Benjamin Gottlieb

October 24, 2007

Serving With the Surfriders

By Benjamin Gottlieb

0500 hours: The lights of the first platoon barracks illuminate the room, still dark from the past evening. Cadets struggle to come to their senses because it is only 20 minutes until first formation and they still have ...

October 5, 2007

University, Former Students Honor Professor During 100th Birthday Party

By Benjamin Gottlieb

UCSB's oldest professor celebrated his 100th birthday with two days of festivities earlier this week honoring his achievements in his field.

October 1, 2007

Students See Fines, Lawsuits for File-Sharing

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Thirteen UCSB students using file-sharing networks on campus are now facing potential lawsuits in a rejuvenated effort by the music industry to crackdown on piracy.

September 20, 2007

New Solar Technology Garners Praise for Professor

By Benjamin Gottlieb

UCSB physics professor and Nobel Laureate Alan Heeger produced a "bright" invention this past summer - the world's most affordable and efficient organic solar panel.

May 18, 2007

UCSF Police Arrest Protesting Students

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Ten students protesting UC co-management of nuclear weapons labs were detained by law enforcement yesterday at a UC Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco after refusing to disperse.

May 15, 2007

Malnutrition Hospitalizes Demonstrator

By Benjamin Gottlieb

One of the hunger strikers protesting University of California management of nuclear labs was taken to the emergency room Saturday after four days without solid foods.

May 10, 2007

Students Go On Hunger Strike to Protest Weapons

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Chanting "UC Nuclear Free" as they marched toward Cheadle Hall yesterday, about 80 people protested the University of California's ties to nuclear research and weapons development, eventually leaving a subgroup of 15 to ...

May 4, 2007

Queer Pride Week Vows To Celebrate at Mock Wedding

By Benjamin Gottlieb

The campus has been vibrantly spattered with multicolor flags and rainbow-painted posts this week, symbols that vibrantly announce the 17th annual Queer Pride Week 2007, themed "raising our voices in a sea of noise."

April 30, 2007

Health Care Invention Wins Science Fair

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Medical technology took the forefront at this year's New Venture Competition at UCSB, with prizes totaling $33,000 going to three student groups that developed devices for use by doctors and hospitals.

April 20, 2007

CSO To Proceed With Impoundment of Bikes

By Benjamin Gottlieb

The Community Service Organization has begun seizure of illegally parked bicycles once again, marking the end of a two-week grace period.

April 13, 2007

Contest Finalists Display Inventions

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Technology became strictly business Wednesday, as aspiring student entrepreneurs faced off in the semifinals of UCSB's Eighth Annual New Venture Competition.

March 9, 2007

Class Needs Funds To Raise Curtain

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Twelve years after its inception, the Dramatic Arts Theatre Management class will lose its founder, and theater students may lose a chance to fully produce a play.

March 2, 2007

Vaginas Run Wild at V-Day Festivities

By Benjamin Gottlieb

During yesterday's Victory Over Violence Day celebration, a vagina danced through Storke Plaza as students munched on pussy cookies and better-than-sex cake.

February 22, 2007

War Protesters Launch

By Benjamin Gottlieb

After a recent protest against the war in Iraq brought hundreds of demonstrators from the university community to UCSB, local activists are now organizing to further increase student opposition to the conflict.

February 16, 2007

Activists March Across Campus to Protest War

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Protesting the war in Iraq, between 700 and 1,000 UCSB students, faculty, staff and community members marched through campus and onto Highway 217 yesterday, ending their demonstration by demanding the release of fellow a...

February 14, 2007

Groups Organize Boycott of Work, Class Thursday

By Benjamin Gottlieb

In the midst of Congressional debates to block President George W. Bush's proposed boost of troops in Iraq, UCSB grassroots activists have organized a protest tomorrow in response to UCSB's alleged political and technolo...