Daniel Slovinsky

March 12, 2014

Traveling Preacher Debates Evolution, Other Topics

By Daniel Slovinsky, Peter Mounteer

Students gathered at the UCen and later the Arbor from 12:30 to 6 p.m. as preacher and founder of the Whitefield Fellowship Keith Darrell debated students on a number of topics such as evolution, the laws of nature and i...

March 3, 2014

Noam Chomsky Gives Speech in Lobero Theater

By Daniel Slovinsky, Suzanne Becker

Renowned philosopher, political theorist and MIT Professor Emeritus of linguistics Noam Chomsky presented the 13th annual Frank K. Kelly Lecture on Humanity’s Future, as hosted by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation at th...

January 29, 2014

Obama Addresses Student Financing

By Daniel Slovinsky

President Barack Obama delivered his annual State of the Union address last night to members of Congress and a national audience, covering an exhaustive range of topics including student debt, university research, the se...

January 9, 2014

Show Me the Money

By Daniel Slovinsky

An Alameda County appellate court ruled last month that the University of California is not compelled to publicize information on the investment performance of its venture capital funds under the California Public Record...

December 5, 2013

I.V. Deli Seeks to Refresh Menu, Change Locations this Winter

By Daniel Slovinsky

Beginning next quarter, I.V. Deli Mart will move into the emptied out Isla Vista Bookstore building next door, abandoning its current location which it has occupied since its founding in 2003.

November 5, 2013

Halloween Turnout Falls Short of Expected Attendance Count

By Daniel Slovinsky

Isla Vista’s infamous Halloween festivities attracted crowds of 12,000 to 15,000 people on the peak nights of Thursday and Friday, according to data just released by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.

October 24, 2013

Greek Charity To Help Local Children

By Daniel Slovinsky

Greeks 4 Kids, an Isla Vista charity that uses resources from UCSB fraternities and sororities to aid organizations seeking to educate underprivileged children, plans to hold their second in-kind donation on Nov. 8 to be...

October 17, 2013

UCSB Mock Trial Program Slays Competition at SLO

By Daniel Slovinsky

Last weekend, the UCSB Mock Trial B team took first place, and the A team placed in fourth place at a tournament hosted by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the first Mock Trial event of the year.

October 7, 2013

Local Groups Celebrate Campus Point Anniversary

By Daniel Slovinsky

On Saturday, local non-profit organization Santa Barbara Channelkeeper hosted MPA Splash, an event celebrating Campus Point’s second year anniversary as a Marine Protected Area.

May 24, 2013

UCensation Concert and Festival Features Music, Food, Chalk Competition and Ice-Blocking

By Daniel Slovinsky

Springtime concert and festival UCensation featured local music groups, food, a chalk art competition and the Ice Skating Club’s quarterly ice-blocking event yesterday afternoon at the Lagoon Lawn. Hosted by the Univer...

May 22, 2013

Communications Lab Hopes to Combine Physical, Social Sciences

By Daniel Slovinsky

  Professor John-Dylan Haynes, a neuroscientist from Berlin, spoke at the Media Neuroscience Lab of the Department of Communication yesterday afternoon. The lecture touched on Haynes’ experience with brain imaging...

May 17, 2013

Panel Debates Ethics of Drone Warfare at Campbell Hall

By Daniel Slovinsky

UCSB Arts & Lectures and the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center hosted “Drone Warfare: Prospects and Dangers” at Campbell Hall on Wednesday, opening the way for discussion of the United States’ use of militari...

May 9, 2013

New Alert Website Texts Students Class Openings

By Daniel Slovinsky

A newly launched website called Alertification now allows students to receive a text message alert as soon as a space becomes available in a previously filled class. Initially established for UCLA students by UCLA gradua...

May 6, 2013

Famed Astrophysicist Extends Lecture, Discusses Various Theories

By Daniel Slovinsky

World-renowned astrophysicist, science communicator and director of the New York Hayden Planetarium Neil deGrasse Tyson spoke at the Granada Theatre on Thursday as part of an event hosted by UCSB Arts & Lectures. Tho...

May 6, 2013

Select Campuses Move to Revise Current UC SHIP Medical Insurance

By Daniel Slovinsky

Chancellor Henry T. Yang recently joined chancellors from the UC campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine and Riverside to officially terminate each university’s participation in the UC Student Health Insurance Plan, with t...

April 29, 2013

University Funding Affected by Recent Federal Budget Cuts

By Daniel Slovinsky

Roughly $1 trillion in automatic, across-the-board federal budget cuts were enacted March 1 after Washington lawmakers failed to agree upon a satisfactory deal between Congressional Republicans, Democrats and the Whit...