Patricia Bobek

November 7, 2005

Students Support Gulf Coast Relief With Show

By Patricia Bobek

A plethora of student performances in Campbell Hall on Sunday helped raise money for Gulf Coast hurricane victims as part of a talent show hosted by student group Helping Everyone Live Peacefully (HELP).

October 19, 2005

Los Alamos Lab and UCSB Devise Plans for New Institution

By Patricia Bobek

While the competition for management of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) continues, the University of California has co-founded a new institute with the lab, focusing on materials research and nanotechnology.

October 3, 2005

UCSB Welcomes, Aims to Aid Hurricane Katrina Victims

By Patricia Bobek

As students displaced by Hurricane Katrina settle into UCSB, Gaucho organizations prepare for a series of fundraisers to send aid back to the Gulf Coast.

September 28, 2005

Capital Campaign Receives Money From Private Donors

By Patricia Bobek

UCSB garnered a 25 percent increase in private funding this year after alumni and other donors contributed more than $68 million in gifts and pledges, helping to accommodate a recent decline in state funds.

September 26, 2005

Gays, Allies Come OUT! for SB Gay and Lesbian Celebration

By Patricia Bobek

Approximately 1,000 people came out in full force last weekend for Sunday OUT! - a community block party designed to highlight and celebrate the local gay community.

June 29, 2005

UC Awaits Decision on Lab; Nearly 200 Workers Retire

By Patricia Bobek

As the July 19 deadline to submit a bid for continued management of the Los Alamos National Laboratory approaches, the University of California is working to stem the facility's all-time high retirement rate to keep its ...

May 25, 2005

UC Regents To Make Final Vote on Lab Contract

By Patricia Bobek

A University of California Regents committee unanimously recommended Wednesday that the UC bid for the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) contract, which if won would extend the University's nearly 60-year stewardship...

May 24, 2005

Wage Increases Fail to Appease Union Demands

By Patricia Bobek

Members of one union are preparing to strike this week despite receiving a new wage proposal from the University of California, while members of another will vote on whether they wish to do the same for their own wage in...

May 17, 2005

Study Indicates Rise in Eligible Minority Pupils

By Patricia Bobek

The rates of African-American and Chicano/Latino student admission eligibility at the University of California increased in recent years, according to an updated study.

May 10, 2005

UC Employees To Strike for Better Wages

By Patricia Bobek

As the University of California settles contract negotiations with a service workers' union, another union voted Monday to strike. After spending 11 months bargaining with the UC for wage increases, 85 percent of the 17,...

April 28, 2005

UPTE Union Contemplates Strike Against University

By Patricia Bobek

Technical workers throughout the University of California may decide to strike within the next few months if union members vote in favor this Friday.

April 21, 2005

Dept. of Energy Renews University Lab Contract

By Patricia Bobek

The U.S. Dept. of Energy announced Tuesday that it will renew the University of California's $2.3 billion Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory management contract for five years.

April 18, 2005

Police Show Frat How to Have a Good Time

By Patricia Bobek

For once, partying with the police didn't end with an embarrassing urination in public ticket and the long, dark ride to the sobriety tank. Associated Students Legislative Council and Phi Sigma Kappa invited officers fro...

April 15, 2005

Unions, Students Fight Against UC’s Stagnant Salaries

By Patricia Bobek

About 300 people gathered at noon in the Arbor on Thursday to protest the standstill in negotiations between the University of California and service workers requesting an increase in wages.

April 14, 2005

Union Workers, UC Prepare for Daylong Strike

By Patricia Bobek

Service workers at all nine University of California campuses, five medical centers and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory plan to strike today after the nine-month-long negotiation battle between the union and th...

March 29, 2005

Parking Services Changes Day Pass Policy

By Patricia Bobek

Students using their ACCESS Cards to pay for on-campus parking for single daily use must now have enough money on the card to pay for the pass. Beginning March 1, Transportation & Parking Services (TPS) no longer allows ...