Kristen Peters

February 16, 2010

Rove Opposers Force Greater Security Costs

By Kristen Peters

With Karl Rove's visit just over a week away, tensions between host-group UCSB College Republicans and SB Anti War are mounting.

February 9, 2010

Tumor Drug To Enter Trials

By Kristen Peters

The Cancer Center of Santa Barbara will be participating in a Phase III clinical trial in order to evaluate the effectiveness of Lucanix, a new vaccine designed to fight lung cancer.

February 3, 2010

Army Execs Support Queers

By Kristen Peters

The U.S.'s top two senior defense officials called for a repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" yesterday in an effort to move toward permitting openly homosexual individuals to serve without contest in the United States Mili...

January 29, 2010

Grad Students Assist Grade School

By Kristen Peters

The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education teamed up with a local school district last week to create the Harding University Partnership School to accelerate elementary school learning. The graduate school signed the Memor...

January 22, 2010

Groups Gather Names for Fee Hike

By Kristen Peters

With campus elections just a quarter away, UCSB organization members are toting around clipboards in the hopes of garnering enough signatures to have their lock-in fees on the ballot.

January 21, 2010

Pupils Face Course Shortage

By Kristen Peters

In the wake of over two million dollars in budget reductions, UCSB cut 160 classes this quarter, leaving many students battling for a seat in campus classrooms and lecture halls.

January 5, 2010

Campus Affirms Rove Appearance

By Kristen Peters

Karl Rove, a former White House Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff, will appear before the UCSB student body next month for a pointed political discussion, courtesy of the UCSB College Republicans.

December 3, 2009

Fast Contests Cutbacks

By Kristen Peters

A group of students starved themselves for 27 hours to protest the steep budget cuts plaguing the UC system.

November 17, 2009

Student Rally Rebukes Fees

By Kristen Peters

Nearly 150 protestors gathered outside the offices of UCSB's top administrators yesterday to pressure Chancellor Henry T. Yang to oppose the UC Regents' proposed 32 percent fee hike.

November 16, 2009

EAP Adds South American Destination

By Kristen Peters

Adventurous UCSB students will now have the opportunity to trace their Gaucho roots back to their South American origins.

November 6, 2009

Gauchos Win State Award

By Kristen Peters

Despite the absence of a major political race, UCSB took first place in a statewide competition to register new student voters.

November 3, 2009

UC Budget Generates Protest

By Kristen Peters

A group of union service workers and supporting students rallied in front of Chancellor Henry T. Yang's office yesterday only to find that the chancellor had already left the building.

October 28, 2009

Campus To Install New Emergency Stations

By Kristen Peters

In an effort to improve the UCSB Alert Emergency Notification System, university officials have announced plans to install an alternate "talk-a-phone" system atop various campus buildings.

October 23, 2009

UC Delays Fee Hike

By Kristen Peters

A University of California proposal to charge select undergraduate majors an additional $900 in tuition has been postponed indefinitely.

October 20, 2009

SB Alum Authors I.V. Superhero Tale

By Kristen Peters

In UCSB alumna Jacquelyn Wheeler's first science fiction novel, the main character uses superpowers to balance the forces of good and evil -- all while attending UCSB.

October 12, 2009