Stephanie Trujillo

June 2, 2005

UCSB Readies to Pick Vice Chancellor

By Stephanie Trujillo

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.

April 27, 2005

Speaker Maps Out Road to Success

By Stephanie Trujillo

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.

April 13, 2005

Shoreline Fund To Allot Money for Beach Access

By Stephanie Trujillo

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 this year's winter st...

April 11, 2005

Dead-End Jobs Inspire Book, Activism, Lecture

By Stephanie Trujillo

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, nursing home aide and a ...

March 2, 2005

Moyers Discusses Iraq,President Bush, Poetry

By Stephanie Trujillo

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 Arts & Lectures fund...

February 22, 2005

Talk Considers Global Impact of Big Business

By Stephanie Trujillo

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 Santa Barbara.

February 18, 2005

Author Tells of Eco Disasters, Dead Societies

By Stephanie Trujillo

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 night.

February 16, 2005

Author To Speak on Getting Smashed

By Stephanie Trujillo

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 story.

February 10, 2005

FT To House UC Police Dept. Office

By Stephanie Trujillo

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.

February 9, 2005

Fall ’05 Applications Reach All-Time High

By Stephanie Trujillo

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 California system.

January 20, 2005

Latin American Politician Gives Talk on Democracy

By Stephanie Trujillo

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 Latin American countrie...

January 4, 2005

Communication Dept. Gets Top Ranking

By Stephanie Trujillo

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 Association (NCA).

November 24, 2004

Women Call for Political Activism at Storke Rally

By Stephanie Trujillo

Volunteers and activists attended the "Womyn Respond" rally in Storke Plaza on Monday to hear and give speeches addressing major political concerns of women.

November 19, 2004

Trop Loses Its Shirt for I.V. Youth

By Stephanie Trujillo

Members of the Tropicana Student Organization recently chose charity over souvenir T-shirts, opting to donate the group

October 27, 2004

Dorms To Slam Doors on Outsiders

By Stephanie Trujillo

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

October 7, 2004

UCSB Physics Center, Rest of Cosmos Expand

By Stephanie Trujillo

A dedication ceremony will be held today at 10 a.m. to celebrate the impending completion of a 9600 sq. foot addition to and 2000 sq. feet of renovation of Kohn Hall.