Carissa Quiambao

May 25, 2012

Local Forum To Discuss Civil Liberties and Passed Policies

By Carissa Quiambao

The Santa Barbara Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union will be holding a Spring Forum on “Our Shredded Civil Liberties” followed by a Q&A session tomorrow from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Faulkner Gallery in down...

May 21, 2012

Students Express Discontent With UCen TV Network

By Carissa Quiambao

A group of UCSB students is petitioning to have AkooTV — the private network that supplies the content for televisions in Nicoletti’s Café and the UCen lounge areas — removed from the building on the grounds that ...

May 7, 2012

Week of Events To Focus on Politics

By Carissa Quiambao

UCSB’s Persian Student Group, Armenian Student Association and Lebanese Club will host various film screenings, workshops and other events throughout the week in celebration of the fifth annual Middle Eastern Awareness...

April 26, 2012

Gov. Brown Faces Pressure to Appoint New Regents

By Carissa Quiambao

Gov. Jerry Brown is faced with the task of appointing three new UC Regents following the conclusion of two board members’ terms at the end of February and corporate investment partner David Crane’s failure to clear t...

April 9, 2012

A&L Shows Films on Humanitarian Issues Worldwide

By Carissa Quiambao

UCSB’s seventh annual Human Rights Film Festival will kick off its month-long celebration today at Pollock Theater, featuring documentary films about global humanitarian issues. The festival, hosted by UCSB Arts & ...

April 3, 2012

UCSB Promotes Greener Future With Plastic Bag Ban

By Carissa Quiambao

The UCSB Bookstore kicked off Spring Quarter yesterday with Day Without a Bag, replacing single-use bags with free organic canvas bags for shoppers. The day-long event commemorates the bookstore’s decision to begin sub...

March 8, 2012

Campus Burglar Faces Multiple Felony Charges

By Carissa Quiambao

UCSB Police Department detectives arrested 20-year-old Aaron Brian Ceja, a former UCSB student, as the primary subject in multiple burglaries at Santa Catalina Residence Hall on Feb. 5. The perpetrator, who has been in c...

March 5, 2012

SBMTD Drives New Flexible Bus Initiative

By Carissa Quiambao

The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District is adopting a flexible approach toward overcrowding on its 15x and 24x bus lines with the new 112-passenger Nova “Smart Bus.” The New York-made Nova — a subsidiary of...

February 27, 2012

Events Focus on Human Rights Issues

By Carissa Quiambao

The Associated Students Human Rights Board is organizing 24 events highlighting social justice issues today through Saturday as part of Human Rights Week, culminating with a performance from rapper Immortal Technique at ...

February 21, 2012

Author To Speak About Creativity’s Role in Education

By Carissa Quiambao

Educational adviser and New York Times best-selling author Sir Ken Robinson will discuss his newest book Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative at 8 p.m. tonight in Campbell Hall, arguing that Western culture’s exis...

February 16, 2012

Unresolved Burglary Case Prompts New Discussions on Dorm Safety

By Carissa Quiambao

The UC Police Department is still searching for the suspect involved in the Feb. 5 burglary at the Santa Catalina Residence Hall’s South Tower. The unknown perpetrator visited and stole over $5,000 worth of items inclu...

February 13, 2012

Global Conflict Forum To Inspire Thought

By Carissa Quiambao

The Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies will host a visit by leading Middle East relations experts David Makovsky and Ghaith al-Omari today through Wednesday to foster constructive ...

February 2, 2012

Petition Aims to Abolish Tuition in Public Universities

By Carissa Quiambao

Last week, the state of California granted students at Oakland Unity High School and the Life Academy of Health and Bioscience permission to begin collecting signatures for their proposed ballot initiative that aims to c...

January 20, 2012

Ira Glass To Visit Campus

By Carissa Quiambao

Nationally renowned journalist Ira Glass will speak about journalistic approaches to storytelling and radio production techniques at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Campbell Hall. Glass’ award-winning public radio show “This Amer...

January 19, 2012

Lucrative Bid Keeps Coach Through 2015

By Carissa Quiambao

The UC Regents granted UCSB Men’s Basketball Head Coach Bob Williams a five-year contract with a $39,730 annual pay increase and $235,000 base salary. The new agreement is effective until Aug. 31, 2016 and provides a 1...

January 10, 2012

State Senate Fails to Confirm Anti-Bargaining UC Regent

By Carissa Quiambao

Former UC Regent David Crane, who served on the Board of Regents since his controversial nomination by former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in December 2010, lost his seat on the board after being denied the state Senat...