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October 23, 2014

Meningitis B Strikes at SDSU

By Patrick Guardian

San Diego State University first-year pre-communication major Sara Stelzer died last Friday after contracting a strain of meningococcal meningitis.

October 22, 2014

SB Looks For Alternatives During Drought

By Cheryl Sun

Lake Cachuma, a major source of water for Santa Barbara residents, has declined to 30 percent capacity this October due to prolonged drought conditions.

October 22, 2014

UCOP Aims to Grow AP Program

By Staff Report

The University of California Office of the President announced a partnership with the College Board yesterday to work together on their “All In” campaign.

October 21, 2014

City Council Meets to Discuss New Halloween Restrictions

By Lisa Maillard

The Goleta City Council held its annual Isla Vista Halloween meeting on Thursday to inform Goleta inhabitants on how to stay safe this Halloween.

October 20, 2014

Community Gathers for ‘Meet Your Neighbors Day’

By Supriya Yelimeli, Benji Basseri

The first annual Isla Vista “Meet Your Neighbors Day” was held throughout I.V. this past Saturday and drew hundreds of students and community members to various parks in the area.

October 20, 2014

Nonprofit Bigwig Speaks at Campbell

By Samantha Zimmerman

Walter Isaacson, current president and CEO of the nonprofit Aspen Institute and renowned author, spoke at Campbell Hall on Thursday about his new book entitled The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses ...

October 13, 2014

Pardall Carnival Brings Food, Fun, Games and Community Gathering

By Carissa Quiambao

This past Saturday afternoon marked the sixth annual Pardall which took place on Pardall Road in Isla Vista between Embarcadero del Norte and Embarcadero del Mar.

October 13, 2014

Train Collision Kills One, Injures Two

By Staff Report

Four individuals, three who were researching at UCSB as visiting scholars, were involved in a train collision Saturday evening on a bridge near Vista Point that left one woman dead and two other people injured.

October 9, 2014

I.V. Discusses Self-Governance

By Lannhu Khuat, Ava Talehakimi

Residents gather for second town hall meeting to discuss plans for the community Members of local law enforcement, student representatives, local government officials, students and other Isla Vista residents and stakehol...

October 9, 2014

Jack Johnson Performs at “Come Together: Remember, Reconnect, & Unite”

By Carissa Quiambao

Around 5,000 students gathered at Storke Plaza yesterday afternoon to promote a safer, healthier UCSB and Isla Vista community in commemoration of the six students who lost their lives during the May 23 Isla Vista traged...

October 7, 2014

UCSB Professor Shuji Nakamura Wins Nobel

By Peter Mounteer, Max Fernbacher

Materials professor Shuji Nakamura was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics this morning for the invention of the blue light-emitting diode, or LED, together with Japanese colleagues Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano.

October 2, 2014

Brown Approves Precautionary Gun Laws

By Peter Mounteer

Two laws introduced by state legislators from the Santa Barbara area following last spring’s murder spree in Isla Vista, which took the lives of six UCSB students, were approved by Governor Jerry Brown this past Tuesda...

October 2, 2014

EAP Students Without Housing

By David Jackson

Dozens of students are still without permanent housing as Fall Quarter begins at UCSB. Amid one of the most difficult years to find housing in decades, many of the students struggling to find a place to live are internat...

September 25, 2014

Michael Young To Retire in 2015 After 25 Years

By Peter Mounteer

Michael Young, UCSB’s Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs for 25 years, will be retiring from his position in January 2015. Chancellor Henry T. Yang announced Young’s planned departure in a recently released memo on ...

September 25, 2014

Twenty Years of Yang

By Hannah Nelson

He has advised the Department of Defense, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, NASA and the National Science Foundation. This past year, he finished his term as an elected chairman of the Association of Pacific Rim Univers...

September 25, 2014

UCSB Committee Elects Former Dean as New EVC

By Heeba Kaleem

Former Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts in the College of Letters and Science David Marshall was appointed as UCSB’s next Executive Vice Chancellor Sept. 10.