Jenna Ryan

December 3, 2009

UC Scholar Holds Class Amid Fight for Survival

By Jenna Ryan

UCSB professor William Freudenburg has always garnered strength from teaching students and working with colleagues, and even today as he battles cancer, he continues to inform and inspire the campus.

December 3, 2009

A.S. Discusses Stipends

By Jenna Ryan

The Associated Students Legislative Council kept its meeting uncharacteristically short last night.

November 19, 2009

Administrator Visits A.S. Meeting

By Jenna Ryan

The longest Associated Students Legislative Council meeting of the quarter featured discussion on issues ranging from finances to football.

November 18, 2009

Committee Convenes to Debate Tuition Hike

By Jenna Ryan

A 32 percent fee increase is on the table at today's UC Board of Regents meeting.

November 12, 2009

Republicans Procure Extra Rove Visit Funds

By Jenna Ryan

Emotions ran high among members of Associated Student's Legislative Council last night when the majority voted to award College Republicans nearly $3,000 on top of the $10,000 the conservative campus group received from ...

November 5, 2009

Universities Compete for Rock Show

By Jenna Ryan

Say it ain't so -- UCSB currently ranks just third in a college contest that will give the winning school a free Weezer concert and up to $25,000.

November 5, 2009

QSU Recognizes Mixed Victory

By Jenna Ryan

Students gathered near UCSB's Storke Plaza last night in reaction to legislation passed in Maine and Washington State regarding same sex marriage.

October 27, 2009

Professor Disproves Long-Believed Theory

By Jenna Ryan

UCSB anthropology professor Michael Gurven has discovered that chronic inflammation may not be an indicator of cardiovascular disease -- a discovery that contradicts currently accepted medical research.

October 15, 2009

A.S. Attempts to Ease ESS Concerns

By Jenna Ryan

The Associated Students Legislative Council discussed topics ranging from the efforts to save the Exercise and Sports Science Dept. to the campus wide teach-in during last night's meeting.

October 8, 2009

Bren School To Gain New Head

By Jenna Ryan

The Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management has chosen UCSB professor Steven Gaines as their new dean.

September 29, 2009

Stimulus To Aid Research

By Jenna Ryan

Select UCSB programs will feel a slight reprieve from the budget crunch thanks to $36 million in grants awarded to researchers through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

May 27, 2009

Club To Show Erotic Film

By Jenna Ryan

The erotic film "Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge" - which prides itself on being the most expensive adult film produced to date - is expected to blow students' minds tonight with loads of seamen and adventure.

May 26, 2009

ROTC Tests Students

By Jenna Ryan

Students clambered under wires and vaulted over obstacles as they competed for bragging rights and charity at the Second Annual ROTC Gauntlet this weekend.

May 21, 2009

Officials Investigate Questionable E-mail

By Jenna Ryan

The controversy surrounding a professor's e-mail comparing Israeli soldiers to Nazis will be the focus of a panel tonight at Embarcadero Hall.

April 24, 2009

Rally-Goers Address Issues of Rape

By Jenna Ryan

Sporting their finest denim attire, students, faculty and staff assembled on the Student Resource Building Patio on Wednesday to support rape victims at the Jeans for Justice Rally.

April 13, 2009

Students, Community Celebrate Planet at Earth Day Festival

By Jenna Ryan

Forty years ago an oil spill off the coast of Summerland sparked the modern environmental movement, and local residents kept the spirit alive Saturday during Isla Vista's Earth Day Festival.