Eric Simons

October 2, 2001

What Does UCSB See in IV?

By Eric Simons

It's the appearance of the campus' oldest demon - Isla Vista - that keeps the school from the pantheon of ivy-covered, serious and high-minded universities.

September 25, 2001

I Have a Gut-Instinct for Dinner

By Eric Simons

I'd be holding a knife, distastefully looking at the fish, trying to put it out of its misery quickly by stabbing it in the brain.

May 10, 2001

Leg Council Debates Trustee Accounts

By Eric Simons

Students lined up outside the door Wednesday night to speak to Associated Students Legislative Council on behalf of its campus organizations.

May 7, 2001

Strange Alchemy

By Eric Simons

Steve Giddings comes into his office most mornings and sits down at his desk with a piece of paper and a pencil. Then, he stares off into space.

April 25, 2001

Armenian Group Fights for Genocide Recognition

By Eric Simons

On April 24, 1915, according to Armenians, the Turkish Ottoman Empire began a systematic genocide of Armenian people in Turkey. By 1922, 1.5 million people had died. In 2001, only one country in the world, France, has re...

April 4, 2001

UCSB Accepts Record Number of Applicants, Begins Efforts to Recruit Prospective Students

By Eric Simons

UCSB admitted a record 16,450 high school students out of 34,000 applicants for Fall Quarter 2001, and plans to enroll 3,700 of those students.

April 3, 2001

A.S. Finance Board Allots $24,000 of Available Funds

By Eric Simons

Finance Board gave out over half its money in the three-hour meeting, leaving just over $16,000 available for the rest of Spring Quarter.

March 9, 2001

UC Berkeley Rally Calls for Affirmative Action

By Eric Simons

Thousands of students filled Berkeley's Sproul Plaza on Thursday to call for the return of Affirmative Action in California.

March 5, 2001

Environmental Group Helps Homeless, Local Shoreline

By Eric Simons

Alan Hunterman says he'd clean up the beach below Del Playa Drive whether he got paid or not.

March 5, 2001

Conference Is Held in Honor of UCSB Physicist

By Eric Simons

The weekend meeting, called "Heterototic Dreams and Asymptotic Visions: The 60th Birthday Celebration for David Gross," featured speakers on topics such as black holes, string theory, M-theory and inflation theory.

March 1, 2001

UCSB Race Issues: Not Entirely Black and White

By Eric Simons

At an overwhelmingly liberal college like UCSB, outright displays of racism are rare. So, a series of incidents directed at two individuals in the residence halls during Spring Quarter 1999 moved the university to react.

February 28, 2001

A.S. Leg Council To Back Week for Victims, Debate Voting Code Modification

By Eric Simons

Associated Students Legislative Council representatives will offer condolences to the victims of Friday's tragedy and call for a week of "reflection and remembrance," along with normal business tonight in their...

February 21, 2001

Former Black Panther Party Leader Lectures on Activism in Corwin Pavilion

By Eric Simons

Last time Elaine Brown was in Santa Barbara, a bank burned down.

February 20, 2001

UC President Questions Relevancy of SAT Test Requirement

By Eric Simons

University of California President Richard Atkinson recommended Sunday that the University stop using the SAT I, a standardized test taken last year by almost 2.5 million prospective students, as a basis for admission.

February 16, 2001

Academy Selects UCSB Physicist for VP Position

By Eric Simons

Physics Professor James Langer, who has taught and researched at UCSB for 18 years, was elected Wednesday as vice president of the National Academy of Sciences, the country's most influential science organization.

February 14, 2001

Bomb Squad Investigates Suspicious Parcel at Rob Gym

By Eric Simons

UC Police Dept. Capt. Michael Foster said the police dispatcher received a report regarding the package, which was about two inches thick and did not have an address or any identifying marks.