Carissa Quiambao

April 3, 2013

SB Officials Currently Debating Beach Shutdown

By Arda Jooharian, Patrick Kulp, Rilla Peng, Carissa Quiambao, Marissa Wenzke

Open beaches would break precedent of party-preventative closures instituted in 2009. As of yesterday, Santa Barbara County administration has not yet reached a decision on whether beach closures that are usually in effe...

April 2, 2013

Carsey to Assume Role as Chair of UCSB Foundation

By Carissa Quiambao

Emmy-winning television producer and Carsey-Werner Productions co-founder Marcy Carsey was recently named chair of the UCSB Foundation Board of Trustees, a non-profit organization that collaborates with the university to...

January 28, 2013

SBCC Student Held By I.V. Foot Patrol For DP House Burglary

By Carissa Quiambao

I.V. Foot Patrol officers responded to a residential burglary on the 6500 block of Del Playa Drive at about 1:15 a.m. yesterday morning, arresting  — an 18-year-old Santa Barbara City College student — shortly after...

January 16, 2013

A.S. To Look Into Lack of Proper Lighting in I.V.

By Patrick Kulp, Carissa Quiambao

Due to the abundance of nonfunctioning lights and poorly lit areas on Isla Vista streets, safety concerns have arisen within the campus community and Associated Students senators are now organizing new efforts to tackle ...

January 16, 2013

Regents Kick Off Meeting With Debates on Health Care, Audits, Eco-Friendly Buildings

By Carissa Quiambao

Yesterday’s UC Board of Regents meeting at UCSF Mission Bay touched on potential improvements and changes to the university, including the supposed need for increased environmental sustainability at campuses, enhanced ...

January 15, 2013

UCSB To Offer TMP’s New Business Degree

By Carissa Quiambao

After eight years of planning, UCSB’s Technology Management Program has finally achieved full academic program status, meaning that as of fall 2014 students can earn a business degree for the first time in university h...

January 9, 2013

A.S. To Hold Student-Run Textbook Marketplace

By Carissa Quiambao

Today at the Annex Lawn, students can directly buy and sell books with other students from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. as part of an innovative Textbook Marketplace hosted by UCSB Associated Students Office of the President and th...

January 8, 2013

Classes Inundated With Crashers As Winter Quarter Commences

By Carissa Quiambao

After a three-week break void of lecture halls, classrooms and schoolwork, many students have returned to academia and found themselves once again faced with the usual beginning-of-the-quarter struggle to crash much-need...

November 30, 2012

Local Student Housing To Participate in World Hunger Relief Project

By Carissa Quiambao

Tropicana Student Housing will host a meal-packaging community service event this Saturday at the Tropicana Gardens Café through the international hunger relief agen- cy Stop Hunger Now. Started in 2005 by Tropicana Stu...

October 29, 2012

Professors, Students Debate Potential Impact of California Proposition 32

By Carissa Quiambao

Last Thursday, professors, students and other community members gathered at the Lobero Room of the University Center to discuss various issues surrounding Proposition 32. Proposition 32 would ban unions and corporations ...

October 24, 2012

Locals Congregate at the Biko House to Talk About Neighborhood Issues

By Carissa Quiambao

Yesterday, students and other Isla Vista residents gathered at the Biko House on Sueno Road to discuss local community issues regarding the recent influx of commercial food, finance and residencies. Reclaim I.V. featured...

October 17, 2012

I.V. Recreation and Park District Elections To Be Held For Four Seats

By Carissa Quiambao

The Isla Vista Recreation and Park District’s five-member Board of Directors will have four open positions in the upcoming Nov. 6 election. With a staff of nine full-time employees and a board of five elected Isla Vist...

October 10, 2012

Capps, Maldonado Talk Issues At Public Debate

By Carissa Quiambao

Last night Democratic congresswoman Lois Capps and Republican candidate Abel Maldonado faced off at the 24th Congressional District Candidate Debate, hosted by the UCSB Carsey-Wolf Center and The Santa Barbara Independen...

October 4, 2012

UCPD Aims to Promote Student Safety by Hosting Annual Guidance Programs

By Carissa Quiambao

UC Police Department officers will begin conducting their annual Informational Outreach for this year’s fresh- men, addressing various safety concerns through informational sessions held in residence halls. UCPD has ho...

October 1, 2012

Former Researcher Donates, Creates Endowment

By Carissa Quiambao

Emeritus chemical engineering professor Duncan Mellichamp and his wife Suzanne recently donated $2 million in order to establish a new cluster of four endowed chairs at UCSB, making a total of 12 clustered Mellichamp Aca...

June 8, 2012

Local Organization Creates Beach Help Application

By Carissa Quiambao

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper recently launched a new Smartphone application called “Swim Guide” that allows users to get directions, view photos and pinpoint the cleanest beaches in the area. Santa Barbara Channelkeep...