Peeka Zimmerman

February 6, 2015

Town Hall Meeting Discusses I.V. Infrastructure, Self-Governance

By Peeka Zimmerman

The first Isla Vista self-governance town hall of the year was held Thursday night at Santa Barbara Hillel to gather community feedback about how to improve infrastructure and services in Isla Vista through the creation ...

February 3, 2015

A.S. Finance and Business Committee Entertains Funding Requests

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met Monday evening in the Flying A Room of the UCen and heard from 12 campus organizations looking to receive funding for events being held primarily in Spring Quart...

January 30, 2015

Organization Names UCSB as Hispanic Serving Intitution

By Peeka Zimmerman

University administrators announced Wednesday that UCSB has been named a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) due to the campus’ 25 percent Latino student p...

January 29, 2015

Sigma Pi Memorializes Late Chapter Director

By Peeka Zimmerman

Sigma Pi Chapter Director at UCSB Gary Grubacich passed away at his home due to natural causes on Jan. 12.

January 27, 2015

A.S. Finance and Business Committee Hears Requests

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met to hear from 26 different organizations funding requests on Monday night.

January 25, 2015

Event Honors Michael D. Young

By Peeka Zimmerman

A retirement reception for Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Michael Young was held Friday in Corwin Pavilion to honor and celebrate his 25-year career with the Student Affairs Division.

January 21, 2015

Water Rate Increase Approved to Fund Desalination Plant

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Santa Barbara City Council approved raising water rates in order to amass the $40 million needed to reactivate the Charles E. Meyer Desalination Plant.

January 20, 2015

A Tale of Two Protests

By Peeka Zimmerman

Civil-rights activists and anti-immigration groups held opposing protests in front of the Santa Barbara News-Press office in downtown Santa Barbara Monday afternoon over fallout regarding allegedly racist headlines recen...

January 15, 2015

UCSB Receives Grant for Mental Health Services

By Peeka Zimmerman

Congresswoman Lois Capps announced that the university will receive a federal grant of roughly half a million dollars from the U.S. Department of Education (D.O.E.) to fund mental health services to address the increased...

January 13, 2015

A.S. Finance and Business Committee Discusses Requests

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met in the State Street Room in the UCen on Monday evening to listen to and grant funding requests to various student organizations.

January 8, 2015

Block Party Tomorrow to Feature Live Music, Dancing, Silent Disco

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Womyn’s Commission is hosting a block party at Perfect Park on 976 Embarcadero Del Norte in Isla Vista from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. tomorrow night featuring musical performances, dance, live art, a sil...

January 5, 2015

Nakamura Continues To Pick Up Accolades

By Peeka Zimmerman

Materials professor and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics Shuji Nakamura was named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) on Dec 16.

December 6, 2014

Black Student Union Gathers Over Grand Jury Decisions

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Black Student Union (BSU) held a community gathering in front of the Associated Students Pardall Center Thursday night to address recent grand jury refusals to indict police officers for killings of unarmed black men...

December 5, 2014

Local Committee Meets Over I.V. CSD

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Santa Barbara Local Agency Formation Committee (LAFCO) met at the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room at the Santa Barbara County Administration in Santa Barbara to review a report on the proposed formation of a Commun...

December 4, 2014

Beta Theta Pi Suspended After Alcohol Incident

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Beta Theta Pi General Fraternity closed the Beta Theta Pi UCSB chapter earlier this week after the chapter incurred a disciplinary action in the context of several incidents in recent years, particularly for alleged ...

December 2, 2014

A.S. Finance and Business Committee Hears Funding, Reallocation Requests

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee held its last meeting of the quarter on Monday in the UCen’s State Street Room, where they heard six requests for funding.