Jason La

February 3, 2004

A.S. Opens Coffers, Approves 4 Requests

By Jason La

Feeling generous, Associate Students Finance Board gave out over $4,500 to one fraternity and three A.S. committees Monday night. The board gave the A.S. Committee on Public Safety (C.O.P.S.) $320 for a Feb. 19 debate in...

January 28, 2004

Gamers To ‘Hook Up’ at LAN Party

By Jason La

Lock and load your keyboards and mice because the Computer Gaming Club is hosting another LAN party. The event, in which gamers come together and plug their computers into a local area network (LAN) to battle against eac...

January 23, 2004

UCSA Battles The Governator

By Jason La

University of California students and civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit Wednesday with the State Supreme Court against Gov. Schwarzenegger asking the court to overturn the recent reduction of vehicle license fee...

January 21, 2004

On-Campus Resident Alleges Sexual Battery

By Jason La

UC Police Dept. is investigating a reported sexual battery that happened over the weekend in the Santa Rosa Residence Hall. The alleged battery occurred Jan. 17 on the 1100 wing of the residence hall between 2 and 2:45 a...

January 16, 2004

Coach Benches Alleged Forger

By Jason La

The UCSB freshman baseball player arrested Tuesday for making fake driver licenses in his residence hall has been suspended from the team until further notice.

January 14, 2004

Police Detain Alleged I.D. Forger

By Jason La

UC Police Dept. arrested a UCSB freshman yesterday for making fake I.D.'s out of his dorm room. Eighteen-year-old David Matthew Filipiak of Laguna Hills, Calif., was arrested for forging or manufacturing false identifica...

January 14, 2004

Burglars Break Into Local Cars Over Weekend

By Jason La

Six cars were broken into and burglarized last weekend at two university-owned off-campus housing complexes. The unknown burglar or burglars stole stereos, compact discs and other personal items from the vehicles, which ...

January 8, 2004

FT’s North Tower Remodeled by March

By Jason La

With major structural renovation on the north tower of Francisco Torres Residential Hall complete and the majority of internal work finished, the building is nearly habitable.

January 7, 2004

UCSB Gets Grant for Rec Dept. Program

By Jason La

With a new grant from a local foundation, UCSB hopes to provide more physical and recreational activities for the disabled. The Bialis Family Foundation of Santa Barbara gave UCSB $75,000 in mid-December to establish a r...

January 5, 2004

C.U.E., UC Return to Negotiations

By Jason La

The Coalition of University Employees (C.U.E.), the union that represents University of California clerical workers, has re-opened talks with UC on wages, parking and health benefits.

December 4, 2003

TAs Reach Agreement With UC

By Jason La

The strike by teaching assistants, tutors and other academic student employees that would have started today was avoided when the University and the labor union reached a tentative contract agreement late Tuesday night.

November 26, 2003

KCSB Gives Up B-ball Airtime to Corporates

By Jason La

The student-staffed radio station will only air 11 live broadcasts of women's basketball games this year, instead of the 17 games it aired last year.

November 25, 2003

TAs To Hold Dead Week Strike

By Jason La

Teaching assistants, tutors and other academic student employees at all nine University of California campuses will be on strike starting next week after contract negotiations broke down earlier this month.

November 21, 2003

Locals Scope Grad Student Housing Project

By Jason La

The safety and aesthetics of the proposed San Clemente Graduate Student Housing Project dominated a meeting Thursday night at Embarcadero Hall.

November 19, 2003

Meeting to Focus on Grad Housing Impact

By Jason La

At a public meeting Thursday, community members and Santa Barbara County public agencies will have the chance to talk to UCSB and the county about environmental issues the university should investigate before beginning c...

November 10, 2003

UC Briefs: November 10, 2003

By Jason La

On Sunday, Iranian authorities released a UC Berkeley lecturer imprisoned on suspicion of espionage since July, Iranian prosecutor's office spokesman Mohammad Shadabi said.