Isla Vista

January 20, 2015

March Decries Rape Culture in Isla Vista

By Beth Lebens

Students and Isla Vista residents, led by members of Sociology Professor Kum-Kum Bhavnani’s Introduction to Women, Culture, and Development (Soc 156A) class, marched down Del Playa Drive to bring attention to rape cult...

January 16, 2015

Community Examines History of I.V., Self-Governance

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

Students, faculty and Isla Vista residents met at the Isla Vista Clinic on Embarcadero del Mar yesterday to discuss the history of I.V. as well as problems facing the I.V. self-governance movement.

January 16, 2015

Students Plan DP March Against Rape Culture

By Juliet Bachtel

Chair of the Academic Senate and Sociology Professor Kum-Kum Bhavnani, along with four students from her Introduction to Women, Culture, and Development (SOC156A) class, plan to march up and down Del Playa Drive Friday n...

January 13, 2015

Weekend Wrap-up Jan. 9-11

By Patrick Guardian

This past week, law enforcement officers with UCSB Police Department (UCPD) and the Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) responded to various incidents including noise ordinance infractions, abuse of the elderly and theft.

January 13, 2015

Campus Remembers UCPD Officer

By Patrick Guardian

UCSB Police Department (UCPD) Sgt. Tony Borrayo died in the early hours of the morning while he was asleep at home with his family last Sunday on Jan. 4.

January 13, 2015

Students Discuss I.V. Self-Governance Needs

By Rachel Ann Reyes

Students met in the Associated Students Main Office in the MultiCultural Center (MCC) yesterday to discuss different services that could be helpful to Isla Vista and to develop clearer goals for CA state Assemblymember D...

January 11, 2015

Womyn’s Commission Throws 2015’s Inaugural First Friday

By Rishika Kenkre

The Associated Students Womyn’s Commission held a block party at Perfect Park in Isla Vista last Friday to advocate for women’s rights and increased female presence on campus.

January 8, 2015

Doreen Farr Discusses Self-Governance During Office Hours

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

Santa Barbara County Third District Supervisor Doreen Farr held office hours at Coffee Collaborative in Isla Vista yesterday afternoon to give students and I.V. residents the chance to ask questions and make suggestions ...

December 5, 2014

Local Committee Meets Over I.V. CSD

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Santa Barbara Local Agency Formation Committee (LAFCO) met at the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room at the Santa Barbara County Administration in Santa Barbara to review a report on the proposed formation of a Commun...

December 5, 2014

Community Meets for Latest on Isla Vista Self-Governance

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

Approximately 30 students, homeowners, administrative officials and members of local government gathered at the Isla Vista Clinic yesterday evening to discuss the future of I.V. and the options available for I.V. self-go...

December 3, 2014

Memorial Walk Remembers the Fallen

By Addie Burk

In honor of lives lost to alcohol and drug use as well as to the six students who passed away in the 2014 Isla Vista mass murder, a crowd of students trekked from Embarcadero Hall to the streets of I.V. Tuesday night in ...

December 3, 2014

I.V.: A History — Part III

By Peter Mounteer, Megan Mineiro

The self-governance conversation came up again for Isla Vista when Goleta sought cityhood in 2001. However, the resulting proposal to include I.V. and the university in the incorporation plan was voted down by the Santa ...

December 2, 2014

Das Williams Introduces I.V. Self-Governance Bill

By Megan Mineiro

Assembly Bill 3, a bill aimed to create the Isla Vista Community Services District (CSD) in order provide infrastructure and services to the residents of I.V., was introduced to the California State Assembly yesterday by...

December 2, 2014

I.V.: A History — Part II

By Peter Mounteer

Although Isla Vista tried and failed for cityhood in 1973, the I.V. Community Council (IVCC) made several other attempts to give I.V. a more sustainable form of government in the years following.

December 1, 2014

I.V.: A History — Part I

By Peter Mounteer

In Isla Vista’s nearly 70-year history as the primary home of UCSB students, various residents and activists have made multiple attempts in the 1970s, 1980s and early 2000s to establish a form of governance within the ...

November 21, 2014

Graduate Student Association Convenes to Consider Plans for I.V.

By Juliet Bachtel

The Graduate Student Association (GSA) held a public meeting Thursday in the GSA Formal Lounge at the MultiCultural Center to discuss the role graduate students play in improving Isla Vista.