Contract Negotiations Fail

Teaching assistants, readers and tutors across the UC system struck Friday after last-minute contract negotiations with the University failed. A moderate crowd of union members rotated in and out of a...
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Surfers Compete for Spots on UCSB’s Team

The UCSB Surfing Team weeded out the kooks and avoided the plovers in an open tryout at Sands Beach on Saturday. Approximately 100 surfers showed up to vie for spots in four divisions: men's shortboar...
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Diamond Trio Featured At Staples

Los Angeles Four title bouts featuring Latino champions showcased the best part of the sport today: the lower weight classes.
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Court Arraigns Suspected FT Sex Offender

The Francisco Torres resident accused of sexually assaulting several women in the residence hall was arraigned Thursday morning in a short proceeding at Santa Barbara Municipal Court.
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Peaches | Fatherfucker | XL Recordings

Girls aren't supposed to talk like this. But Peaches doesn't really care about your sex. Not even if you're having sex with her. She doesn't care about your sex as long as you're down for some freaky ...
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Museum Fire Draws Alarm

A fire at the University Art Museum Tuesday scorched a wall and forced students out of nearby classrooms. Fire alarms started ringing at approximately 4:10 p.m. yesterday when a blaze began in the mai...
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FT Residents React to Assaults

A day after one of the more strange and terrible nights in the residence hall's history, some Francisco Torres residents are worrying, some are speculating and a few are joking.
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EAP Student Dies During Stay in Italy

Michelle Wilenchik-Black, 21, participated in EAP's summer program in Siena, Italy, which ended Aug. 26. On Sept. 9, after returning to Siena from visiting several other European nations, Wilenchik-Bl...
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Campus Construction Stays on Track

When school starts two years from now there will be a half dozen major additions to campus if current construction projects remain as they are now-"on time and on budget."
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Grad To Face Hearing for Threat to TA

A UCSB graduate will face a student conduct hearing after allegedly threatening a teaching assistant with bodily harm after failing a course.
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Professor, Former Provost Dies

The university lost a passionate teacher and valued administrator with the passing of professor Everett Zimmerman on Monday. Zimmerman died at his home in Santa Barbara, four months after being diagno...
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Activist To Sit on Board of Regents

A woman who once fought alongside Cesar Chavez for laborers' rights will now serve with multi-millionaire CEOs as a UC regent.
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School Not Out for Summer

Summer enrollment is up again, though not by as much as administrators had hoped. Currently, 8,566 students are enrolled in summer classes, up 3 percent from last year. Summer Sessions administrators ...
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Why My Potential Employer Would Want My Urine on Her Hands

I'm not supposed to be stressing during summertime. That's a rule. But now I've got something on my mind. I'm not happy about it. I decided I needed a little walking-around cash, so I immediately soug...
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Yang To Review Committee Plans

A plan for the development of the campus for the next two decades was passed to the chancellor by the Campus Planning Committee at its monthly meeting Tuesday.
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