Stephanie Tavares

January 21, 2003

Connerly Says ‘Go to Hell,’ Won’t Apologize

By Stephanie Tavares

UC Student Association and a Los Angeles politician are demanding the regents censure UC Regent Ward Connerly after his recent defense of Sen. Trent Lott's comments at Strom Thurmond's birthday party.

January 16, 2003

UC Plans for Tight Budget

By Stephanie Tavares

The key topic of yesterday's regents meeting was Gov. Gray Davis' midyear and 2003-04 budget cuts, and the impact they would have on students. In addition, the regents revealed plans to apply for construction and managem...

January 8, 2003

Student, Staff Concerns Delay G.E. Changes

By Stephanie Tavares

The Academic Senate decided Dec. 5 to cancel its planned vote on a controversial plan for UCSB's G.E.s and voted unanimously to rescind the proposal due to insufficient faculty and student input in the proposal.

January 6, 2003

Regents To Raise Tuition in Spring

By Stephanie Tavares

The UC Regents voted last month to increase student tuition for Spring Quarter and decrease the budget mid-year. The Spring Quarter fee increase is the first resident-student tuition hike in eight years and tuition is ex...

January 6, 2003

UC Briefs: January 7, 2003

By Stephanie Tavares

Berkeley Mayor Stole Daily Californian Newspapers UC Berkeley – Dec. 6, 2002 The Daily Californian and The California Patriot Berkeley police said newly-inaugurated Mayor Tom Bates admitted he stole about 1,000 cop...

December 5, 2002

Dorm Residents To Delight in Holiday Meals

By Stephanie Tavares

Dining commons in the on- and off-campus residence halls are preparing to hold holiday feasts for next week in honor of Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.

November 19, 2002

UC Asks for Mediation in C.U.E. Talks

By Stephanie Tavares

UC has sent a formal declaration of impasse to the state Pubic Employment Relations Board (PERB) to which both parties have filed several bad-faith bargaining complaints.

November 19, 2002

Finance Board Allocates Funds

By Stephanie Tavares

In its final meeting of the quarter, Associated Students Finance Board allocated over $2,000 to campus groups, including $1,700 to reinstate Campus Point, and rolled over its remaining funds to its Winter and Spring Quar...

November 18, 2002

Gas Fumes Vex Residents

By Stephanie Tavares

A foul-smelling toxic gas release in northern Santa Barbara County last week irritated area residents and created a health hazard, but did little else.

November 15, 2002

UC Passes Tentative Budget

By Stephanie Tavares

UC Board of Regents approved a basic budget for the 2003-2004 year in its second day of meetings yesterday. UC President Richard Atkinson said cuts would probably have to be made due to the current state budget crisis.

November 8, 2002

UCSB Recovers From Power Outage

By Stephanie Tavares

Power went out on campus for nearly two hours Wednesday night after a capacitor bank switch in the top level of the campus power grid in lot 14 failed, creating a spark in one of the transmitters which exploded, showerin...

November 5, 2002

New Administrator To Focus on Design

By Stephanie Tavares

UCSB has chosen UCLA Campus Architect and Director of Design Marc Fisher as the first Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Design and Facilities.

October 22, 2002

Students Respond to Racist Act

By Stephanie Tavares

A meeting was held Sunday at the Asian Resource Center to discuss a hate incident that occurred Oct. 10 in the San Nicolas residence hall and the circumstances that may have led to it.

October 21, 2002

Unknown Vandals Throw Eggs, Yell Racial Epithets

By Stephanie Tavares

Unidentified suspects took elevator number one to the fifth floor of the San Nicolas Residence Hall, at approximately 2:15 a.m. and threw hard-boiled egg yolks onto the floor of the Asian and Pacific Islander hall

October 17, 2002

Proposition A.S. Comes Up Short

By Stephanie Tavares

Associated Students' base fee measure, Proposition A.S., which would have increased the institution's basic services fee by $10 per student per quarter - fell 443 votes short of passing.

October 17, 2002

Strikers Return to Work, Negotiations Continue

By Stephanie Tavares

Wednesday was National Boss' Day, and, coincidentally enough, it was also the last day of a three-day walkout during which the university workers picketed the University of California and complained it was bargaining wit...