Staff Report

April 5, 2012

Student Tuition Protest Results in Violent Altercation With Police

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Approximately 30 Santa Monica College students were pepper sprayed and two hospitalized on Tuesday while protesting a Board of Trustees meeting discussing fee increases on non state-subsidized courses. Roughly 100 studen...

April 5, 2012

Court Restrains UC Rioters from Berkeley Campus

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The Superior Court of Alameda County issued stay-away orders to the protesters arrested during a Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstrations, barring the individuals from loitering on the UC Berkeley campus. The court issued the or...

April 5, 2012

Dawkins Analyzes Humanity’s Future

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Leading evolutionary biologist and renowned atheist Richard Dawkins discussed the birth and development of the scientific thought revolving around genetic divergence during a lecture yesterday in Campbell Hall. Dawkins b...

April 3, 2012

Student Leaders Arrested as Result of Demonstration

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Four UCSB students were arrested last Monday while protesting outside the entrance to the Sallie Mae building in Washington, D.C. alongside 200 students from universities nationwide. The demonstration began at 10 a.m. af...

April 2, 2012

Regents To Host Exclusive Forum

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UC Regents Sherry Lansing and Richard Blum will visit the UCSB campus Wednesday to meet privately with a select group of students. The two Regents plan for the invite-only event to serve as a forum for dialogue between t...

April 2, 2012

Athlete Arrested for Crime in I.V.

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Miami Dolphins linebacker Koa Misi was arrested at his residence in Florida on Friday for battery charges stemming from an incident that occurred last year on the 6500 block of Trigo Road. Santa Barbara County Sheriff’...

April 2, 2012

SB Deputies Arrest Hate Crime Suspect

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Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested James Michael Inglimo on March 21 after he allegedly committed a hate crime by attempting to run over a man with a utility truck. Deputies responded to reports of batter...

April 2, 2012

Local Chase Ends in Arrest

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The California Highway Patrol apprehended a motorcyclist with $100,000 in outstanding warrants on March 21 after engaging in a high-speed chase and an hour-long manhunt through Goleta. A CHP officer initially stopped 22-...

March 6, 2012

Student Protests End in Almost 70 Arrests

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Thousands of UC, CSU and community college students, faculty and staff rallied alongside lawmakers yesterday outside the state Capitol to protest against continued tuition hikes and cuts to higher education funding. Demo...

February 24, 2012

Edgy Play To Empower, Educate UCSB Students

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The Women’s Ensemble Theater Troupe will place taboo subjects center-stage with two provocative events this weekend. In their annual performance of “The Vagina Monologues” tomorrow and Saturday at 8 p.m. in Campbel...

February 22, 2012

Campus Cops Confront Peaceful Protesters

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UC Police officers detained 18 Occupy Cal demonstrators at UC Berkeley’s Doe Library on Friday after the group disregarded campus administrators’ warnings to vacate the encampment or face legal repercussions. Though ...

February 15, 2012

Court Rules UCPD Officer Innocent

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On Friday, a federal district court in San Francisco found UC Berkeley Campus Police Officer Brendan Tinney not guilty of violating a student’s civil rights during a Nov. 20, 2009 protest. Berkeley graduate student Zhi...

February 10, 2012

Brown’s Funding Plan Takes Heat

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The state Legislative Analyst’s Office released a report on Wednesday advising against Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to remove earmarks on state funding for the UC and the CSU, thereby giving school administration less...

February 8, 2012

Arsonist Damages UCSB Construction

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The perpetrator of a north campus arson incident that caused roughly $1 million in damage on Jan. 29 remains at large. The fire, which detectives said was started intentionally at approximately 2:14 a.m., ­­damaged uni...

February 6, 2012

Wahoo’s Fish Taco To Open in UCen

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Wahoo’s Tacos is awaiting approval from a final inspection before its scheduled grand opening in the UCen this week. According to UCen Dining Services Director Sue Hawkins, Wahoo’s new storefront — the last additio...

February 3, 2012

Authorities Find Small Boat Off of SB Coast

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The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. discovered an abandoned panga boat off the county’s coastline, the second craft of its kind found in the region this year. Deputies, the U.S. Coast Guard and Santa Barbara Har...