John Leach

May 10, 2012

Renowned Surf Film Celebrates Cultural Connection to Nature

By John Leach

Director Adam Pesce’s documentary “Splinters,” which follows the journey of four surfers as they compete for the title of best surfer in Papua New Guinea’s first ever national surfing contest, will be screened to...

October 20, 2011

Compost Crusade To Hit Campus

By John Leach

The UCSB Associated Students Recycling Committee is adding six compost bins to recycling receptacles across campus next quarter to divert a larger portion of the university’s food waste. The Composting Pilot project wi...

October 3, 2011

Granada Hosts Malkovich’s Dark Comedy

By John Leach

UCSB’s Arts & Lectures will unveil the West Coast premiere of “The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer,” starring John Malkovich, tonight at 8 p.m. in Santa Barbara’s Granada Theatre. The play use...

September 27, 2011

UCSB To Select Future Public Affairs Official

By John Leach

A Search Advisory Committee is looking for the new Associate Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs following the departure of former AVC Paul Desruisseaux last spring. Executive Dean of the College of Letters and Science Da...

September 23, 2011

University Recognition

By John Leach

NSCS Students Earn National Award The National Society of Collegiate Scholars UCSB chapter received a Silver Star Status award at the NSCS 2011 Convention in June for the program’s commitment to the campus and communit...

September 15, 2011

Insurance Hikes Fees, Expands Health Coverage

By John Leach

Beginning Sept. 18, all UC students will fall under a newly restructured Student Health Insurance Plan. The new program will cost $300 more per year for undergraduates but now includes dental coverage in addition to exis...

August 3, 2011

UCSB Professor Reveals New Findings on Universe Expansion

By John Leach

UCSB adjunct professor of physics Andy Howell published an article in the research journal Nature Communications last month detailing the scientific community’s knowledge of Type Ia supernovas.

July 13, 2011

UC Schools Attract More Students

By John Leach

The University of California Office of the President issued a statement last month announcing that 39,989 of the 76,682 Fall 2011 freshman applicants admitted system-wide submitted a Statement of Intent to Register.

May 26, 2011

Exhibit Examines Bible Evolution

By John Leach

The Davidson Library Dept. of Special Collections is hosting a new exhibit featuring 19 Bibles in various languages dating from the 13th to 17th centuries.

May 16, 2011

Campus Closes Book on La Cumbre

By John Leach, Alexander Colletta

UCSB’s La Cumbre yearbook will publish its 91st and final edition this year after losing its reaffirmation and proposed new fee during last month’s Spring elections. The election results saw a 39 percent voter turnou...

April 25, 2011

KCSB To Broadcast Al Jazeera English

By John Leach

KCSB 91.9 FM is broadcasting international news channel Al Jazeera English twice a week this quarter to expand its current program. The university’s radio station will relay the 24-hour coverage on Tuesdays and Thursda...

April 12, 2011

Fees Return for Approval, Crowd Ballot

By Michael Dean, Samantha Forcum, John Leach

Various campus programs and organizations are asking for the reaffirmation of 31 separate lock-in fees totaling to about $552 per year in the upcoming Spring Election. All referenda were approved in previous elections an...

March 31, 2011

Student Paper Plagued by Prank

By John Leach

The Associated Students-sponsored newspaper The Bottom Line has suffered a recent series of vandalism at distribution bins around campus.

February 28, 2011

Athletics To Target Prejudice

By John Leach

The first annual Queer Games kicks off on campus with an opening ceremony tomorrow at 5 p.m. in the MultiCultural Center Theatre.

February 25, 2011

New Antioch University President Joins Faculty

By John Leach

Antioch University Santa Barbara will welcome its new president in a ceremony at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History tomorrow at 2 p.m.

January 28, 2011

Riders Look to Trample Contest

By John Leach

The UCSB equestrian team will compete in their first Intercollegiate Horse Show Association hunt seat show of Winter Quarter this weekend at the Cal Poly Pomona Horse Center.