Sabrina Ricci

March 6, 2006

Government Contemplates College Exit Examinations

By Sabrina Ricci

A commission within the U.S. Dept. of Education is considering the implementation of a mandatory exit exam for all college and university students.

February 14, 2006

Police To Light Up Nighttime Bike Safety

By Sabrina Ricci

The UCSB Police Dept. (UCPD) is considering implementing a section of the California Vehicle Code currently not enforced on campus, which would require bicycles to have reflectors and lamps emitting white light at night.

February 6, 2006

Campus Mail Delivery Starts Again After Goleta Shootings

By Sabrina Ricci

Campus mail services will resume at full capacity today, a week after the tragic shooting at the Goleta mail sorting facility halted regular production.

January 18, 2006

UCSB Faculty, Staff To ‘Park It’ in Newly Opened Complex

By Sabrina Ricci

After a two-week delay, the UCSB campus opens its new $20 million parking structure today on Mesa Road next to the Engineering and Sciences buildings.

January 13, 2006

Program To Bring Artists To UCSB

By Sabrina Ricci

Students, staff and faculty interested in working with artists of various media types have until Jan. 17 to nominate talent for the Visiting Artist Program.

November 22, 2005

Greek Kickball Game Ends With Fight, Jail Time

By Sabrina Ricci

A UCSB Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) fraternity member is still in jail today, after turning himself in to the Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) on Sunday for a felony battery charge.

November 9, 2005

SB County Tests for Infected Mosquitoes in Various Locations

By Sabrina Ricci

Several mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been found inhabiting pools of standing water countywide since the disease's first discovery in Santa Barbara in 2004.

October 27, 2005

UCSB Suspends Law & Society Major

By Sabrina Ricci

The Law & Society Program may place a moratorium on new major declarations for Fall 2006 in order to shrink its unusually high ratio of 750 students to just five faculty members, said Kathleen Moore, Law & Society progra...

October 18, 2005

Rally Seeks Sweatshop Renunciation

By Sabrina Ricci

Approximately 30 students and faculty members marched on the Chancellor's office yesterday at noon as part of a nationwide effort to protest the alleged use of sweatshop labor in manufacturing apparel with university log...

October 17, 2005

FT Holds Memorial for 04-05 Resident

By Sabrina Ricci

Family members and friends of Terence Young, a 19-year-old UCSB student who died of heart failure on June 21, gathered for a candlelight vigil in the Fiesta room of Francisco Torres on Friday night to share kind words an...

October 12, 2005

Capps Addresses Props with Students

By Sabrina Ricci

The Graduate Student Association lounge was packed beyond capacity last night as several students came to see congresswoman Lois Capps speak about the propositions in the upcoming statewide special election on Nov. 8.

October 11, 2005

Pin-Ups Pose to Perserve SB Shoreline, Greek Funds

By Sabrina Ricci

Models in Kappa Sigma fraternity's "Girls of SB" calendar are helping to preserve the Santa Barbara coastline, one string bikini at a time. Kappa Sigma officially began selling the 12-month calendar featuring shots of sc...

October 3, 2005

Hillel Welcomes New Director at Start of New Year

By Sabrina Ricci

UCSB Hillel will begin celebrations for Rosh Hashanah - the Jewish New Year - at sunset tonight, and the new year brings with it the promise of change as the organization awaits the arrival of its new executive director.