Christina Lavingia

November 15, 2012

UCSB Alumni To Open New Microbrewery in West Berkeley

By Christina Lavingia

This winter, UCSB alumni Alex Wallash and Jay Goodwin will open an all-sour, all barrel-aged microbrewery in West Berkeley, CA. The company — The Rare Barrel — burst onto the beer scene with the development of a prod...

October 25, 2012

IHC Starts New Series on Repercussions of War on Soldiers

By Christina Lavingia

The Interdisciplinary Humanities Center will kick off the lecture series “Fallout: In the Aftermath of War,” which discusses post-deployment issues such as post- traumatic stress disorder, today at 4 p.m. in the McCu...

October 4, 2012

Free Climber To Discuss Career at Lecture Series

By Christina Lavingia

Avid free climber and world-record setter Alex Honnold will speak for the first event in UCSB’s annual Natural High Lecture Series tonight at 6 p.m. in Isla Vista Theater #1. Admission for the event is free and Honnold...

November 23, 2011

A Look at Harrison Weber

By Christina Lavingia

“You got hit by a car?” I asked in shock. “Yeah,” he replied, “it’s how I got my fourth concussion.” Harrison Weber is a fourth-year history of public policy major at UCSB and a native of Falmouth, Maine. Y...

November 16, 2011

An Education

By Christina Lavingia

Lynn Barber demonstrates life can provide the greatest instruction in her 2009 memoir An Education. The 2010 film adaptation emphasizes the scandalous love affair Barber had during her youth with a man many years her sen...

October 4, 2011

Board Allots Funds to Campus Clubs

By Christina Lavingia

Despite overseeing a Fall unallocated budget of merely $27,537, the Associated Students Finance Board was able to allot $16,061 to 11 student organizations during last night’s three-hour meeting. The board fully funded...

September 27, 2011

Board Scales Back Funding Allocations

By Christina Lavingia

The Associated Students Finance Board distributed $8,742 to eight student organizations at their first meeting of the school year last night. The board partially funded all presenters, which included the DJ Club, Alpha P...

September 15, 2011

UCSB to Welcome New Students at Convocation

By Christina Lavingia

New Student Convocation will take place on September 19 from 3 to 4 pm on the Faculty Club Green to welcome freshmen and transfer students to the greater UCSB community of scholars and students. The ceremony will feature...

August 24, 2011

LGBTQ Support Garners Recognition for UCSB

By Christina Lavingia

The nonprofit organization for queer advocacy Campus Pride added UCSB to its list of 33 colleges nationwide with a perfect 5-star LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index rating for its support of the LGBTQ community. The univ...

August 2, 2011

Coffee Shop Hosts Open Mic Night

By Christina Lavingia

Coffee Collaborative hosted their first Open Mic Night last Tuesday, July 26 from 9 – 10:30 p.m.

July 13, 2011

Graffiti Tags Cover Campus

By Christina Lavingia

Between 1 a.m. and 9 a.m. on Wednesday, July 13, multiple buildings on and around campus were tagged with graffiti, commenting on political issues such as globalization. Campus officials began covering the vandalism soon...

May 27, 2011

UCSB Receives Beckman Scholarship Program

By Christina Lavingia

UCSB is one of nine new recipients of the Beckman Scholars Program, which will provide two undergraduate students every year for the next three years the opportunity to conduct research under faculty in chemical, enginee...

May 17, 2011

A.S. Finance Board Ends School Year

By Christina Lavingia

Associated Students Finance Board met last night for the current council’s final meeting of the 2010-11 academic year. Three student groups were on the agenda to request funding from the board, although no groups were ...

May 10, 2011

A.S. Funds Counter-Horowitz Event

By Christina Lavingia

The Associated Students Finance Board allotted $4,360 to five student organizations during last night’s one-hour meeting. The board fully funded the Muslim Student Association and the Office of the Internal Vice Presid...

May 3, 2011

Board Denies Funding for David Horowitz Event

By Christina Lavingia

The Associated Students Finance Board allotted $13,452 to 10 student organizations during last night’s three-hour meeting. The board fully funded the UCSB Playwright’s Circle, UCSB Kirtan Yoga, Sociology Association,...

April 26, 2011

$8,000 Remain in Spring Budget

By Christina Lavingia

The Associated Students Finance Board doled out over $19,000 to 15 student organizations during last night’s three-hour meeting. The board voted to fully fund 12 campus groups, leaving over $8,000 in the Spring Quarter...