20 to five groups, leaving $9,048.92 in unallocated funds from the money set aside for Fall Quarter.

November 20, 2007

A.S. Evaluates Funding Publications

By Allison Bailey

Associated Students Finance Board allocated $32,069.44 to eight groups and heavily debated the funding of two student publications in their meeting last night.

November 16, 2007

Arbor Petitioners Allegedly Violate CA Election Code

By Allison Bailey, Mackenzie Weinger

Allegations of illegal activity by petitioners on campus has turned up inconsistencies in the signature-collection process and raised questions about the validity of the practices at the UCSB campus.

November 7, 2007

UCSB Alums Sue City Over Fight At Cooney’s

By Allison Bailey

Stemming from a fight that occurred at a downtown club in 2006, two former UCSB students recently filed civil charges against the city of Santa Barbara.