Patricia Bobek

February 14, 2008

La Dame de Patron: Speed Dating Dominated by Duds

By Patricia Bobek

"The women are always portrayed as the weird ones," my roommate explained.

October 31, 2007

Semicolons Sever the Spirit of a Sentence

By Patricia Bobek

Semicolons: What an absolute waste of punctuation. Who really uses the semicolon anymore? You do? Really? Well then: You are a square.

October 2, 2007

Digital Age is Generating New and Exciting Possibilities

By Patricia Bobek

On September 17, a 30-year-old man in Beijing died of exhaustion after spending three days in an Internet café playing online video games. Psychiatrists call this Internet addiction. I call it: You best believe he w...

August 29, 2007

The Debate of Distance

By Patricia Bobek

In these last few weeks before you have to load up Mom's minivan and make the drive here to UCSB, let me give you an packing important tip: Leave your romantic baggage at home. Coming to college with a long distance rela...

June 28, 2006

Former UCSB Students Allege Racism in SBPD After Fight at Nightclub

By Patricia Bobek

A June 16 fight at downtown Santa Barbara nightclub Cooney's has led to allegations of racism in the Santa Barbara Police Dept., as well as a possible lawsuit from UCSB students.

May 9, 2006

Residents React to Hate Crime

By Patricia Bobek

A recent hate crime in the Black/African-American Studies interest floor of Santa Rosa Residence Hall has spurred students to spread the word about racism on campus, even by going door to door to do it. While the majorit...

April 26, 2006

Group Awaits Response to Financial Aid Lawsuit

By Patricia Bobek

While it still has until next month, the U.S. Dept. of Education has yet to respond to a lawsuit challenging its policy of withholding financial aid from students with prior drug convictions.

April 17, 2006

University To Hear Opinions on Faculty Housing Proposition

By Patricia Bobek

After nearly 12 years of planning and a month of public discussion, community members have until tomorrow to submit their comments regarding UCSB's plan to develop near the Ellwood-Devereux Coast.

April 10, 2006

Reformer To Lecture for New Seminar

By Patricia Bobek

To counter the slide of business ethics corporate scandals, a new UCSB course offers students insight into proper practices and corporate reform.

February 22, 2006

Delays Cost Housing $37 Million

By Patricia Bobek

Although projected costs have increased by about 30 percent in the past several months, construction on the graduate student housing complex, San Clemente, will commence within the next few weeks.

February 8, 2006

Meeting To Educate Seniors About Teaching

By Patricia Bobek

Students looking for a chance to make the world a better place straight out of college can learn more about Teach for America (TFA) at an orientation session tomorrow, before the final application deadline on Feb. 17.

February 3, 2006

Forum To Address Problems in Public Transport Funding

By Patricia Bobek

Students and Isla Vista residents are encouraged to attend a meeting today to discuss increasing and reorganizing funds for public transportation.

January 30, 2006

Research Exposes Lack of Quantitative Literacy Among College Students

By Patricia Bobek

According to a recent study published by the American Institute for Research (AIR), nearly one-fifth of the nation's college students have deficient literacy skills. The AIR study tested 1,827 students from across the co...

January 9, 2006

UC To Remain in Control of Lab

By Patricia Bobek

Stressing a new beginning for the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) announced that the University of California and its team will continue to manage the facility.

November 21, 2005

Event To Protest UC-Lab Alliance

By Patricia Bobek

While the fate of the University of California's contract with the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) remains undecided, students opposing the UC's role in the lab will host "The University's Role In War and Peace" pr...