News

April 10, 2017

Pitt Pantry Addresses Rising Food Insecurity

By Janine Faust

The Pitt Pantry’s customers are only a handful of the thousands of college students who visit campus food pantries across the U.S. — and that number has ballooned in recent years.

April 9, 2017

Yemeni Nobel Laureate Visits UCSB

By Tamari Dzotsenidze

Tawakkol Karman, the first female Arab and Yemeni Nobel laureate, came from Istanbul to discuss tyranny, terrorism and the Arab Spring.

April 9, 2017

North Korean Defectors Share Stories at UCSB

By Stephany Rubio

UC Santa Barbara’s Liberty in North Korea chapter hosted the two North Korean defectors this Thursday to talk about human rights violations and their journeys in escaping a dictatorship.

April 9, 2017

County Supervisors Push Tsunami Preparedness

By Jose Ochoa

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed an honorary resolution last week declaring the week Tsunami Preparedness Week.

April 9, 2017

Student Injured After Cliff Fall on Del Playa

By Jose Ochoa

A UCSB student fell off of a balcony on the 66 block of Del Playa at approximately 4:45 p.m. Saturday.

April 7, 2017

MTD Proposes Technology Changes to Student Bus Pass, Updates to Bus Schedules

By Stephany Rubio

The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) is proposing new technology that will replace the student bus sticker system within the next year and enact changes to bus schedules starting Aug. 21.

April 6, 2017

Breakin’ Dancers Break Out of Their Comfort Zones

By Phi Do, Parry Dong

Students founded UCSBreakin’ in 2010 for those passionate about breaking and growing the hip hop scene in Santa Barbara.

April 6, 2017

Police Presence Declines as Deltopia Dwindles

By Josh Ortiz

Police presence during Deltopia will continue to decline this year following dropping attendance levels over the past three years.

April 6, 2017

UCs See Drop in International Applicants

By Megan Mineiro

UC Santa Barbara saw a 10 percent increase in international undergraduate applicants for the 2016-17 admissions cycle, while two fellow UC campuses saw the first decreases in more than a decade.

April 6, 2017

Vista Point: Weekly Freebies and Activities in I.V.

By Staff Report

Tree plantings, improv and more this week in Isla Vista.

April 6, 2017

Embattled Student’s Suspension Lifted

By Jose Ochoa

A judge has ruled that a UC Santa Barbara freshman who sued the university may now return to school after over 200 days of indefinite suspension.

April 6, 2017

Inspiring Student, Role Model Passes at Age 25

By Josh Ortiz

Ismael Hernandez transferred from SBCC and was prepared to graduate from UCSB in June with a degree in biology.

April 6, 2017

UCSB Mourns Loss of ‘Selfless’ Grad Student

By Maura Fox

Samuel “Sam” Boldissar died on March 25 while rock climbing in Joshua Tree. He was a third-year doctoral student described as being “true to his own tastes.”

April 6, 2017

A.S. Remembers Staff Member David Miller

By Jose Ochoa

David B. Miller worked at the publication office for the last five years. Miller is leaving behind a wife and two wonderful children.

April 1, 2017

A.S. Food Bank Begins Facility Expansion, Renovation

By Stephany Rubio

During construction, a temporary location will open up on the second floor of the UCen in the study space, across from Subway, where the old faculty lounge used to be.

March 31, 2017

Fossil Fuel Activists Call UC Disinvestment ‘Just a Drop in the Bucket’

By Jose Ochoa

The UC Regents investments office announced earlier in March that it has removed approximately $150 million of its investments in fossil fuel companies since 2014, but student activists say they will continue to pressure...