Chris Stein

April 25, 2007

Workers’ Rally Gains Student Support

By Chris Stein

Seven students marched into Cheadle Hall yesterday to argue for university workers' rights and to present university officials with an Associated Students resolution supporting a planned employee protest.

April 23, 2007

Universities Seek Out Alleged Aid Corruption

By Chris Stein

The University of California has begun reviewing its financial aid procedures in light of a New York State Attorney General inquiry that found evidence of several lenders giving kickbacks to schools for promoting their s...

April 11, 2007

Christian Group Draws Attention to Event with Booths

By Chris Stein

UCSB's Real Life chapter embarked on a new campaign Monday aimed at confessing the many wrongs perpetrated in the name of Christian values.

April 5, 2007

Pedro Nava Criticizes UC Budget Cuts

By Chris Stein

California assemblyman Pedro Nava accompanied the University of California Students Association at a press conference yesterday to decry recent UC budget cuts.

April 5, 2007

Evangelists Confront UCSB Students

By Chris Stein

Students squared off with sign- and Bible-toting evangelists in the Arbor yesterday, eventually resulting in a UCPD response to the incident.

April 3, 2007

Students Help Katrina Cleanup Efforts

By Chris Stein

While some Gauchos were sunbathing near the California coastline this spring break, about 35 UCSB students were thousands of miles away, traveling from Santa Barbara to New Orleans to help with Hurricane Katrina relief.

March 6, 2007

Campus To Gain Three New Buildings

By Chris Stein, Valerie Tidwell

Construction crews broke ground last week on the new Education and Social Sciences Buildings, which will provide new facilities for the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, as well as several Letters and Science departm...

March 5, 2007

New Student Loan Bill Awaits Vote of Approval in House

By Chris Stein

With supporters citing lower costs to taxpayers and opponents alleging the start of an inefficient government monopoly, the Student Aid Reward Act (STAR) must garner more bipartisan partners if it is to dance through Con...

March 1, 2007

Club Re-requests Katrina Travel Funds

By Chris Stein

After a few weeks of bureaucratic ping pong, the UCSB chapter of Habitat for Humanity will reapply for funding from Associated Students Finance Board to pay for its Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.

February 16, 2007

UC Workers Push for Pay Increase

By Chris Stein

Nine UCSB staff members and students traveled to Oakland yesterday to join some 600 unionized UC service workers and their supporters in their protest outside UC President Robert C. Dynes' office to ask for higher wages.

February 14, 2007

‘Ex-Gay’ Speaks on Religious Beliefs of Homosexuality

By Chris Stein

"Ex-gay" speaker Chad Thompson's lecture at Corwin Pavilion last night was advertised as a way to break down walls between Christians and homosexuals. Several queer students, however, had different thoughts.

February 13, 2007

New Student Resource Building To Open

By Chris Stein

After undergoing construction for more than a year, the new Student Resource Building will open its doors to the UCSB community tomorrow.

February 9, 2007

Spending Bill Raises Student Grant Amount

By Chris Stein

The newly empowered, Democratic-led Congress and President George W. Bush upped the ante against each other this week, debating the level of funding for Pell Grants in the federal budget.

January 31, 2007

Congress Mulls New College Fire Safety Bill

By Chris Stein

Congress is currently considering a bill that would require colleges and universities - as well as affiliated sororities and fraternities - to prepare fire safety reports and make them available to the public.

January 24, 2007

Central Stores Recycles UCSB E-Waste

By Chris Stein

It is Tuesday at 12:55 p.m., and a half dozen men hover anxiously outside the gray industrial door leading into UCSB's Central Stores building. They make small talk about car engines before charging into the well-organiz...

January 19, 2007

Student Loan Bill Passes in House, Heads to Senate

By Chris Stein

After the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the College Student Relief Act of 2007 Wednesday, Democrats in the Senate are promising to continue the fight to have the bill passed into law - in hopes of...