Chris Stein

January 17, 2007

House To Consider Bill Designed to Cut Loan Interest Rates

By Chris Stein

The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a proposal today that could halve the interest rates on federal need-based Stafford loans over the next six years.

January 11, 2007

Students To See Possible Fee Hikes

By Chris Stein

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his state budget proposal yesterday, one that could lead to fee increases for UC undergraduate and graduate students.

December 7, 2006

Students, Locals Take Action for Oaxaca

By Chris Stein

While the political upheaval in Oaxaca, Mexico seems to have calmed for the moment, UCSB students and community activists have continued this past week with passionate appeals, asking for help on a foreign issue they cla...

November 29, 2006

Group Plans Gulf Coast Relief Trip

By Chris Stein

Looking to build homes and communities, a small group of UCSB students will travel to New Orleans this Winter Break to continue relief efforts in response to last year's Hurricane Katrina.

November 22, 2006

Revised GRE To Challenge Students

By Chris Stein

By the end of next year, UCSB students planning to attend post-graduate programs will need to build up more than a wealth of academic knowledge; they will also need endurance, as the testing time for the Graduate Record ...

November 3, 2006

Colloquium To Honor Late Colleague

By Chris Stein

Dedicated this year to the late professor Timothy McGovern, the Ninth Colloquium on Mexican Literature begins today and continues tomorrow to explore the real and the imagined.