Loree Lewis

August 27, 2014

Court Rules on Miller-Young Case

By Loree Lewis

Feminist Studies professor Mireille Miller-Young was sentenced to 108 hours of community service, 10 hours of anger management, three years of probation and was ordered to pay almost $500 of restitution this month after ...

May 30, 2014

Napolitano Crosses the Border, Plans for Future Mexico-UC Collaboration

By Loree Lewis

Last week, University of California President Janet Napolitano concluded a trip to Mexico City, during which she met with Mexican government officials, academics and researchers in an effort to strengthen ties between th...

April 28, 2014

Earth Day Festival in People’s Park Ends EAB’s Earth Week

By Loree Lewis

Students and community members celebrated the 44th annual Isla Vista Earth Day hosted by the Associated Students Environmental Affairs Board at People’s Park on Saturday with live music, food and tabling by local organ...

April 17, 2014

A.S. Bikes To Retract Lock-in Fee Initiative

By Loree Lewis

The Associated Students Bike Committee is in the process of retracting its fee initiative from the Spring 2014 ballot after the UC Office of the President suggested withholding the initiative and having the University pr...

February 21, 2013

Love and Care: The CYC Vision For California’s New Adoption Legislation

By Loree Lewis

Three UCSB students joined 200 other members of the California Youth Connection, a local youth-led organization dedicated to improving the nation’s foster care system, to meet with legislators in Sacramento earlier thi...

February 5, 2013

UCSB Welcomes Journalist Lisa Ling

By Loree Lewis

Former CNN correspondent Lisa Ling will give a lecture today at Campbell Hall, discussing the story of her career aspirations and the various ways journalism has impacted modern-day society. The renowned journalist and a...

January 31, 2013

Baldwins To Give ‘Last Lecture’ on Life and Love

By Loree Lewis

Janice and John Baldwin — professors of UCSB’s famed Human Sexuality course — will give a Last Lecture at 7:30 p.m. today in Isla Vista Theater, speaking about the trials of love, life and everything in between. Th...

January 25, 2013

New Legislation To Encourage Voter Registration Among Teens

By Loree Lewis

State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson proposed a bill this month that would allow citizens as young as 15 years old to pre-register to vote upon receiving a learner’s permit or driver’s license. While college campuses ha...

January 16, 2013

UC System To Reconsider Viability of Online Classes

By Loree Lewis

At today’s UC Board of Regents meeting, officials will discuss the future of online courses — which the university has spent $4.3 million to market, despite enrolling just one non-UC student after classes first opene...

January 10, 2013

Economics Professor Weighs In on America’s Financial Crisis

By Loree Lewis

Scheduled to take effect at the beginning of 2013, an array of looming federal budget cuts and tax increases collectively referred to as the “fis- cal cliff” were averted by a deal reached just twohours after the mid...

November 28, 2012

Sprout Up Group Launches Campaign to Win Chase American Giving Awards

By Rilla Peng, Loree Lewis

Sprout Up, the organization previously known as Environmental Education for the Next Generation, launched a campaign this past Sunday to promote the campus group in the second-annual Chase American Giving Awards. Founded...

November 14, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services To Possibly Remove Sea Otter Ban

By Loree Lewis

Next month, California sea otters may finally gain back their legal right to swim freely in waters along the Southern California coastline after 24 years of the marine mammals being banned in a “no otter” management ...