Kaitlin Pike

September 23, 2005

UC Committee on Finance Suggests Pay Increase Become a Top Priority

By Kaitlin Pike

A University of California Regents committee recommended that the UC prioritize raising university employees' salaries to competitive levels, but held off on a proposal to allow private donors to fund the salaries of adm...

September 22, 2005

UC Regents Evaluate Funding, Financial Aid

By Kaitlin Pike

The University of California needs immediate, creative solutions to current budget crises if it wishes to maintain its status among the nation's top research universities, UC officials said Tuesday at the Board of Regent...

June 29, 2005

Dennis Nord Leaves Big Shoes to Fill at C&CS

By Kaitlin Pike

After 30 years of job placement tests, interview-skills workshops and career fairs, Counseling and Career Services (C&CS) Director Dennis Nord will retire today.

May 27, 2005

Regents Vote to Bid for Lab Stewardship

By Kaitlin Pike

The University of California Regents decided to bid on the Los Alamos National Laboratory management contract Thursday, citing the importance of national security and the two institutions' historic relationship.

May 25, 2005

Officials Seek Solution to Crumbling Cliffs

By Kaitlin Pike

In 2001, the university replaced a 30-year-old fence that lined the east campus bluffs because it became damaged due to erosion. At present, four years after the repair, the university is looking to replace the fence aga...

May 23, 2005

Experts Expect Future Increases in Cliff Erosion

By Kaitlin Pike

While walking on the campus beach down from Lagoon Road, Martie Levy said she heard a rumbling noise originating 25 feet behind her and her daughter - just before a four-foot-wide boulder rolled down from the cliff.

May 20, 2005

Judicial Council Declines to Fine SAC Candidates

By Kaitlin Pike

The Associated Students Judicial Council did not charge two Student Action Coalition (SAC) candidates for violating campaign rules in last spring's election, citing insufficient evidence against the accused.

May 19, 2005

Leggies Swear In Newbie Officials

By Kaitlin Pike

The Associated Students 2004-05 Legislative Council members cried and congratulated one another Wednesday night for what they called a successful year before handing their positions over to the 2005-06 Leg Council.

May 16, 2005

Poor Meeting Turnout Delays Recruiter Vote

By Kaitlin Pike

The UCSB Faculty Legislature failed to meet its minimum attendance requirement and did not vote on a proposal to ban military recruiters from campus at its special meeting Friday afternoon.

May 13, 2005

‘Facing Race’ To Scrutinize Military

By Kaitlin Pike

Associated Students Student Commission on Racial Equality (SCORE) will host a conference Saturday to discuss the influence of the American military at the local, state, federal and global level.

May 5, 2005

Students, Staff Address ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

By Kaitlin Pike

Over 20 students, professors and community members debated in front of a packed crowd over the possible removal of military recruiters on campus at the Academic Senate's special town hall meeting Wednesday afternoon.

May 3, 2005

Rally Speaks Out Against ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

By Kaitlin Pike

UCSB Chancellor Henry Yang declined to sign a petition by a group of 20 protesters who stormed Cheadle Hall on Monday afternoon and demanded he support a ban of military recruiters on campus. Carrying signs and flags, me...

April 26, 2005

Sign-Wielding Man Condemns Gays at Queer Pride Rally

By Kaitlin Pike

Organizers of Monday afternoon's Queer Pride Week kick-off rally said a boisterous anti-queer protester had an unintended effect -- he helped spread the importance of the event's pro-tolerance message.

April 22, 2005

Campus Voters Choose to Increase Student Costs by Approving Five Initiatives, Reinstating Current Fees

By Kaitlin Pike

Undergraduate students are now responsible for paying an additional $13.74 per quarter in Associated Students and campus-based fees after passing all existing reaffirmations and five new initiatives in this week's studen...

April 22, 2005

UCSB Officials Reject 8 of 17 Eviction Appeals

By Kaitlin Pike

The university has denied eight of the 17 recently evicted residents of Santa Cruz Residence Hall an appeal, forcing them to now pack up and leave their rooms by 2 p.m. today.

April 20, 2005

Residence Hall Dishes Out 17 Eviction Notices

By Kaitlin Pike

Seventeen residents of the Santa Cruz Residence Hall received eviction notices Wednesday afternoon after university officials said the group caused hundreds of dollars in damage to the hall's 1300 wing and continually ha...