Sarah Gorback

October 25, 2002

She Said: The Sound of Music Makes Me Want to… Sing, Dance and Laugh Like There Is No Tomorrow

By Sarah Gorback

Remember the good old days back in high school when the girls gathered on the bleachers to sing verses of "Summer Lovin'" and jumpsuit-clad boys danced in unison in their auto classes?

October 11, 2002

Bren Building To Join ‘Green’ Tour

By Sarah Gorback

The Sustainability Project, a local organization, is hosting its third annual Parade of Green Buildings on Oct. 12, which will feature a variety of local environmentally friendly, or "green" buildings, including UCSB's D...

September 27, 2002

RBT Croaks Along on Its Last Legs

By Sarah Gorback

The 11-year-old telephone system is being pushed aside for a newer, computerized registration process. More and more students are relying on the Gaucho Online Data (GOLD) system.

September 26, 2002

A.S. To Hold Second Election on Initiatives

By Sarah Gorback

Associated Students is holding an electronic election Oct. 8-10 to pass initiatives that failed last spring or were vetoed by the UC Office of the President over the summer.

June 26, 2002

Students Take Advantage of EMT Experience

By Sarah Gorback

Some students prepare for medical school by studying organic chemistry, taking a Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) prep course or interning at a doctor's office. Others, like the 16 UCSB student emergency medical tec...

May 29, 2002

La Cumbre Selects New Editors

By Sarah Gorback

The La Cumbre yearbook staff chose to have two co-editors next year, the first dual editorial position in the in the publication's history.

May 24, 2002

Alternative Eaters Praise Dining Commons

By Sarah Gorback

UCSB's dining services have received only praise for the vegetarian, vegan and various religious holiday meal alternatives they provide.

May 13, 2002

Science and Religion Lecture Series Ends

By Sarah Gorback

With the discovery of stem cells, genomes, and cloning, today's scientific age promotes debate and controversy whenever science and religious dogma interact.

May 8, 2002

Forum To Cover God, Science

By Sarah Gorback

Lectures about God, science and psychology will cap off the second year of a three-year forum at UCSB called Science, Religion, and the Human Experience.

April 19, 2002

Kermit the Frog Speaks at Bren Grand Opening

By Sarah Gorback

Administrators and a celebrity puppet celebrated the opening of what has been deemed one of the "greenest" buildings in the U.S. and a model for future construction within the UC system at the official opening of the Bre...

April 12, 2002

Program Seeks to Increase Carpool Incentives

By Sarah Gorback

UCSB's Transportation Alternatives Program is seeking permission to expand services and benefits for carpools, vanpools and buses, but its programs are still far behind those of other universities' parking services.

March 6, 2002

’02 Winter Ranks as 5th Warmest Nationally

By Sarah Gorback

Unusually high surface pressure that lowered temperatures and dried out winds descending from the east led to a warm February in Southern California, with an average high of 64 degress, said Chief Climatologist Jay Lawri...

February 15, 2002

Change Hard To Come by in Isla Vista Recycling

By Sarah Gorback

Isla Vista residents ride their bikes to campus, grow gardens in small backyards and alleys, and regularly participate in beach cleanups, but most of them don't recycle.

February 7, 2002

Visiting Philosophers To Speak on Psychology, Religion at Forum

By Sarah Gorback

World-famous philosophers Evan Thompson and Pascal Boyer will be at UCSB this week pondering the interactions between science, psychology and God.

January 29, 2002

Proposed Center Could Recycle All of SB’s Trash

By Sarah Gorback

Santa Barbara County is considering construction of a new recycling facility based on a German model that could potentially process 100 percent of the county's waste.

January 22, 2002

Nat’l Forest Could Face Oil Drilling

By Sarah Gorback

Los Padres National Forest may be one of many public lands used for oil drilling to comply with a federal policy that seeks to double the number of wells drilled each year by 2020.