News

May 14, 2015

Napolitano, Attorney General Work to Improve Sexual Assault Policies

By Cheryl Sun, Supriya Yelimeli

University of California President Janet Napolitano and Attorney General Kamala Harris developed a Model Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Wednesday to ensure cooperation between higher education and law enforcement i...

May 14, 2015

Budget Proposal to Freeze In-State Tuition, Provide More Program Funds

By Beth Lebens

University of California President Janet Napolitano announced Thursday that the UC has reached an agreement with Governor Jerry Brown on state budget revisions to increase funding to the university, potentially freezing ...

May 14, 2015

Goleta State of the City Addresses Town Development, Finances

By Emile Nelson

The Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce held the eighth annual Goleta State of the City on Thursday at Bacara Resort & Spa.

May 14, 2015

Yang Meets Sexual Assault Survivors’ Demands After Thirteen-Hour Sit-In

By Staff Report

A group of students headed by survivors of sexual assault Alejandra Melgoza, Lexi Weyrick and Melissa Vasquez staged a 13-hour sit-in of Chancellor Henry T. Yang’s office from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning to...

May 14, 2015

County To Revamp, Lease Clinic Offices

By Danny Kolosta

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved a renovation budget of approximately $335,000 for the Isla Vista Clinic building on Tuesday to refurbish and lease currently vacant office spaces.

May 14, 2015

Vigil Honors Lives Lost to Suicide

By Supriya Yelimeli

UCSB Counseling and Psychological Services (C.A.P.S.) hosted a candlelight vigil in Storke Plaza Wednesday evening to provide a space for students, staff and residents of Isla Vista to honor lives lost to suicide.

May 14, 2015

Goleta Beach Permitted Retention of Revetments

By Peeka Zimmerman

The California Coastal Commission held a hearing in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room on Wednesday to determine whether to reaffirm the County’s Goleta Beach Permit Application that would permanently retain beach r...

May 14, 2015

Talk Encourages Students to Heal, Share Emotions

By Peeka Zimmerman

Residence halls Multicultural Awareness Chairs held a discussion Wednesday titled “Where Are We Now?” to explore students’ healing processes following the events of May 23 last year.

May 14, 2015

A.S. Senate Talks COSWB Funds, Monday Night

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum, Alyssa Schmidt

A.S. Senate discussed budget reallocations, A.S. Commission on Student Well-Being (COSWB) funding, Monday’s domestic disturbance and the search for a new Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs.

May 14, 2015

Students Demand Change

By Beth Lebens

Cheadle Hall sit-in protests sexual assault, challenges university’s misconduct policies

May 14, 2015

‘We’re fUCked’ Protests Tuition

By Christopher Chen

The UCSB Office of the External Vice President for Statewide Affairs (EVPSA) is hosting the “We’re fUCked” weeklong series of events on campus to protest the long-term plan proposed by the University of California ...

May 14, 2015

AB-3 Passes Assembly Governance Committee

By Staff Report

The California State Assembly Committee on Local Government voted 6-1 with two abstentions on Wednesday to re-refer Assemblymember Das Williams’ Assembly Bill 3 (AB 3) to the Joint Committee on Fairs, Allocation and Cl...

May 13, 2015

Capps Brings Back Act to Prevent Gun Violence

By Peeka Zimmerman

Representative for the 24th District of California Congresswoman Lois Capps reintroduced the Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act (H.R. 2216) to the House of Representatives Thursday to block access to g...

May 13, 2015

A.S. To Fill Posts After Resignations

By Cheryl Sun

UCSB Associated Students (A.S.) is currently recruiting students to fill two vacant on-campus senator positions for the 2015-2016 school year.

May 13, 2015

Art Installation To Light Campus

By Supriya Yelimeli, Cheryl Sun, Juliet Bachtel

Media Arts Technology (MAT) Program professor Marcos Novak, Academic Senate Chair and sociology professor Kum-Kum Bhavnani and Academic Senate Vice-Chair and physics professor Omer Blaes will host “Community Remembranc...

May 13, 2015

Weekend Wrap-up 5/7-5/10

By Patrick Guardian

Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) and UCSB Police Department (UCPD) responded to one case of public intoxication, one break-in, two fights, one peeping tom and one vehicle theft last weekend.