News

April 9, 2015

National News/International Spotlight

By Staff Report

A sum of this weeks national and international happenings

April 9, 2015

Lois Capps To Retire in 2016

By Staff Report

24th District Congresswoman announced yesterday that she will not re-run in next election

April 9, 2015

Senate Talks C.A.P.S., More

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum, Alyssa Schmidt

The Associated Students Senate met Wednesday night at the UCen in the Flying “A” room to discuss the expansion of Counseling and Psychological Services (C.A.P.S), the present campaign to condemn UC budget cuts, the f...

April 9, 2015

A Year in Women’s Prison, A Night at Pollock Theater

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Carsey-Wolf Center presented a special screening of the Netflix television series “Orange is the New Black” (OITNB) on Wednesday night in Pollock Theater as a part of their TELEtalk series, which examines histori...

April 8, 2015

Author Lectures on Social Pressure of Technology

By Juliet Bachtel

Writer and fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia Matthew B. Crawford gave a lecture on modern technology and the mind Tuesday night in Campbell Hall.

April 8, 2015

Stakeholders Continue To Discuss Isla Vista Self-Governance

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

Students, Isla Vista residents, Santa Barbara County officials and university administrators gathered Tuesday night at Assemblyman Das Williams’ stakeholder meeting in the I.V. Clinic building to discuss the creation o...

April 7, 2015

A.S. Finance and Business Committee Meets to Allocate Funding

By Erin Gurewitz

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met Monday evening in the State Street room of the UCen to hear funding requests from 18 student organizations.

April 6, 2015

UCSB Students Travel to Ferguson for Alternative Spring Break

By William Leiva

Community Affairs Board (CAB), an official board of the Associated Students Legislative Council comprised of students who do community service events, went on a trip to Ferguson, Missouri, during spring break to conduct ...

April 6, 2015

Deltopia Calmer Than Last Year’s

By Alyssa Schmidt

This past weekend’s Deltopia street party did not repeat last year’s violent riots and drew only half the crowd, with approximately 10,000 people on the streets of Isla Vista by midday and only roughly 500 people by ...

April 6, 2015

Former Navy SEAL Speaks On New Book

By Alyssa Schmidt

Former Navy Sea, Air, Land Teams (SEAL) soldier and best-selling author Eric Greitens spoke at Campbell Hall on Thursday night on his recently released book Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life, a compila...

April 6, 2015

Adopt-A-Block Holds Isla Vista Clean-up Following Deltopia

By Shelly Lu

Volunteer organization Adopt-A-Block held an Isla Vista clean-up following a full day of Deltopia festivities on Saturday, drawing over 300 students participants on Sunday.

April 6, 2015

Lecture Talks About Reintroducing Extinct Animals

By Juliet Bachtel

The UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (IHC) hosted a talk on the possibilities of resurrecting extinct life by Oliver A. Ryder titled “Conservation, De-Extinction, and the Future of Life” in the HSSB McCune Co...

April 2, 2015

A.S. Senate Committee Tables Divestment Talks

By Peter Mounteer, David Jackson

The Associated Students Senate External Affairs Committee tabled a resolution to urge divestment from companies profiting from human rights violations in “Palestine/Israel” for one week at a meeting of the committee ...

April 2, 2015

Shooting Victim Files Complaint Against County, Sheriff, Regents

By Erin Gurewitz

Former student Antoine Cherchian, a victim of the May 23 Isla Vista shooting last spring who survived multiple gunshot wounds, filed a complaint for damages against the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department, the Co...

April 2, 2015

A.S. Senate Meeting Discusses UC Divestment, Anti-Semitism

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum, Alyssa Schmidt

The Associated Students Senate met Wednesday night in Corwin Pavilion where it discussed bills calling for University of California (UC) divestment from companies allegedly committing human rights violations in the West ...

April 2, 2015