Local Tenants Can GIVE Unwanted Items

May 25, 2006 by

As the year winds down and students start to move out, giant couches mysteriously, and more frequently than usual, get set on fire.
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UC Adopts New Apparel Policy

May 19, 2006 by

After repeated systemwide protests made by groups like the UCSB Student Labor Action Project, the University of California agreed earlier this month to comply with a policy helping bar the use of swea...
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Regents To Rule on Out-of-State Tuition Decrease

May 12, 2006 by

Students from out of state may see their tuition costs lowered next year to the same rate as those living in state, if the University of California Regents decide to support a memorial passed by the ...
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Activist Speaks on Work to Save Kenyan Forests

May 1, 2006 by

Nobel Peace Prize recipient Wangari Maathai arrived to a sold-out crowd in Campbell Hall last Friday to discuss her award-winning work to restore forests and wildlife in Kenya. Maathai received the 20...
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Nobel Prize Winner To Lecture

April 28, 2006 by

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai will recount her struggle to bring peace to her homeland of Africa tonight in a speech entitled "Sustainable Development, Democracy and Peace."
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Geology Class To Research Faults, Volcanoes on Trip

April 27, 2006 by

This fall, the UCSB Earth Science Dept. plans to send several students on an academic excursion to several areas, including the Mammoth Mountain volcanic sites where UCSB researcher Charles Walter Ros...
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Protesters Oppose UC Actions

April 14, 2006 by

Acting on behalf of nearly 120,000 University of California workers, a few local union representatives marched to Cheadle Hall yesterday to oppose UC-wide wage reductions for non-union workers. Americ...
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Former Porn Addict To Discuss Sex in Society

April 12, 2006 by

Mere days after Playboy Magazine exposed UCSB's student body, a self-proclaimed former sex-addict will speak in Corwin Pavilion about the negative effects of pornography. In tonight's multimedia prese...
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MCAT Switches to Computers

April 12, 2006 by

Students vying for enrollment in medical school can say goodbye to Scantrons and No. 2 pencils thanks to a new, electronic version of the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).
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UCSB Grad Student Falls from SF Cliffs; Fatality Unconfirmed

April 5, 2006 by

While his body has yet to be found, a UCSB graduate student is presumed dead after falling into dangerous waters near San Francisco over Spring Break.
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Governor Hopeful To Discuss Education, Environment, Debt

March 9, 2006 by

California gubernatorial hopeful Phil Angelides will address students today at 4:45 p.m. in the MultiCultural Center Theater (MCC) about his views on higher education and improving California.
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New Bookstore To Open Its Doors

February 23, 2006 by

With next month's grand opening of a branch in Isla Vista, Beat The Bookstore will try to turn a new page in competitive used textbook prices.
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Colin Powell To Speak at Theatre to Sold Out Room

February 17, 2006 by

Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell will address a capacity crowd at Arlington Theatre tonight, while groups of demonstrators plan to rally outside the theater in protest.
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Bike Shop Wants Facility Budget on Spring Ballot

February 15, 2006 by

The Associated Students Bike Shop still has a chance to cruise its renovation lock-in fee proposal onto the spring ballot, despite its shortage of signatures on a required petition.
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Congress Adopts New Budget Bill, Decreases Loans

February 2, 2006 by and

After months of protests by student activists, the U.S. Congress passed the Budget Reconciliation Bill by a margin of two votes yesterday, cutting $12.7 billion from federally funded student loans.
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