Staff Report

February 1, 2013

UCSB Researchers Report on Lifestyle and Heart Disease

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Researchers from UC Santa Barbara and the University of New Mexico studied the consequences of modernization on levels of physical activity in Tsimane men and women, and how their lifestyle contributes to low levels of h...

January 30, 2013

The Super Bowl Loop

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Angry Wings Get down and dirty with the feistiest wings in town. A giant Super Bowl bucket filled with 48 of Santa Barbara’s biggest, juiciest wings goes for $45.95 and comes with a free t-shirt. Paired with some $2 pi...

January 29, 2013

Tenants Removed From Isla Vista Apartment Building In Mass Eviction

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A San Clemente-based investment firm has evicted dozens of residents at 781 Embarcadero Del Norte after first buying the property last April, continually hiking up rent prices and routinely handing out eviction notices. ...

January 22, 2013

Winter Career Fair To Offer Job, Networking Opportunities

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UCSB’s Career Services is hosting their Winter Career Fair today at the University Center’s Corwin Pavilion, where students from all departments of the College of Engineering and the College of Letters and Science ar...

January 11, 2013

Small Fire Damages I.V. Complex

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Santa Barbara County Fire Department officials responded to a fire at Breakpointe Apartments, located at 6690 Abrego Road, at about 1:21 p.m. yesterday afternoon. Officials from the UCSB Police Department, Santa Barbara ...

January 11, 2013

Authorities Identify Body Discovered Last Spring

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Santa Barbara police officials have finally identified the decomposed body that was found at a location between Santa Catalina Residence Halls and Santa Ynez apartments last May. Following an investigation made by offici...

January 9, 2013

Organization Awards Professors Distinguished Ecological Fellowship

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The Ecological Society of America granted four UCSB ecology professors fellowship into the prestigious society, which includes 121 scholars from throughout the nation. The honorees include professor David Tilman — who ...

January 8, 2013

UCSB Awarded 14th Spot on Kiplinger’s List Of Economically Valuable Public Universities

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UCSB was recently ranked number 14 on the Kiplinger’s Personal Finance 2012-13 list of the top 100 public colleges and universities offering exemplary educations for the best economic value. This year’s rank marks a ...

January 8, 2013

Survey Explores Life on Campus, Offers Rewards

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Last week, the UC released its first university-wide survey regarding campus life issues of sexism, racism and other pressing topics at each of the system’s 10 campuses and several other facilities. The survey, entitle...

January 7, 2013

Water Sampling Leads to Sands Beach Warning

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Santa Barbara County Environmental Health Services have issued a warning regarding the waters of Sands Beach at Coal Oil Point and advised ocean swimmers to stay out of water that is within 50 yards of storm drains and c...

November 28, 2012

UCSB Student Suffers Fatal Fall From Balcony

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UCSB student Melissa Portillo, a 22-year- old from Los Angeles, died early Thursday morning after falling from an apartment balcony on the 6500 block of Cordoba Road. A second victim, 22-year-old Michel A.J.H. Kuster, su...

November 23, 2012

UCSB Student Dies After Falling from Apartment Balcony

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 UCSB student Melissa Portillo, a 22-year-old from Los Angeles, died early Thursday morning after falling from an apartment balcony on the 6500 block of Cordoba Road. A second victim, 22-year-old Michael A.J.H. Kuster, ...

November 14, 2012

UC Regents Discuss Budget Issues During This Week’s Meeting

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The UC Board of Regents discussed UCSB’s Long Range Development Plan and a proposal to build the Faculty Office Building at the San Francisco Mission Bay campus yesterday during the first day of the board’s three-day...

November 14, 2012

Assault in I.V. Sparks SB County Sheriff ’s Department Investigation

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In the fourth reported sexual assault case against a woman since the beginning of the school year, a female student was assaulted at a party in Isla Vista last Saturday night. At around 1:00 a.m. the student was attacked...

November 14, 2012

Former Gymnastics Coach Arrested On Underage Sexual Assault Charges

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A former UCSB gymnastics coach has been arrested on child pornography charges in Oregon more than a decade after a civil suit was filed against him for sexually assaulting two underage girls during his time coaching UCSB...

November 7, 2012

UCSB Red Cross Joins Hurricane Relief Effort

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In light of ongoing natural disaster relief efforts on the East Coast, the UCSB American Red Cross group will host a blood drive today in front of the Thunderdome from 1 to 5 p.m. UCSB Red Cross is holding the drive in c...