Niree Perian

March 8, 2010

Philanthropist Assists in Search for New Dean of Engineering

By Niree Perian

Entrepreneur Richard A. Auhll has donated $500,000 to the UCSB Engineering Dept. to help in finding a permanent dean for the college.

February 22, 2010

SB CalPIRG Purges Trash From Shores

By Niree Perian

A group of approximately 15 students gathered at Manzanita Beach yesterday in an effort to keep the coast clean.

November 10, 2009

Academic’s Work Wins Life Honor

By Niree Perian

UCSB English professor Shirley Geok-Lin Lim was recently honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to and study of Asian American literature.

November 9, 2009

Budget Cuts Spur Union Members to Picket Plaza

By Niree Perian

Chancellor Henry T. Yang was greeting the parents of UCSB students on campus Saturday when a small group of irate students and workers crashed the event with complaints about the UC's leadership.

September 29, 2009

Greek System Draws Plethora of Students

By Niree Perian

Last week, over 600 students participated in the Greek system's annual Fall rush.

August 26, 2009

Dictionary of Dorm Life

By Niree Perian, Admin

So you're officially a collegiate scholar at one of the country's finest institutions, huh? Think again! You're not a true Gaucho until you've lived the dorm life. Now hold onto your morals and values - it's going to be ...

June 23, 2009

UCSB Hosts Sustainability Conference

By Niree Perian

The UCSB campus has become even more environmentally friendly than usual as it goes green for the 8th Annual UC, CSU, CCC Sustainability Conference.

May 29, 2009

Yudof Speaks at Campbell

By Niree Perian

University of California President Mark Yudof visited UCSB yesterday to deliver a speech on the importance of accountability in the university system.

May 28, 2009

UC Chief To Give SB Lecture

By Niree Perian

University of California President Mark Yudof will be at UCSB today to discuss the role of accountability in higher education.

May 5, 2009

UCPD To Auction Seized Bikes

By Niree Perian

In 2008, 1,753 bikes were impounded on campus.

April 23, 2009

ASA Event To Commemorate Mass Murders

By Niree Perian

In commemoration of the nearly 1.5 million Armenians killed at the onset of the 20th century, the Armenian Student Association will celebrate Armenian culture tonight.

April 6, 2009

SB Welcomes Admittees at Insight Event

By Niree Perian

While thousands of inebriated college students gallivanted along the beach for Floatopia, the campus filled with prospective students and their families for the university's largest information session of the year.

March 4, 2009

Gays, Allies Protest Prop 8

By Niree Perian

UCSB activists and queer rights advocates from across the state are en route to San Francisco today as part of a unified movement to overturn Proposition 8.

February 24, 2009

University Earns Service Award

By Niree Perian

For the second consecutive year, UCSB student volunteers have earned the university a place on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

February 19, 2009

Greek Charity Supports I.V. Elementary

By Niree Perian

UCSB Greek Week 2009 kicks off tomorrow, marking the start of a charity drive to benefit Isla Vista Elementary School's science camps.

February 12, 2009

UCSB Sorority Probation To Cease Sunday

By Niree Perian

As punishment for mingling with a fraternity house no longer formally recognized by the university, all the sororities in the UCSB greek system have been on social probation for the past month.