Jenny Mayock

January 5, 2004

UCSB Sacrifices Trees, Prepares for Construction

By Jenny Mayock

Students returned to school on Monday to find the empty lot near Snidecor Hall a little emptier after the university cleared roughly a dozen trees from the area.

December 4, 2003

SB Homeless Shelter Reopens for Season

By Jenny Mayock

On Monday night, the Casa Esperanza Homeless Center in downtown Santa Barbara opened its doors for the winter under its new name, welcoming community members, shelter board members and the homeless.

November 20, 2003

Leggies Recount Regents’ Meeting

By Jenny Mayock

Associated Students Legislative Council convened Wednesday night for its last meeting of the quarter. Members of A.S. gave personal accounts of a confrontation that took place between students and police in a UC Board o...

November 18, 2003

A.S. Gives Funds to Student Groups

By Jenny Mayock

The Associated Students Finance Board handed out over $2,500 at its final meeting of the quarter Monday afternoon, finishing the quarter with over $4,300 still unallocated - less than eight percent of their funds for the...

November 13, 2003

Leg Council Backs Strike, Beer, Hip Hop

By Jenny Mayock

A step was taken to bridge the social lives of drinkers and teetotalers at Wednesday night's meeting of the Associated Students Legislative Council.

November 7, 2003

Schwartz Declares Her Plans Not to Run in ’04

By Jenny Mayock

After 12 years in office, 1st District County Supervisor Naomi Schwartz announced Thursday that she will not run for office in 2004. Schwartz said she would not retire from public service but feels it is time to step asi...

November 6, 2003

A.S. Council Discusses Monetary Achievements

By Jenny Mayock

The Associated Students Legislative Council's agenda for last night's meeting included hearing presentations on the board's financial statements and a petition about the name of a three-legged guinea pig.

November 4, 2003

Roads Turn Deadly in Rainstorm

By Jenny Mayock

While the rainy weather this weekend may have helped fight wildfires, it also caused several car accidents and two deaths in the Santa Barbara area.

October 30, 2003

Leggies Tell Board Member to Take a Hike

By Jenny Mayock

Wednesday's meeting of the Associated Students Legislative Council resembled an episode of "Survivor" as the Leggies voted one of their own off of the student government island. A few Leg Council members cited Wyatt's fa...

October 29, 2003

Dean Puts Down Grassroots at UCSB

By Jenny Mayock

MTV came to UCSB Tuesday afternoon just four days before Halloween, but their cameras were not here to record any wild parties.

October 23, 2003

UC Briefs: October 21, 2003

By Jenny Mayock

The University of California Consortium for Language Learning and Teaching was awarded a grant of $452,600 from the U.S. Department of Education last Tuesday to develop a web-based yearlong course in Arabic language and ...

October 16, 2003

Locals Seek Solutions to Erosion of Goleta Beach

By Jenny Mayock

The future of Goleta Beach remains uncertain after a meeting held Wednesday night to discuss possible solutions to the beach's erosion problem. Goleta Beach lost 200 feet of beach width after the 1983 El Ni

October 8, 2003

Conan Conquers California, Capitol

By Jenny Mayock, Jason La

Tuesday night, California voted to recall Gov. Gray Davis in the 11th month of his second term. The recall passed with 54 percent of votes.

October 6, 2003

Local Women’s Groups Protest Schwarzenegger

By Jenny Mayock

A crowd of 20 to 30 demonstrators gathered on the front lawn of the Santa Barbara Court House on Friday evening to show its opposition to the recall and to Arnold Schwarzenegger's candidacy for governor.

October 3, 2003

UC Program to Pre-Admit Top HS Students

By Jenny Mayock

The University of California is offering 2,242 high school seniors guaranteed admission to a UC campus and is inviting them to apply this November even though they have not met all UC admissions requirements.

October 1, 2003

Segway Recall Doesn’t Slow Down Student

By Jenny Mayock

Thousands of students congest the bike paths with bikes, skateboards and even scooters to get from class to class, but Sidney Pickern, a sophomore literature major in the College of Creative Studies, is the only one ridi...