Staff Report

April 11, 2013

UC Students Fight Hike in Interest Rates

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The UCSB chapter of CALPIRG will hold a rally today at 11 a.m. in the Arbor as part of a nationwide student movement in opposition to the potential doubling of many federal student loan interest rates that is currently s...

April 9, 2013

SBCC Aims To Receive $1 Million in Donations

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The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College recently received upwards of $400,000 in grants from various community organizations and residents, as part of its Campaign for Student Success. The six-week long fundraising...

April 8, 2013

Woman Found on Isla Vista Beach, Identified as Cal Poly SLO Student

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April 8, 2013

Deltopia Damage: Beta House Balcony Caves In

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This year’s annual Spring Quarter “Deltopia” event saw thousands of partygoers on Saturday and resulted in a number of incidents, including a collapsed balcony of a house on Del Playa Drive. Although the Santa Barb...

April 4, 2013

Coast Guard Takes Smuggled Reefer Near Channel Islands

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On Sunday morning, crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alert recovered approximately 3.3 tons of marijuana floating in the Pacific Ocean near the Channel Islands. During a routine patrol, a Coast Guard aircraft...

April 2, 2013

UCSB Organization Celebrates Potential State Plastic Bag Ban

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As the UCSB Plastic Pollution Coalition held its annual Day Without a Bottle celebrations on campus yesterday, a state-wide ban on plastic bag usage was approved by the State Assembly’s Natural Resources Committee. The...

March 6, 2013

New Icon Gardens Building To Provide More I.V. Housing

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The developers behind ICON UCSB will open a new 30-unit apartment complex called Icon Gardens on Seville Road this upcoming fall. ICON established its presence in Isla Vista last fall with the opening of ICON UCSB at 654...

March 5, 2013

Joshua Foer Lectures On UCSB Reads Selection

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Author and 2006 U.S.A. Memory Champion Joshua Foer discussed his book Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything before a packed venue last night in Campbell Hall as the final event of the 2...

March 4, 2013

Regents Form Panel To Begin Search for Successor to President Yudof

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The University of California Board of Regents has created a special committee to begin the search and nomination process for selecting a new president of the UC system, who will succeed current UC President Mark Yudof. Y...

February 26, 2013

Fast Food Delivery Company Brings In-N-Out, Chipotle To Isla Vista

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SBFASTFOOD delivery service is now delivering fast food favorites In-N-Out and Chipotle to the Isla Vista community and UCSB campus. Customers can place their orders throughout the day until 6:00 p.m., with all orders de...

February 25, 2013

Hatlen Theatre To Begin Preview Performances of Appoggiatura by Playwright James Still

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This Thursday night there will the first of many performances of award-winning playwright James Still’s Appoggiatura will take place at Hatlen Theater as part of ongoing productions by the UCSB residency and performanc...

February 21, 2013

Companies Display Green Food, Drinks at UCen Fair

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A collection of eco-friendly and health conscious food companies doled out varieties of organic natural, green, vegetarian, vegan and foods at the Organic Food Fair yesterday in the UCen. The campus is making renewed eff...

February 11, 2013

Local Air Force Base To Launch NASA Satellite for Social, Scientific Research

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An Atlas V rocket carrying a satellite for NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission will launch into space this morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The launch is scheduled to take place sometime between 10:02 and 10:...

February 6, 2013

I.V. Foot Patrol Arrests Five Students on Charges Including Possession of Marijuana, Robbery

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Last weekend, I.V. Foot Patrol made several drug-related arrests after a traffic stop led officers to a group of drug traffickers planning to rob the initial suspect. Saturday at 8:30 p.m., UCSB student James Chung was s...