News

May 19, 2016

Interview with Man Who Helped UCSB Student After Attempted Suicide

By Supriya Yelimeli

Santa Barbara resident Jeffrey Brown was biking on his usual route when a woman flagged him down for help, asking if he had a knife.

May 19, 2016

UCen Dining To Begin Using Cage-Free Eggs Menu

By Maura Fox

UCen Dining catering services will begin a transition to cruelty-free animal products next week by introducing cage-free eggs into their new menu.

May 19, 2016

Bills Approved for Timely Bribery Investigation

By Maura Fox

After allegations arose that the Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC) bribed students to vote, the UCSB Audit and Advisory Department has launched an investigation into the claims.

May 19, 2016

Students Grow Produce in Unlikely Places

By Natalie Overton

The Edible Campus Program and the Department of Public Worms have begun turning large and unused concrete spaces into vertical, sustainable farms to combat hunger.

May 19, 2016

National News, International Spotlight

By Mohan Saxena

A summation of this week's national and international happenings.

May 18, 2016

Students Find a Home in UCSB’s Smallest College

By Annie Golay

UCSB’s College of Creative Studies is home to a unique academic program that focuses less on letter grades and more on undergraduate research opportunities.

May 18, 2016

Effects of 2015 Oil Spill Persist, Researchers Say

By Kevin Flores

One year later: The Refugio oil spill, which released 80,000 gallons of crude oil onto a shore 15 miles northwest of UCSB, has lasting effects.

May 18, 2016

Former Gaucho Nominated for UC Student Regent Position

By Josh Ortiz

Paul Monge, UC Berkeley law student and UCSB alumnus, was nominated to become Student Regent beginning in July 2017.

May 18, 2016

UCSB Student in Critical Condition After Attempted Hanging

By Supriya Yelimeli

A UC Santa Barbara student was transported to the hospital in critical condition after he attempted to hang himself at Ellwood Bluffs on Wednesday afternoon.

May 18, 2016

New Pictures Released of Alleged Library Bathroom Peeper

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

UCPD released additional pictures of a man who they say entered a women’s bathroom in the library and took pictures of a woman using the bathroom.

May 17, 2016

Danny DeVito Talks Voting, Bernie Sanders, Isla Vista in the Sixties

By Supriya Yelimeli

Actor Danny DeVito met with a crowd of nearly 900 students at UCSB on Tuesday to promote Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

May 16, 2016

Summer Star Wars Course Summons New Padawans

By Megan Mineiro

The Film and Media Studies Dept. will offer a course this summer to explore a franchise that gave rise to a stronger fandom than ever seen before — Star Wars.

May 16, 2016

Danny DeVito To Promote Bernie Sanders Tuesday in The Arbor

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

Actor and director Danny DeVito will be at UC Santa Barbara on Tuesday afternoon, encouraging students to vote for Bernie Sanders in the California Democratic primary.

May 16, 2016

45 Ejections, 11 Arrests at Extravaganza

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

University police arrested 11 people and ejected 45 from UC Santa Barbara's annual spring concert, Extravaganza, on Sunday.

May 16, 2016

Students Claim Administration Has Not Fulfilled Sit-In Demands

By Supriya Yelimeli

Students who sat in the chancellor’s office for 13 hours one year ago to reform sexual assault policy will rally Monday morning to ask that the university fully implement their demands.

May 14, 2016

Police Seek Students’ Help To Identify Library Bathroom Peeper

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

Police are seeking students' help in identifying a man who they say entered women's bathrooms in the library and may have taken pictures under stalls.