Kaitlin Pike

January 27, 2006

Fire Alarm Empties North Hall

By Kaitlin Pike

With the exception of a few careless students walking inside to empty classrooms, most people left North Hall on Thursday afternoon, as a 45-minute fire alarm caused the building's three wings to be evacuated. At about 1...

January 27, 2006

Aslan, Miles To Address Understanding of Islam

By Kaitlin Pike

Countering and perhaps shifting the paradigms that the Western world holds toward the Islamic world, religious scholar Reza Aslan will give a Santa Barbara audience this Sunday a closer look into the War on Terror.

January 20, 2006

Surfrider Founder’s Lecture To Explore Ebbing Surf Values

By Kaitlin Pike

This Sunday, the normally laid-back world of surfing will receive a scholarly critique and words of warning from one of its own members.

January 18, 2006

Activist Gives Lecture Amid Protests

By Kaitlin Pike

More than 100 students, faculty and community members - about 20 of them protesters - attended controversial academic and activist Ward Churchill's lecture in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. last night, both to listen a...

January 9, 2006

Governor’s Budget To Rescind UC Fee Hike

By Kaitlin Pike

University of California and California State University students may not have to pay a several hundred dollar fee increase next school year, as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to fund the systems with an additional $13...

January 1, 2006

Setting Sail on a Swell Voyage

By Kaitlin Pike

"I'm just looking forward to the first fight," says Liz Clark as she sits diagonally across from fellow UCSB graduates Shannon Switzer and Mark Schumacher on her 40-foot vessel, dubbed the Swell.

November 21, 2005

Police Hold Student On Attempted Rape, Burglary Charges

By Kaitlin Pike

UC Police Dept. officers arrested an 18-year-old male UCSB student early Saturday morning in connection with an attempted rape at a university residence hall.

November 14, 2005

Local Students To Fly Against U.S. Hand in Overseas Militaries

By Kaitlin Pike

In preparation for larger protests this weekend, several UCSB students will table and rally this week against the U.S. government-funded Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSE), formerly and more w...

November 9, 2005

Church’s Paulist Fathers To Leave Local Ministry

By Kaitlin Pike

After nearly 40 years of serving the UCSB and Isla Vista community, the Roman Catholic priest order of the Paulist Fathers announced that a dwindling number of priests and lack of resources has caused it to pull its mini...

November 7, 2005

Activist Speaks To SB Students About Morality

By Kaitlin Pike

Nobel Prize winner and anti-apartheid activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu spoke to a packed audience in Arlington Theatre on Friday night, advocating forgiveness over retribution and a belief in the essential goodness of al...

November 2, 2005

Family, Friends Remember UCSB Alumnus

By Kaitlin Pike

This Saturday, friends and family of former UCSB chemistry graduate student Michele Guidoni will gather to share memories and celebrate the life of the man they describe as exceptional in brilliance and heart.

October 24, 2005

Potential Voters Offered Final Chance to Register

By Kaitlin Pike

Students have one last chance today to make their voices heard - and help UCSB hold a record - by registering to vote for the upcoming, statewide special election.

October 12, 2005

Assembly Celebrates Queers, Peers

By Kaitlin Pike

Nearly 100 queers and allies came out yesterday afternoon to the National Coming Out Day rally in Storke Plaza to support each other's identities. Speakers at the rally talked about such issues as queer identity, stereot...

October 7, 2005

Students Sign Banner to Boost U.S. Troop Morale

By Kaitlin Pike

Regardless of their personal feelings toward the War in Iraq, 117 students and passersby expressed their support Thursday afternoon for American soldiers stationed in Baghdad.

October 5, 2005

Class Trains Students to Warn, Cite Police Officers

By Kaitlin Pike

Students will patrol the streets this weekend, potentially writing up Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) and UC Police Dept. (UCPD) officers. UCSB students taking Law & Society 4: Police and Community Rights -- a student-run ...

September 29, 2005

Nobel Candidate Seeks Aid for World’s Women

By Kaitlin Pike

Nobel Peace Prize nominee Jane Roberts promised to fight for women's rights and family planning "all the way, forever" at the Women's Center Wednesday afternoon, as part of her campaign to make 34 million friends.