Traci Bank

April 22, 2003

Talk To Bring Ocean to Light

By Traci Bank

Acclaimed underwater photographer David Doubilet is returning to Santa Barbara tonight to present a lecture on his craft in Campbell Hall at 8. Doubilet has shot photographs for more than 60 stories for the National Geog...

May 17, 2002

A.S. Retracts Controversial Resolution

By Traci Bank

In one of its last chances to pass legislation, the 2001-2002 Associated Students Legislative Council debated, and ultimately withdrew, a controversial position paper in support of Israel that also called for an end to a...

May 15, 2002

UC, Zeneca To Clean Up Toxic Marsh Property

By Traci Bank

Stege Marsh, a 100-acre plot of land part in Richmond, Calif., has been one of the 10 most polluted "toxic hot spots" in the Bay Area since 1998. Now the University of California and Zeneca Corporation will have to clean...

April 24, 2002

Base Fee Fails; A.S. Faces Lean 2002-’03 Year

By Traci Bank

The largest number of student voters in the past decade voted not to raise A.S. fees, including an $8 per student per quarter fee that both A.S. and campus groups said was desperately needed.

April 19, 2002

A.S. Seeks Support to Raise Fees

By Traci Bank

Associated Students, which is $340,000 in debt and lost nearly $1 million in stock market investments over the last year, is asking students for an $8 per quarter tuition increase on the spring ballot.

April 3, 2002

UC Recalls Students in Israel

By Traci Bank

The University of California has withdrawn its Education Abroad Program students in Israel due to the increasing violence and recent attacks in the Middle East.

April 2, 2002

UCen Dining Services Plans Expansion

By Traci Bank

To help fill the ever increasing number of faculty, staff and student stomachs on campus, UCen Dining Services is planning a 3,000-square foot expansion of the Arbor and construction of a new caf

February 28, 2002

Deadline Draws Near for FAFSA Priority Filing

By Traci Bank

The March 2 deadline for priority filing for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the 2002-03 academic year is rapidly approaching.

February 21, 2002

A.S. Debates Marijuana Position Paper

By Traci Bank

Associated Students Legislative Council debated whether to encourage Student Health Service to add medical marijuana to its list of acceptable prescription drugs.

February 14, 2002

Bill To Cut Six Leg Council Reps Fails

By Traci Bank

Associated Students Legislative Council voted down a bill that would have let students decide whether or not to reduce the size of Leg Council by six members Wednesday night.

February 13, 2002

UCen Offers Farmer Friendly Coffees

By Traci Bank

The small sales are a start for a coalition of student groups that pressured the campus coffee store to sell coffee from "Fair Trade," an international organization that gives a larger profit to coffee farmers than most ...

February 6, 2002

Committee Offers Parking Proposals

By Traci Bank

A UCSB parking committee released several proposals to alleviate an increased demand for parking expected from the loss of 1,086 spots to several planned capital projects.

January 25, 2002

Gymnasts Try to Keep UCSB Program Alive

By Traci Bank

UCSB gymnasts are fighting to keep the gymnastics program going after the athletic department announced in August that it would cut the program by the end of the academic year.

January 17, 2002

A.S. Reimburses Republican Group

By Traci Bank

The College Republicans have been allocated $1,250 for a lecture last November, after Associated Students Legislative Council and A.S. Finance Board debated the issue over the past two weeks.

January 16, 2002

UC Cuts Will Not Impact Professors’ Grants

By Traci Bank

Although Gov. Gray Davis' recently proposed budget would cut UC research funding, the UCSB Research Department is confident that grant money for professors will not be affected.

January 14, 2002

A.S. Questions Reimbursement for College Republicans Lecture

By Traci Bank

A divided Associated Students Legislative Council will ask A. S. Finance Board to reconsider its decision to grant $1,250 to the College Republicans for a lecture they sponsored in early November at its meeting this afte...