Valerie Tidwell

October 19, 2006

Leggies Meet Outdoors to Support Tenants

By Valerie Tidwell

Associated Students Legislative Council approved an unusual request last night and held its weekly meeting outdoors under a twilight sky.

October 5, 2006

CCS Marine Biology Program Admits 13-Year-Old Whiz Kid

By Valerie Tidwell

If you’re around the marine biology area of campus and you bump into a kid who looks to be about 13, stop and say “hello” to the youngest student admitted to UCSB in the last 15 years. Benjamin Brown, f...

October 2, 2006

New Policy To Help Report Cheating

By Valerie Tidwell

UCSB is helping faculty members report cases of academic dishonesty - including plagiarism - more easily, while reminding its students to avoid such unethical behavior.

September 28, 2006

Remodeling Progresses for Buildings on Campus

By Valerie Tidwell

While many finished this summer, a plethora of construction projects continue campuswide as the school year commences.

September 24, 2006

Registration Drive To Rally Voters

By Valerie Tidwell

All California college students will be registered to vote in the Nov. 7 election, that is, if the University of California Students Association and the United States Student Association "Students Vote!" campaign has any...

May 12, 2006

Extravaganza ’06 To Feature Live Music, Extreme Sports

By Valerie Tidwell

Boasting a lineup of performers such as E-40, Pepper and the Pharcyde, this year's Extravaganza concert seeks to draw in the crowds by expanding its entertainment to include professional skateboarders and BMX bikers. The...

May 10, 2006

UCSB Researcher Finds Women Able to Evaluate Men Through Pictures

By Valerie Tidwell

Released online yesterday, findings in a UCSB researcher's study suggest women know almost at first glance how long they want men around, whether it be for life or for a short fling.

May 3, 2006

Festival Opens Queer Pride Week

By Valerie Tidwell

Despite the presence of a couple naysayers, the 16th Annual Queer Pride Week enjoyed a colorful opening yesterday with its Queer Carnival in Storke Plaza. Attendees were greeted with a massage table, an art booth, snacks...

April 21, 2006

HaU Members MENTOR Visiting Students

By Valerie Tidwell

Nearly 75 students from three California high schools are visiting UCSB this week as part of a Hermanas Unidas program to motivate students to pursue a university education.

April 18, 2006

Student Groups Team Up to Stop Sexual Assault

By Valerie Tidwell

As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Monday marked the start of the fifth annual It Affects Me campaign, which reminds students of the estimated 300 sexual assaults that take place in the UCSB community every year.

April 13, 2006

Cuts to College Funding Incite Campus Protests

By Valerie Tidwell

Student activists joined 35th District Assembly member Pedro Nava and 23rd District Congresswoman Lois Capps in front of the UCen yesterday to speak out against recent federal cuts to education.

April 6, 2006

Cable Fails, Cuts Power to Buildings

By Valerie Tidwell

A power outage struck over half of the campus yesterday, leaving many students and staff without electricity until mid-afternoon.

April 5, 2006

French Demonstrators Disrupt EAP

By Valerie Tidwell

As mobs of protesters take to the streets in France, many of UCSB's students studying abroad in the European country are left without an education, due to several class cancellations.

March 7, 2006

Class To Host Sustainable Living Fair

By Valerie Tidwell

As an antithesis to Isla Vista's Halloween mayhem, a sociology class is planning Chilla Vista: An almost waste-free street fair slated for June 4. Throughout the quarter, students in Sociology 194 have been organizing th...

February 7, 2006

Student Health Seeks To Provide Incentives for Healthy Lifestyles

By Valerie Tidwell

UCSB Student Health hopes to give students an ounce of prevention in return for the usual pound of cure with its Wellness Center (WellCen) program, slated to begin Fall 2006.

February 1, 2006

Healthy Eating and Living Interns Kick Off Awareness Week

By Valerie Tidwell

Healthy Eating & Living (HEAL) interns will try to help students feel comfortable in their genes today as they spread the word on the 19th Annual National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, which runs from Feb. 26 to March ...