Leon Freyermuth

May 16, 2014

Regents Discuss Student Affairs at Last Meeting of Academic Year

By Leon Freyermuth, Peter Mounteer

The meeting of the University of California Regents resumed for its final session yesterday morning and discussed the financial status of UC Medical Centers and the UC Office of the President Budget following a public co...

April 18, 2014

A.S. Ballot to Determine Fate of Goleta Sobering Center

By Leon Freyermuth

During this year’s Associated Students elections, students will have the opportunity to vote on a ballot initiative to fund a sobering center in Goleta for first-time drunk-in-public offenders, avoiding the costs of a ...

February 26, 2014

County Lays Plans For I.V. Community Center

By Leon Freyermuth

The state Department of Finance approved a plan allowing three Isla Vista properties on Embarcadero del Mar — previously a medical clinic, church and parking lot — to persist under control of Santa Barbara County, ra...

February 24, 2014

Michael Moss Gives Presentation at UCSB

By Leon Freyermuth

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Michael Moss spoke about the addictive nature of processed and fast food in his talk Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us on Saturday at Campbell Hall.

February 5, 2014

Professor Gives Talk on Public Universities

By Leon Freyermuth

English professor Chris Newfield gave a talk yesterday evening at the McCune Conference Room on the future of public universities, as well as the necessity of low tuition and face-to-face learning in order to foster egal...

January 30, 2014

UCSB Rates Among Best Valued Colleges

By Hannah Nelson, Leon Freyermuth

UCSB ranked number 18 in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine’s 2014 list of the top 100 “Best Values in Public Colleges” after a combined analysis of the university’s education and economic value.

January 29, 2014

CCS Welcomes Japanese Shinto Art

By Leon Freyermuth

Internationally renowned photographer Masuura Yukihito introduced his work at the opening of the Shrine Photography Exhibit, a temporary installation located in the gallery of the College of Creative Studies that feature...

January 21, 2014

AS Legislation Seeks to Reassign Responsibilities

By Leon Freyermuth

Legislation is in the works to restructure Associated Students and its governing bodies, with plans to create special committees in A.S. Senate that will be responsible for certain A.S. Boards, Committees and Commissions...

October 31, 2013

To Party or Not To Party

By Jun Ong, Leon Freyermuth, Carissa Quiambao

Whether or not you’re prepared for I.V. to become a police state or for hoards of intoxicated, costumed, scantily-clad revelers to clog Del Playa and onward, it’s happening — the much anticipated, or un-anticipated...

October 28, 2013

Career Services Hosts Panel for Humanities, Liberal Arts Majors

By Leon Freyermuth

UCSB Career Services hosted a career panel for humanities and liberal arts majors at 3 p.m. in Career Services 1109 on Thursday. The panel addressed questions posed by students in fields outside of the hard sciences, wit...

October 24, 2013

UCSB Alum Connects Reading and Writing with New Website

By Leon Freyermuth

UCSB alum Sabrina Ricci recently launched a web startup called Write or Read, a service that seeks to provide independent authors with metrics and better insight on how readers interact with their work. The site allows a...