Suzanne Becker

April 15, 2013

A.S. Committee Launches New Book Resource

By Suzanne Becker

Today marks the grand opening of The Book Bank — a service created by The Associated Students’ Student Initiated Recruitment and Retention Committee (SIRRC) which loans donated books to students in need. The event wi...

April 5, 2013

Brown To Grant Pardons to Former Convicts, Former SB Narcotics Criminal

By Suzanne Becker

Gov. Jerry Brown announced plans to pardon 65 various individuals convicted of drug possession and other low-level crimes, including Richard Brent DeLeon, a drug dealer from Santa Barbara County. All of those granted cle...

February 19, 2013

EAB Condemns Possible Extension of Controversial New Oil Pipeline

By Suzanne Becker

Local environmental activists Colin Loustalot and Max Golding shared their experiences protesting the Keystone XL Pipeline last Thursday in the SRB Multipurpose Room as part of UCSB Associated Students Environmental Affa...

February 12, 2013

Human Rights Week Features Films, Lectures, Workshops

By Suzanne Becker

Associated Students Human Rights Board is holding 26 events this week focusing on a range of social issues including cultural identification, environment, sexuality, student debt and cross-categories of global welfare as...

February 7, 2013

UCSB Students Found Program to Feed Homeless

By Suzanne Becker

Beginning next week, UCSB’s new student group Swipes for the Houseless will make it possible for students with dining commons meal plans to donate one of their meals to provide food for someone in need. Co-founded by f...

January 30, 2013

StudySoup Provides Online Access to Course Readers

By Suzanne Becker

A growing number of UCSB classes now offer online course readers through a web platform called StudySoup, with over 1,000 students participating in the program since it began last spring. Founded by UCSB alumni Sieva Koz...

January 24, 2013

Volunteers Help Survey County’s Homeless During Registry Week

By Suzanne Becker

During the early morning hours of Tuesday and Wednesday, hundreds of volunteers patrolled local streets to tally the number of homeless people in Santa Barbara County for the 2013 Countywide Vulnerability Index Survey. L...

January 23, 2013

Engineers Create Instrument That Detects Molecules Through Smell

By Suzanne Becker

A team of scientists brought together through UCSB’s Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies recently engineered a device that biomimics a dog’s scent receptors in order to identify various molecules. The basic t...