Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

February 10, 2016

Former Student Arrested in 2014 Campus Rape Case

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

UC Santa Barbara Police arrested one man Wednesday in connection with the February 2014 violent rape and assault of a UCSB student.

February 8, 2016

Small Plane Crashes at Santa Barbara Airport

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

A small plane crashed Monday evening at Santa Barbara Airport when its single engine failed shortly after takeoff.

January 28, 2016

Lawsuit Claims ‘Dangerous’ Area of UCSB Led to Rape

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

A UC Santa Barbara student who was raped on campus in 2014 is claiming the University failed to adequately maintain an “overgrown foliage area” despite previous reports of criminal activity in the area, ultimately le...

January 27, 2016

Victim of On-Campus Rape Files Lawsuit Against UC Regents

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

A lawsuit filed Tuesday on behalf of a UC Santa Barbara student who was violently raped by three men in 2014 alleges that UCSB is partially responsible for the assault because it neglected a “dangerous” part of campu...

January 15, 2016

Is Sweet Alley For Sale?

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

An advertisement on Craigslist has generated questions about whether Isla Vista’s popular frozen yogurt shop, Sweet Alley, is for sale.

January 14, 2016

Body Cam Program Progresses

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

Eight Isla Vista Foot Patrol deputies have been testing body-worn video cameras for about a year, and all 16 may be wearing the cameras in the spring according to Sol Linver, commander of the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Of...

January 11, 2016

Woman Killed by Train Identified as UCSB Student

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

The woman who died after being struck by a train in Goleta on Sunday has been identified as Lillian Feng, a 19-year-old UCSB student who lived in Isla Vista. Shortly after 9 a.m. on Jan. 10, Feng was struck by an Amtrak...

January 5, 2016

Renovated Library Opens for Winter Quarter

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

After two and a half years and more than $80 million, the new and renovated portions of the UCSB Library — totaling 150,000 square feet — opened on Monday.

December 17, 2015

UC Divests from Private Prisons After Pressure from Black Student Unions

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

The University of California has sold approximately $25 million worth of indirect investments in private prison corporations after the Afrikan Black Coalition, which encompasses UC’s nine Black Student Unions, revealed...

December 2, 2015

Students Hold Vigil for Planned Parenthood Shooting Victims

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

A small group of students gathered Tuesday at the Associated Students Pardall Center in Isla Vista at a candlelight vigil to commemorate the lives of the three people killed by a gunman at a Planned Parenthood clinic in ...

November 25, 2015

Stakeholders Meet to Allocate Potential CSD Funding

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

The Isla Vista Self Governance Initiative held a public meeting Tuesday in the Isla Vista Clinic building to discuss which services should be the first to receive funding if I.V. becomes a Community Service District (CSD...

November 19, 2015

Students Express Solidarity with Mizzou Protests

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

In a dimly-lit Isla Vista garage, about 45 students, local residents and UC Santa Barbara staff members convened on Wednesday to support University of Missouri protesters, share their difficulties as people of color and ...

November 16, 2015

Autopsy Results Released in Death of UCSB Student

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office released new information Monday about the death of 19-year-old, second-year UCSB student Andres Sanchez in Isla Vista on Oct. 11. Sanchez died of “‘Acute hallucinog...

November 12, 2015

More Than 1,000 March for Free Tuition, Living Wage

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Megan Mineiro

Nearly 1,500 students marched through UC Santa Barbara’s campus on Thursday, joining more than 100 campuses nationwide in the Million Student March, a movement demanding free tuition, the elimination of student debt an...

November 11, 2015

St. Michael’s Hosts Dinner In Response to Alleged Anti-Black Lives Matter Movement Vandalism

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

Responding to a string of vandalism and theft at St. Michael’s University Church, allegedly due to its backing of the Black Lives Matter movement, nearly 100 students, professors and Isla Vista residents attended a fre...

November 6, 2015

UC Postdoctoral Scholars Vote To Ratify Agreement with UC Postdoc Union

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

University of California’s postdoctoral scholars voted overwhelmingly to ratify a one-year agreement with the University between Oct. 19 and 27, ending long and sometimes tense negotiations between the UC postdoc union...