Lindsey Miller

June 2, 2005

Grad Housing Construction Expenses Rise

By Lindsey Miller

While the California Coastal Commission (CCC) decides whether to approve construction of UCSB's latest multimillion-dollar housing complex, university representatives have said the cost of the project is rising by more t...

May 9, 2005

eGrades, U-Mail To Boost Safeguards

By Lindsey Miller

UCSB administrators are booting up an improved security system to help prevent students from stealing identities and falsifying grades online. Associate registrar for computer processing Pat McNulty said U-Mail and other...

May 2, 2005

Court Delays Arraignment in Grade Falsification Case

By Lindsey Miller

The arraignment for Nancy Ramirez, a UCSB student accused of stealing two professors' identities and using the information to alter her and other students' grades, has been postponed until May 17 because her lawyer was n...

April 20, 2005

Deficit Fuels Energy Conversation

By Lindsey Miller

With funding too low and utility bills too high, the UCSB Physical Facilities Dept. is doing everything in its power to conserve the energy used by existing structures while trying to shore up its maintenance budget.

April 20, 2005

UC Welcomes Latest Crop of High Achievers

By Lindsey Miller

With an average GPA of nearly 4.0, the high school seniors admitted to UCSB's 2005 freshman class are the highest academically performing class to enter UCSB in school history.

April 19, 2005

New Buildings Suck Up Power, Drain Budget

By Lindsey Miller

The influx of new research buildings on campus - most recently the Engineering Sciences Building - coupled with state budget cuts and the increase in the cost of utilities, has left the university's utilities budget in t...

April 14, 2005

Trial of Alleged Student Rapist Delayed

By Lindsey Miller

Court proceedings for a UCSB student accused of seven felonies, including rape, and one misdemeanor stemming from three separate incidents will continue next week because the prosecution and defense failed to set a trial...

February 10, 2005

The General | Less Is More

By Lindsey Miller

Adding sound to a silent film that has been listed in the Sight & Sound Critics Top Ten Poll and named Buster Keaton's best is an ambitious endeavor.

February 9, 2005

Student Faces Sexual Assault Charges

By Lindsey Miller

The UC Police Dept. arrested a 22-year-old UCSB student yesterday morning on three felony charges of sexual assault. UCPD Sgt. Mark Signa said UCSB student Cristobal Ortega is being charged with statutory rape, rape of a...

February 8, 2005

Students Suspected in Assault Case

By Lindsey Miller

The UC Police Dept. is investigating an on-campus incident that occurred last week in which a Santa Barbara man was allegedly physically assaulted and his 17-year-old girlfriend was allegedly sexually assaulted.

January 20, 2005

An Evening of Hapa Shorts

By Lindsey Miller

The Hapa Project, which began three years ago, is a collection of about 800 photographs of people with Hapa roots and their answers to the question, "What are you?"

January 10, 2005

Leaks Push FT Residents to Relocate

By Lindsey Miller

After a water leak from recent rains caused a fire alarm in the newly renovated north tower of FT to short-circuit on Friday morning, residents were forced to evacuate the building.

January 4, 2005

A.S. President Faces Charges in SB Court

By Lindsey Miller

Associated Students President Cervin Morris's arraignment is scheduled for today, where he will face charges stemming from his Nov. 12 arrest for allegedly hitting a man in the head with a beer bottle and punching anothe...

December 2, 2004

Student Faces New Assault Charges

By Lindsey Miller

Kent Kafatia, a UCSB student accused of rape, faces seven new charges after two additional women came forward to identify him as their attacker.

November 23, 2004

22-Year-Old Man Faces Charges of Burglary, 2 Rapes

By Lindsey Miller

A local student and former security guard at Santa Barbara City College will face two counts of rape and one count of burglary at a preliminary hearing, the date of which will be set at a meeting in Santa Barbara County ...

October 22, 2004

Lack of Influenza Vaccines Plague Campus, County

By Lindsey Miller

UCSB Student Health Service has only received half of the 1,800 doses of flu vaccine it originally ordered due to a recent contamination of biopharmaceutical manufacturer Chiron Corporation's flu vaccine doses.