Cameron Balakhanpour

November 14, 2002

Californians Protest Weapon Development

By Cameron Balakhanpour

Approximately 200 protesters from all across California gathered in Livermore on Monday to protest the development of weapons at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

November 4, 2002

Berkeley Mourns Death of Activist Former Chancellor

By Cameron Balakhanpour

Chang-Lin Tien, the Berkeley chancellor from 1990-1997 and an outspoken supporter of affirmative action, died Oct. 29 at Kaiser Permanente hospital in Redwood City at the age of 67.

October 16, 2002

Campus Feels Strike’s Effects

By Cameron Balakhanpour

Approximately 400 strikers and their supporters paraded through campus Tuesday in a series of picket lines and campouts throughout campus.

October 9, 2002

Writer Discusses Dangerous Life

By Cameron Balakhanpour

Sebastian Junger author of The Perfect Storm and Fire, will read from his works and discuss his experiences as a journalist at 4 p.m. in Corwin Pavilion.

October 7, 2002

State Sharpens Clery Act

By Cameron Balakhanpour

A new state law will force colleges across California to be more forthcoming about crime on their campuses, but UCSB officials say that's OK because the school is already candid as can be.

October 4, 2002

A.S. Subsidizes Opposition to Fee Increase

By Cameron Balakhanpour

In its first meeting of the 2002-03 school year, Associated Students Legislative Council began its year with a concession to opponents of increased student fees for student government and the MultiCultural Center.

June 6, 2002

UC Cancels Fall 2002 EAP in India After State Dept. Alarm

By Cameron Balakhanpour

The University of California Office of the President announced Wednesday that the Education Abroad Program in India will be suspended for the Fall 2002 term in light of increasing tensions with neighboring Pakistan.

May 29, 2002

Where Campus and County Meet: Locals Feel UCSB’s Presence – Whether They Like It Or Not

By Cameron Balakhanpour

If county politics are a jungle, UCSB is the 800-lb gorilla. After decades of clashes, the county and the newly formed city of Goleta often feel trod on by the massive bureaucratic, state-funded nightmare that sleeps jus...

May 15, 2002

Regents Debate ACT, SAT Content

By Cameron Balakhanpour

The University of California Board of Regents met at UC Los Angeles on Wednesday to discuss changes in admissions policy intended to better prepare and evaluate students for college.

May 14, 2002

Court Arraigns Student in Ecstasy Case

By Cameron Balakhanpour

One of two UCSB graduate students suspected of conspiring to manufacture, possess and sell Ecstasy (MDMA) pleaded not guilty during his arraignment in the Santa Barbara Superior Court on Monday.

May 8, 2002

Team Examines UCSB’s Water

By Cameron Balakhanpour

The Shoreline Preservation Fund recently granted CalPIRG and I.V. Surfrider Foundation $500 to test Goleta Slough waters for toxins and bacteria that wash into the ocean.

April 30, 2002

State To Vote on Privacy

By Cameron Balakhanpour

A proposal by UC Regent Ward Connerly that would eliminate "race" check-boxes on employment forms, police records and UC applications by 2005 has drawn criticism.

April 26, 2002

Campus Group To Hold Health Care Conference

By Cameron Balakhanpour

Doctors in a town near Los Angeles known as Bell Gardens have an average of over 150 times more patients than their Beverly Hills counterparts. They're cramped; they're paid less and their community needs more of them.

April 19, 2002

Earth Day Celebration Continues Tradition

By Cameron Balakhanpour

A Union Oil Co. platform stationed six miles off the coast of Summerland suffered a blowout that day. Oil workers struggled for 11 days to cap the rupture.

April 17, 2002

Alleged Attacker Must Stay in SB

By Cameron Balakhanpour

The Santa Barbara Superior Court denied a motion Tuesday to allow a UC San Diego student accused of stabbing three women with a tranquilizer-filled syringe to return to San Diego for his studies.

April 11, 2002

Ex-Student May Be Let Out on Bail

By Cameron Balakhanpour

A 19-year-old former UCSB student who has threatened police with violence and recently purchased a shotgun is now in custody, but police said he may be released soon.