Aria Miran

April 17, 2007

Fraternity Council Resurrects Fight Night Boxing Event

By Aria Miran

The Interfraternity Council has stepped in center stage to save UCSB's classic Fight Night - minus the ring girls.

April 10, 2007

Oversized Sunglasses

By Aria Miran

Bikinis, board shorts and beers are back, baby. With Spring Quarter, many of you will be heading to the beach with your Corona and rafts, but it's not just the sun that's coming out.

March 6, 2007

Time Warner, UC Await Approval of Stock Settlement

By Aria Miran

As a result of a 2001 stock price scandal, the Time Warner Corporation will pay a $246 million settlement to the University of California.

February 6, 2007

Nexus Moves Money to Shrink Debt

By Aria Miran

In response to continuing debt at the Daily Nexus, university officials recently combined the publication's two off-campus bank accounts with its university account - a move that has already reduced debt and increased tr...

January 11, 2007

GOLD To Undergo Upgrades

By Aria Miran

UCSB's online class registration system has once again buckled under the stress of the thousands of visitors who log in at the beginning of each quarter, but university officials are reassuring students that problems tha...

November 28, 2006

UCPD Stun Gun Use Sparks Protests

By Aria Miran

Partially as a result of recent events involving the alleged misuse of Tasers on the UCLA campus, a proposal to purchase the devices for UCSB Police Dept. officers has been scrapped.

November 17, 2006

Demonstrators Disrupt UC Regents

By Aria Miran

Two UCSB students were arrested yesterday during the UC Board of Regents' quarterly meeting at UCLA, as they protested the University of California's ongoing involvement with nuclear development.

November 16, 2006

Regents Discuss Prop 1D, UC Budget

By Aria Miran

The University of California Board of Regents met today at UC Los Angeles to discuss the creation of a law school at UC Irvine, its 2007-08 budget and Proposition 1D. The UC Regents are a decision-making body made up of...

October 26, 2006

Tent City Rally Marches on Cheadle

By Aria Miran

The Tent City Jam Fest protestors marched and members of the greek system and community partied alongside them yesterday to show support for the Cedarwood eviction case and UC service workers. The group marched on Cheadl...

October 19, 2006

Protest Campers Call for Aid From Chancellor Yang

By Aria Miran

The Open DoorStudents and community members agitating for the university's support stormed Cheadle Hall yesterday, vowing to sit in until they had concrete answers to their demands.

October 11, 2006

Donations Prompt Renaming of Center

By Aria Miran

The upcoming Center for Film, Television and New Media has received a new moniker, after legendary television producers Marcy Carsey and Dick Wolf recently donated about $6 million toward its construction.

October 6, 2006

Davidson Library On-Line Survey

By Aria Miran

Davidson Library is asking for student input via an online survey on how its dated website can be modernized.

October 4, 2006

Lobby Asks for Chancellor’s Aid

By Aria Miran, Megan Snedden

A group of six individuals approached Chancellor Henry T. Yang in his office yesterday afternoon to ask for his support on two issues - the Cedarwood Apartments evictions and the University of CaYang spoke with the group...

October 3, 2006

‘Darkside’ Creator Adds TV to His Message Mediums

By Aria Miran

After spawning a controversial website, writing a flurry of opinion pieces, hiring a plane to fly over the school with a banner, and generally getting in the face of UCSB students and administrators to prove his point, J...

September 28, 2006