Erika Martin

May 3, 2011

A.S. Rep Faces Theft Charges

By Katherine Friedman, Erika Martin

Associated Students On-Campus Representative Joseph Lee was released from Santa Barbara County Jail on $20,000 bail on Sunday after being arrested in connection with a stolen laptop. Lee, a second-year political science ...

April 22, 2011

[Update] 2011 Election Results

By Erika Martin

Update: April 23, 2011 8 a.m. The results of the Spring Elections’ Campus Elections Commission ballot were released yesterday, establishing one new fee and upholding five reaffirmations. Students approved a fee increas...

April 21, 2011

Power Plant Faces Tremor Tests

By Erika Martin

The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been asked to delay approving Diablo Canyon Power Plant’s license renewal until the nuclear-powered facility undergoes an earthquake risk evaluation.   The Pacif...

April 19, 2011

SB Accepts Record Number

By Erika Martin, Katherine Friedman

UCSB offered admission to 22,386 of nearly 50,000 applicants — its largest pool ever — for Fall 2011. The university accepted 46 percent of prospective freshmen applicants and plans to enroll about 3,900 students nex...

February 2, 2011

Proposal Reduces Federal Spending on Students

By Erika Martin, Garik Hauer, Madison Medeiros

The federal government funded the University of California, Santa Barbara $42,020,658 in federal grants throughout the 2010 fiscal year under the Recovery Acts Project.

January 5, 2011

Train Collision Claims Life

By Madison Medeiros, Erika Martin

An unidentified man died yesterday after he was hit by an Amtrak train on the tracks near Fairview Avenue. The collision came just one day after an Amtrak train hit a fallen tree on the tracks slightly north of Goleta.

January 3, 2011

Senate Revokes “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

By Erika Martin

President Barack Obama recently signed a bill repealing the U.S. military’s contentious “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.

November 18, 2010

Vote To Decide Fee Hike

By Erika Martin

The University of California Board of Regents is set to approve an $822 annual fee increase as discussed at their UC San Francisco Mission Bay meeting yesterday.

November 17, 2010

ONLINE UPDATE: Protests Escalate at UCSF Regents Meeting

By Erika Martin

San Francisco – Amidst growing expectations that the Regents will approve an eight percent student tuition increase tomorrow, at least six students have been arrested for protesting. Dozens more protesters were pepper ...

October 28, 2010

A.S. Incorporates Coalition After Extensive Debate

By Erika Martin

The Human Rights Board was finally established as an official Associated Students entity in a legislative council meeting last night, overcoming its defeat in deliberations last year.

October 27, 2010

Campaign Shows Resistance to Ballot Measure

By Erika Martin

A dozen students protested Proposition 23 with a “die-in” yesterday at the Arbor.

October 26, 2010

Research Counters Gay Policy

By Erika Martin

While the LGBTQ community gained a short-lived victory from the overturn of the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy earlier this month, a federal appeals court has already reversed the repeal.

October 21, 2010

Political Events Spur Debate of Fund Allocation

By Erika Martin

The Associated Students Legislative Council discussed the context of a recent A.S. Finance Board allocation during last night’s three-hour meeting.

October 7, 2010

A.S. Council Debates Creation of New Board

By Erika Martin

The Associated Students Legislative Council discussed the instatement of a new A.S. entity at last night’s four-hour meeting.

October 7, 2010

Human Rights and Healthcare Activist To Speak in Campbell

By Erika Martin

Edna Adan Ismail — who pioneered women’s rights and healthcare organizations in her homeland of Somaliland, Western Africa — will speak on campus tonight about her struggle and accomplishments.

October 6, 2010

Federal Agency Honors Origins

By Erika Martin

This month, the Peace Corps is celebrating its 50 year anniversary. Since its initiation, the program has enabled over 200,000 individuals to promote peace and unity throughout 139 countries worldwide.