UCSB Readies to Pick Vice Chancellor

June 2, 2005 by

Just as the committee looking for a new UCSB Police Dept. chief enters the final stages of its selection process, another committee is narrowing its options in the search for a new vice chancellor.
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Speaker Maps Out Road to Success

April 27, 2005 by

Roger McNamee, a self-made Silicon Valley pioneer, mapped out the four steps of success in the new economy to a crowd of UCSB students yesterday in Corwin Pavilion.
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Shoreline Fund To Allot Money for Beach Access

April 13, 2005 by

The Shoreline Preservation Fund (SPF) voted Monday night to donate $80,000 over the next two years to help fund the renovation of three Isla Vista beach access stairways that sustained damage during t...
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Dead-End Jobs Inspire Book, Activism, Lecture

April 11, 2005 by

In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich left her life as a writer and joined the millions of Americans who struggle to make ends meet on a minimum-wage salary. Working as a waitress, hotel maid, housekeeper, nurs...
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Moyers Discusses Iraq,President Bush, Poetry

March 2, 2005 by

Bill Moyers, renowned journalist, author and television producer, drew a full house to Campbell Hall on Tuesday night as he conversed with award-winning Arab-American poet Naomi Shihab Nye for a UCSB ...
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Talk Considers Global Impact of Big Business

February 22, 2005 by

Two UCSB professors spoke about the role of corporate powers in global economics and politics during a lecture titled "Do Corporations Rule the World?" presented Saturday by the Humanist Society of Sa...
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Author Tells of Eco Disasters, Dead Societies

February 18, 2005 by

On his second visit to UCSB, best-selling author Jared Diamond gave a lecture based on his new book, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, to a packed Campbell Hall on Thursday nig...
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Author To Speak on Getting Smashed

February 16, 2005 by

Koren Zailckas doesn't regale close friends with tales of drinking in college -- she tells her stories to the whole world in her new book and is touring college campuses across the nation to share her...
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FT To House UC Police Dept. Office

February 10, 2005 by

Residents of the Francisco Torres Residence Halls will soon share their living quarters with a new on-site substation for the UC Police Dept. and CSO officers.
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Fall ’05 Applications Reach All-Time High

February 9, 2005 by

A record number of applications from prospective freshmen and transfer students poured in to UCSB for the 2005-06 school year, despite an overall decrease in applications to the University of Californ...
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Latin American Politician Gives Talk on Democracy

January 20, 2005 by

In his lecture titled "Challenges of Democracy in Latin America," Carlos Mateo Balmelli, the president of the National Senate in Paraguay, presented UCSB with a glimpse of the problems facing many Lat...
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Communication Dept. Gets Top Ranking

January 4, 2005 by

The graduate level of the Department of Communication was not hindered by its small size when it recently ranked best in the nation according to a survey conducted by the National Communication Associ...
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Women Call for Political Activism at Storke Rally

November 24, 2004 by

Volunteers and activists attended the "Womyn Respond" rally in Storke Plaza on Monday to hear and give speeches addressing major political concerns of women.
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Trop Loses Its Shirt for I.V. Youth

November 19, 2004 by

Members of the Tropicana Student Organization recently chose charity over souvenir T-shirts, opting to donate the group
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Dorms To Slam Doors on Outsiders

October 27, 2004 by

On-campus residents will find themselves looking for alternative entrances into their residence halls this Halloween weekend due to an increase in residential security.
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