Daniel Haier

October 31, 2003

Officials Urge Safe Partying to Protect Students, Reputation

By Daniel Haier

From national media attention highlighting UCSB student participation in pornographic films to stories about rising violent crime rates in Isla Vista, a variety of factors have shaped university and local law enforcement...

October 30, 2003

More Questions for Moore

By Daniel Haier

Michael Moore makes a casual entrance into the green room at the Arlington Theatre last Sunday night - minutes before he's to take the stage before a sold-out crowd. Wrapped in a black sport coat over a green polo shirt ...

October 28, 2003

He Said, She Said: Are Cop Costumes a Good Idea?

By Daniel Haier

If there's one way to avoid attention from the law this Halloween, it's to be the law. Dressing as police officers will provide you and your friends the opportunity to live out every law enforcement fantasy you've ever c...

October 27, 2003

Piru Fire Remains Burning

By Daniel Haier

Smoke from wildfires burning out of control in Ventura County choked the Santa Barbara area Sunday as high temperatures, windy conditions and steep terrain plagued containment efforts.

October 23, 2003

The Rapture | Echoes | Universal

By Daniel Haier

The Rapture wants you to dance - but not in any manner that would convince a sober observer of your sanity or muscle control. They want you to pulse all crazy jagged-like with each sporadic, funky guitar riff that strike...

October 22, 2003

Debated Rainfall Process Remains

By Daniel Haier

Last week, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved the continued funding of a cloud-seeding weather modification program, despite a recent report issued by the National Academy of Sciences questioning the ...

October 21, 2003

I.V. Gets Chance to Ask Cops About Halloween

By Daniel Haier

UCSB students and Isla Vista residents with public safety concerns regarding Halloween 2003 have an opportunity to question authority - and enjoy free food - at a town hall-style meeting this Thursday, Oct. 23.

October 20, 2003

DP Weekend Clash Ends in Injury, Arrest

By Brendan Buhler, Daniel Haier

A brawl in a Del Playa Drive apartment Saturday night left the alleged instigator with a head wound from a miniature baseball bat, in addition to an arrest on charges of unlawful entry and felony battery.

October 20, 2003

Police Reports: October 19, 2003

By Brendan Buhler, Daniel Haier

Deputies saw a woman staggering along Del Playa Drive following a group of people. The woman, perhaps deciding that walking was for suckers, sat herself on the bumper of a slow-moving van.

October 17, 2003

Stabbings Injure Prison Guards

By Daniel Haier

Two guards were stabbed Wednesday afternoon at the Lompoc maximum-security penitentiary near Vandenberg Air Force Base. The guards' conditions and identities, as well as the circumstances under which they were injured, w...

October 15, 2003

SB County To Consider Options for Goleta Beach

By Daniel Haier

Members of the public are invited to attend a community education and planning meeting tonight to discuss the future of Goleta Beach, which has been plagued in recent years by storm-related erosion.

October 14, 2003

Leggie Confronts Armed Drunk Woman

By Daniel Haier

Associated Students President Miguel Lopez helped calm a knife-wielding friend after a confrontation outside a party on the 6600 block of Abrego Road last Saturday before running to call police.

October 14, 2003

October 14th, 2003

By Daniel Haier

Alcohol and the Descent of Man; After the Slashing, He Rested; Huked on Fonix Wurked fur Mee; Citation To Go

October 13, 2003

Missile Protests Continue

By Daniel Haier

A thick green line painted across the roadway separates protestors from the most advanced space weapons and missile testing facility in the world.

October 10, 2003

Protesters Want Peaceful Work at Vandenberg

By Daniel Haier

Demonstrators are meeting on Saturday to demand the conversion of Vandenberg Air Force Base from a missile facility to a center for the study and development of sustainable energy sources, like windmills.

October 9, 2003

Thrice | The Artist in the Ambulance | Island

By Daniel Haier

If anyone needs proof that master planned communities with perfect landscaping and endless fields of track housing can rear teenagers who aren't void of emotions or souls, Irvine's hardcore punk rock outfit Thrice makes ...