News

April 30, 2015

Senate Covers Funding Requests, 2015-2016 Budget

By Alyssa Schmidt, Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

On Wednesday, the Associated Student Senate discussed proposals to fund student groups, stirring up controversy

April 30, 2015

National/International

By Staff Report

An update on this week's national and international happenings.

April 30, 2015

Festival To Celebrate Music, Art and Love

By Juliet Bachtel

Isla Vista Community Relations Committee (IVCRC), Associated Students Program Board and I.V. Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) will host the annual Chilla Vista music and arts festival from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on May 9 i...

April 30, 2015

Patients Test Positive for Hepatitis

By Josh Ortiz

People treated at Dr. Thomashefsky’s office have tested positive for Hepatitis B, C and HIV

April 30, 2015

MCC Hosts Talk on Black Culture Profiling in Music

By Willa Wong

Brown University Africana studies professor Tricia Rose gave a talk examining expressive culture and its ability to confront inequality within society at the MultiCultural Center Lounge Tuesday evening.

April 30, 2015

MechE Professor to Receive Award

By Supriya Yelimeli

U.S. Department of State’s flagship Fulbright Program, which facilitates international exchange between scholars, selected UC Santa Barbara mechanical engineering Professor Megan Valentine to receive a Fulbright Schola...

April 30, 2015

Guest Professor Lectured on Vaccination and Public Policy

By Cheryl Sun, Supriya Yelimeli

Northwestern University economics professor Charles Manski gave a lecture titled “Mandating Vaccination with Unknown Indirect Effects” to outline different methods of making public policy decisions regarding compulso...

April 30, 2015

Talk Aims to Challenge Borders of Public Education

By Kelly Lin

Professor will speak tonight to discuss undocumented students’ engagement in activism in the public education system

April 29, 2015

Nakamura Speaks on LEDs

By Peeka Zimmerman, Christopher Chen

Nobel Laureate and UC Santa Barbara materials and electrical and computer engineering professor Shuji Nakamura gave a talk on his Nobel Prize-winning research on blue light-emitting diodes last night in Campbell hall.

April 29, 2015

Meeting Discusses Term Lengths

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

Isla Vista residents, county representatives and UC Santa Barbara Associated Students met Tuesday night in the I.V. Clinic Building for the weekly self-governance meeting held by Assemblyman Das Williams’ office to dis...

April 28, 2015

Weekend Wrap-up April 24-26

By Patrick Guardian

Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) and UCSB Police Department (UCPD) responded to a fight, a bicycle theft and an attempted robbery last weekend.

April 28, 2015

Capps Introduces Bill Against Offshore Fracking

By Cheryl Sun, Supriya Yelimeli

Santa Barbara Congresswoman Lois Capps introduced the Offshore Fracking Transparency and Review Act of 2015 to the U.S. House of Representatives last Friday to temporarily halt offshore hydraulic fracturing and acid well...

April 28, 2015

College Sexual Assault Discipline Bill Passes State Senate

By Beth Lebens

Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson’s Senate Bill 186 (SB 186) cleared the senate floor Monday, extending California community colleges’ jurisdiction beyond their campuses, allowing them to discipline students who commit sex...

April 27, 2015

A.S. Business Committee Runs Low on Funds

By Supriya Yelimeli

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met in the State Street Room of the University Center on Friday to address funding requests regarding reallocation and cultural events.

April 27, 2015

Prof. To Talk on Malware, Cybersecurity

By Juliet Bachtel

UCSB computer science professor Giovanni Vigna will give a lecture titled “The Evolution of Malware” in the Pacific View Room tonight at 4 p.m. as part of the Davidson Library’s Pacific Views: Library Speaker Serie...

April 26, 2015