Maryam Shamroukh

November 8, 2012

UCSB Physicist To Hold Discussion on Higgs Boson Discovery

By Maryam Shamroukh

Today, physics professor Jeffrey Richman will give a talk at the Chancellor’s Community Breakfast entitled “From the Big Bang to the Higgs Boson in Less Than an Hour,” discussing the discovery of the elusive Higgs ...

November 6, 2012

Acclaimed Author Hector Tobar Wins Luis Leal Award

By Maryam Shamroukh

Last Wednesday, Los Angeles Times journalist and internationally acclaimed novelist Hector Tobar was awarded UC Santa Barbara’s 2012 Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature at a ceremony held in th...

October 25, 2012

Dylan Comes to Santa Barbara

By Maryam Shamroukh

Bob Dylan and his band performed to a packed Santa Barbara Bowl Monday night with Mark Knopfler opening for them. Yes, that’s right — I said Bob Dylan. As in the Bob Dylan. Despite the fact that my ticket for a seat ...

October 23, 2012

Doctorate Student Hosts Cold War, Comic Book Talk

By Maryam Shamroukh

Tonight, UCSB history doctoral student Paul Hirsch will give a lecture regarding the use of comic books to circulate propaganda during the Cold War era at Unity Church in Santa Barbara beginning at 7 p.m. Sponsored by UC...

October 16, 2012

I.V. Co-op Hosts Gathering to Raise Funds, Pay Off Loans

By Maryam Shamroukh

Last night, the Isla Vista Food Cooperative hosted its first Project “We Own It” meeting to mobilize community members to help fund part of the down payment loans on the building the co-op has inhabited for over 30 y...

October 11, 2012

Isla Vista Bookstore Closes Its Doors Indefinitely After Five Decades of Service

By Maryam Shamroukh

The Isla Vista Bookstore permanently closed its doors about two weeks ago after selling books and school supplies at the 6553 Pardall Road address for 47 years, since the building’s construction in 1965. The business h...

October 5, 2012

Local Girl Scout Troop To Build Shelter for Migratory Butterflies

By Maryam Shamroukh

Goleta Girl Scout troop 50853 is partnering with the Devereux Foundation to plant a sustainable Monarch Waystation for migrating butterflies tomorrow at 9 a.m. at Isla Vista Elementary School. Devereux California, a trea...