Feature

You’re Paying for the View

January 30, 2008 by

With a beautiful view of the ocean, sunny weather and a campus within walking distance, it is no surprise that thousands of UCSB students crowd into Isla Vista each year like clowns into a circus car....
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Billion Dollar Building Plan

December 3, 2007 by

UCSB is currently in the middle of a $1 billion capital program to construct new buildings and revamp infrastructure.
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Siesta, Fiesta and Flying Tomatoes

November 26, 2007 by

I never guessed that coming to Spain meant I would learn more sign language than Spanish.
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Mine Shafts Below UCSB

October 31, 2007 by

Long before professors and administrators dined on Thai chicken in the Faculty Club or drama majors performed in Hatlen Theater, the land these facilities now stand on was once home to Goleta's very o...
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Serving With the Surfriders

October 24, 2007 by

0500 hours: The lights of the first platoon barracks illuminate the room, still dark from the past evening. Cadets struggle to come to their senses because it is only 20 minutes until first formation ...
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Hot Fuzz, Cold Beers and Open Containers

August 29, 2007 by

The anticipation is palpable in the Isla Vista Foot Patrol office as more and more officers file into the room.
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Universities Get Schooled by Rising Dropout Rates

May 29, 2007 by

In response to the rising high dropout rate plaguing many California high schools, the California Dropout Research Project, founded at UCSB's Gevirtz Graduate School in December 2006, will investigate...
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So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, My Friends

May 24, 2007 by

Yes. I do know the sex columnist. Yes. She is qualified.
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A Not-so-Simple Plan

May 23, 2007 by

Isla Vista is nearing a period of unparalleled growth and development that promises to change the face of this beachside community for years to come.
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Methamphetamine Ravages SB County

May 15, 2007 by

Methamphetamine has cooked in Santa Barbara County drug laboratories for decades, yet its current prevalence trumps even the days when Andy Warhol's cohort Edie Sedgwick made her meth-fueled romps thr...
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Sheriff Brown Wants Crowded Inmates Off Floor, in Jail Beds

May 8, 2007 by

The stress on Santa Barbara County jails over the past decade has almost busted the concrete foundations on which the nearly impenetrable fortresses rest.
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Tour de Fatality

April 2, 2007 by


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Home sweet home redefined

March 8, 2007 by

At any given moment in Isla Vista, thousands of students jostle their keys to apartments owned by one of several dozen landlords.
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Dropping the Bomb

February 22, 2007 by

Despite increases in facility security and program redevelopment, the University of California-managed Los Alamos National Laboratory is currently facing several threats to its funding and longevity f...
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