Lindsey Miller

October 3, 2006

Crime Report Highlights Differences Between UCs

By Lindsey Miller

The 2005 UCSB Clery Report, released yesterday, shows a major increase in drug citations and larceny-theft in campus non-residential buildings, but a decrease in arrests from liquor infractions in non-residential buildin...

September 29, 2006

A.S. Rallies for Participation in Initiative Vote

By Lindsey Miller

In order for this week's special election for the Students' Initiative to count, 1,133 more students need to vote today by 4 p.m.

September 28, 2006

UCSB Loses Five Students to Various Causes Over Summer

By Lindsey Miller

There are thousands of UCSB students on campus today attending their first day of classes, but there are five that will not be returning to school this year.

August 30, 2006

Swamp Yang Lives in a Pineapple Under the UCSB Lagoon

By Lindsey Miller

The late-night mist glides along the water, cloaking a black creature moving swiftly through the murk.

November 22, 2005

Contraceptive Costs Increase at Student Health

By Lindsey Miller

Birth control prescription prices at the Student Health Pharmacy are on the rise, leaving local pharmacies, clinics and sex educators to pick up the slack.

November 21, 2005

Congress OKs Preliminary Bill Cutting Student Loan Funding

By Lindsey Miller

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a preliminary federal budget reconciliation bill Friday morning that, if agreed upon by Congress, would cut $14.3 billion from student loan programs.

November 15, 2005

University Requests Reimbursement for Fees in Water Fight

By Lindsey Miller

The UC Regents have filed a lawsuit against the Goleta Water District, alleging that one-third of UCSB's yearly water bill - approximately $300,000 - goes to fees the school is not required to pay by state law.

November 3, 2005

Rally Challenges Propositions

By Lindsey Miller

With the upcoming special election less than a week away, about 70 women and men gathered in Storke Plaza yesterday chanting slogans, clapping and listening to speakers concerned with the eight propositions appearing on ...

October 26, 2005

Project Renovates Ocean Road To Aid in Traffic, Housing

By Lindsey Miller

Campus planners approved a housing plan yesterday that includes proposals for apartments along Ocean Road and would help alleviate the current lack of housing for faculty and staff.

October 25, 2005

Women To Fundraise With Food

By Lindsey Miller

Students looking for a good lunch and a good way to help a former community member in need can stop by the MultiCultural Center (MCC) today for homemade Mexican food. The Interested Ladies of Lambda Theta Alpha will be s...

October 19, 2005

Free Parking Treat Averts Auto Tricks

By Lindsey Miller

Students can save their cars from the ghosts, ghouls and drunken revelers haunting the streets of Isla Vista during Halloween weekend with a special parking permit. The permit, which is free and available only to UCSB st...

October 13, 2005

Delays Plague Path Construction

By Lindsey Miller

Construction on the bike path between Broida Hall and Webb Hall began last week, four months behind schedule and slightly over budget. Project Manager Marsha Zilles said the path -- originally slated for completion this ...

October 6, 2005

Noted Author, Activist To Give History a Voice

By Lindsey Miller

You won't be just another face in the crowd at Campbell Hall tonight -- not if Howard Zinn has anything to say about it. Zinn, 83, is a professor, historian and social activist who has made a career out of telling the un...

September 29, 2005

New Restaurant in Spot of Trouble

By Lindsey Miller

Santa Barbara County officials halted construction on a new Isla Vista eatery this summer after learning that workers had been remodeling the structure without a building permit.

September 27, 2005

Protests End Alcohol License Request

By Lindsey Miller

Customers should not be misled by the $3 beer listed on China Garden's menu, as the restaurant's management has decided to withdraw its application for an on-site alcohol license.

June 29, 2005

Nurses Union To Decide on Contract

By Ashley Ratcliff, Lindsey Miller

Following five months of negotiations, members of the California Nurses Association (CNA) at University of California medical centers and student health centers are voting whether to accept a recently proposed contract b...