Jason La

November 5, 2002

Finance Board Allocates Funds to Theater Group

By Jason La

Associated Students Finance Board continues to give money to student groups despite finance shortages, although they are receiving less money than they have in previous years.

October 30, 2002

UCSB Student May Face Fraud Charges

By Jason La

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept., the FBI and the Internet auction company eBay are investigating suspected computer sales fraud by one or more UCSB students.

October 30, 2002

A.S. Focuses on Events, Postpones Business

By Jason La

Associated Students Legislative Council convened last night for a short and uneventful meeting and then adjourned for the week. A bill to amend the Associated Students Program Board Code was postponed and a resolution to...

October 29, 2002

A.S. Contemplates Fundraising Possibilities

By Jason La

Members from the Associated Students Executive Board, Legislative Council, Finance Board and various other student organizations met last night to brainstorm fundraising ideas that would help to alleviate this year's fin...

October 24, 2002

Leg Council Meeting Focuses on Phone Voting

By Jason La

A.S. Leg Council members, who did not meet last week in support of Coalition of University Employees' strike, primarily discussed a bill which would eliminate voting by phone.

October 1, 2002

Bike Thefts Prompt Arrests

By Jason La

The UC Police Dept. arrested and cited five people in connection with bicycle thefts during the week preceding Fall Quarter.

September 26, 2002

UCSB Trys to Buy FT

By Jason La

This summer UC Santa Barbara began its third attempt to purchase the campus-affiliated Francisco Torres housing complex from its current owner, College Park Communities.

September 20, 2002

College Board To Alter SAT I for 2005-06

By Jason La

The trustees of the College Board, the organization that administers the Scholastic Assessment Test, have voted to modify the SAT I exam for the 2005-06 academic year.

August 28, 2002

New Class Has Its Ups and Downs

By Jason La

Reflecting a new, more comprehensive admissions policy, UCSB's incoming freshman class of 2002 continues to improve the campus' ethnic and economic diversity, but average test scores and grades dropped slightly compared ...

June 26, 2002

Prospective Vice Chancellor Awaits UC Approval

By Jason La

The University of California Santa Barbara named an Oregon administrator the new permanent vice chancellor of administrative services earlier this month.

May 21, 2002

Enter the Field

By Jason La

In a cramped, well air-conditioned, florescent-lighted room, UCSB's version of HAL sits. Well, sort of - the Engineering I building is home to the Gargleblaster Cluster Parallel Computing Facility, but it's not planning ...

February 6, 2002

UCSB Station Needs to Hire 1 Firefighter

By Jason La

The Santa Barbara County fire chief said understaffing at UCSB's on-campus station endangers students and faculty. However, the university and county are at odds over how and who should pay for that person.

January 17, 2002

If You Think Celebrities Are Paid Too Much, Don’t Help Pay Them

By Jason La

The public has no right to dictate where corporations should funnel their money unless you are a shareholder, nor does it make any sense to do so.

November 20, 2001

Digital Mouse

By Jason La

A new field of research known as bioinformatics is the use of technology to aid biological research. Ming Li, a UCSB computer science professor, along with his graduate students, stand to give the field a dynamic leap fo...

May 31, 2001

UCSB Sees Increase in Behavioral Misconduct

By Jason La

The number of student behavior misconduct cases this year has been growing closer to the number of academic incidents, causing concern among campus officials.

April 18, 2001

Ballot To Include Base Fee Increase Initiative

By Jason La

Currently, students are charged $9.10 per quarter in Student Services and Activities base fees. To meet the demands of the next fiscal year, A.S. is proposing a $5.90 increase, for a total of $15 per quarter, which, if p...