Arda Jooharian

May 9, 2012

UCSB’s Least Useful Majors

By Arda Jooharian, Rilla Peng, Christine Cha

Citing data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Newsweek recently released a list of what it considers the 13 Most Useful and Useless college majors after weighing factors such as employment rates and salary...

May 3, 2012

TBL Requests Additional Funding

By Arda Jooharian

Last night’s Associated Students Legislative Council meeting focused on the organization’s budget, highlighting discrepancies between the groups’ funding and next year’s decreased honoraria. Most of the discussio...

May 1, 2012

Sedaris Returns to Santa Barbara Stage

By Arda Jooharian

Comedian and best-selling author David Sedaris will make his annual visit to Santa Barbara today to dazzle audiences with his classic self-deprecating wit at 8 p.m. in the Arlington Theatre. Sedaris, who was first publis...

April 26, 2012

A.S. Tables Bill on Student Stipends

By Arda Jooharian

The Associated Students Legislative Council debated whether or not next year’s stu- dent government budget should include cuts in honoraria during last night’s meeting as a crowd of protestors from A.S. Program Board...

April 25, 2012

New Short Film Reveals Roots of Green Activism

By Arda Jooharian

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mark Kitchell’s environmental documentary “A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet” will prescreen on May 7 at 7 p.m. in the Marjorie Luke Theater at Santa Barbara Junior High ...

April 19, 2012

A.S. Deliberates UCOP Tax, Frets Over Election

By Arda Jooharian

Budget strains and funding issues dominated A.S. Legislative Council’s agenda during its meeting last night. Council members approved a $500 allocation for the Elections Committee to supplement the advertising budget f...

April 17, 2012

University Officials Address Concerns About New UC Tax

By Arda Jooharian

Two UC Office of the President executives held a panel in the Student Resource Building yesterday to discuss the recent controversial switch in revenue structure and field questions from students. UCOP Executive Vice Pre...

April 13, 2012

A.S. Presidential Candidates Begins Series of Debates

By Arda Jooharian

Associated Students presidential candidates Sophia Armen and Nate Walter debated inside the Hub yesterday, discussing student government’s accessibility to the larger student body and relations between campus and UC ad...

April 12, 2012

Leg Council Reviews New Tax

By Arda Jooharian

A.S. Legislative Council discussed the UC Board of Regents’ tax initiative to restructure the UC Office of the President’s funding model during this week’s meeting. The tax requires that the UCs pay a 1.69 percent ...

April 6, 2012

Board of Regents Approves New Tax on Campuses

By Arda Jooharian

The Board of Regents approved a new expenditure tax requiring all campuses pay a 1.69 percent fee on all revenue-earning funding streams, including student lock-in fees in an effort to restructure the UC Office of the Pr...

April 3, 2012

Google Economist To Speak On Social Media Markets

By Arda Jooharian

Google’s chief economist Hal R. Varian will host a free lecture at 6 p.m. today in Corwin Pavilion to discuss how the data accumulated from Google users can gauge the economy’s current state. Varian’s speech will b...

March 5, 2012

Demonstration at UCSC Closes Campus’ West Gate

By Arda Jooharian

Hundreds of UC Santa Cruz students, faculty and community members closed off most of the Banana Slugs’ campus last Thursday as part of the statewide student protests against sustained higher education budget cuts. Demo...

March 5, 2012

Local Boys And Girls Clubs Search for Private Donors

By Arda Jooharian

The United Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County recently began a 60-day fundraising campaign to garner $300,000 to offset growing financial difficulties. The 10 clubs serve over 5,000 local youths and receive par...

February 24, 2012

Revised Bill Would Allow A.S. To Freely Endorse New Candidates

By Arda Jooharian

After weeks of deliberation, the Associated Students Legislative Council passed an amended version of a bill restructuring the Election Code for the upcoming spring elections at Wednesday night’s weekly meeting. A.S. P...

February 21, 2012

UC Clarifies Patent Rights Contract

By Arda Jooharian

Prompted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that Stanford University’s patent language was too vague to protect its claims, the University of California has reconfigured its patent policy. All employees hired on or...

February 15, 2012

Workshop Conquers UC Conflicts

By Arda Jooharian

The UC Office of the President organized a systemwide training session last month to educate student affairs staff about using restorative justice to constructively resolve student conflicts and maintain a safe atmospher...