Kristen Richer

June 30, 2004

UCSB Scientists Create New Date-Rape Drug Test

By Kristen Richer, Jason La

UCSB researchers have developed a test that may help law enforcement and medical officials combat date rape. The test, developed by chemistry Professor Stanley Parsons and Ph.D. student Dawn Bravo, allows for the detecti...

June 30, 2004

Access Goes to Where Students Want to Be

By Kristen Richer

Giovanni's, a pizzeria on Pardall Road, now joins the slowly growing ranks of off-campus locations that allow students to pay for goods with their ACCESS Cards.

May 28, 2004

Repairs Have Bells Ringing A Proper Tune

By Kristen Richer

The bells in Storke Tower were repaired Wednesday afternoon after a week-long malfunction that caused them to strike out-of-tune. The 61-bell carillon, located at the top of Storke Tower, malfunctioned last week when a s...

May 27, 2004

Power Demand, May Overload UCSB

By Kristen Richer

The impending opening of the Engineering Sciences Building and the California Nanosystems Institute has UCSB staff and environmentalists concerned about the increase in power consumption the two buildings are expected to...

May 19, 2004

Outreach Cuts May Diminish UCSB Diversity

By Kristen Richer

The 2004 incoming freshman class has a higher average GPA and a more diverse ethnic makeup than the last three freshman classes, but budget cuts to outreach programs may hinder the diversity of future classes.

April 16, 2004

Students To Vote on CLAS Funding

By Kristen Richer

During next week's election, students logging onto GOLD will decide just how much they value tutoring programs.

April 7, 2004

Porn Thesis Inflames Conservatives

By Kristen Richer

UCSB's academic standards are some of the most outrageous in the country, according to the Collegiate Network. In this year's Campus Outrage Awards, released April 1 by the Collegiate Network, UCSB tied for first place w...

February 18, 2004

Book Probes Japan’s History, Culture

By Kristen Richer

Editor’s Note: Associate professor of Japanese Haruko Iwasaki was incorrectly referred to as “he.” Iwasaki is a woman. Japan is engaged in a national identity crisis, according to Japan Unbound: A Volat...

February 4, 2004

For Whom Storke Tower Tolls

By Kristen Richer

After almost two weeks of silence, the bells are coming back. The Storke Tower bell carillon, an organ-like system of 61 bells of various sizes located at the top of Storke Tower, typically rings at 10 to the hour and on...