News

April 1, 2015

Regents Discuss Mental Health, Faculty Focus, Transfers, More

By Supriya Yelimeli, Cheryl Sun, Megan Mineiro

The UC Board of Regents continued their meeting of March 18 and 19 and opened with the Committee on Long Range Planning for the University of California mental health funding, during an afternoon session of the Regents m...

March 31, 2015

UC Regents Discuss Various Initiatives, Enrollment Freeze

By Megan Mineiro, Cheryl Sun

The UC Board of Regents meeting continued the morning of March 18 with open sessions in the Committee of the Whole and the Committee on Finance, while the Committee on Grounds and Buildings and Committee on Long Range Pl...

March 31, 2015

A.S. Approves Funding for Campus Organizations

By Supriya Yelimeli

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met Monday in the State Street room of the UCen to address 14 funding requests from campus organizations, fully funding six requests, partially funding seven and den...

March 30, 2015

Yosemite Visitors Find Missing Student

By Staff Report

UCSB student Michael Dahl was found alive with a head injury last Monday, two days after being reported missing, after going missing while hiking at Yosemite National Park last Saturday.

March 30, 2015

Regents Discuss Audits, IT Security, Medical Centers

By Megan Mineiro, Cheryl Sun, Supriya Yelimeli

The UC Board of Regents met during finals week amidst ongoing negotiations between California Governor Jerry Brown and UC President Janet Napolitano over state funding for the University of California.

March 30, 2015

Former CIA Director, Secretary of Defense Speaks on US Policy

By Peter Mounteer

Former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and 22nd Secretary of Defense of the United States Robert Gates gave a lecture at the Granada Theatre last week on the U.S.’s current position in world affairs.

March 10, 2015

CCS Lit Major, Nexite Passes Away

By Peter Mounteer

Lalita Stone, fifth-year College of Creative Studies Literature major and former Artsweek writer for the Daily Nexus, passed away unexpectedly on Friday night.

March 6, 2015

Town Hall Talks Representation

By Beth Lebens, Peter Mounteer

The office of Santa Barbara Assemblyman Das Williams held the third Isla Vista self-governance town hall of the year to determine the governance structure of a potential community services district (CSD) in I.V., which w...

March 6, 2015

Financial Aid Office Backs Off of Controversial Plan

By Cheryl Sun, Peter Mounteer

The Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships is no longer examining the possibility of reducing financial aid award letters to students who waive Gaucho Health Insurance (GHI).

March 6, 2015

A.S. Hears from Candidates Planning on Running

By Cheryl Sun

Associated Students held a Declaration of Candidacy Meeting Thursday afternoon for students running for A.S. office in the Graduate Students Association Lounge.

March 5, 2015

National and International Headlines

By Staff Report

News both Domestic and International from the week of March 1.

March 5, 2015

UCSB Reads Talk Focuses on Re-Entry

By Shelly Lu

Davidson Library hosted a panel discussion on prisoner re-entry into society on Wednesday as part of the UCSB Reads 2015 program, bringing together university affiliates and Santa Barbara residents to discuss Piper Kerma...

March 5, 2015

Pollock Theater Shows ‘Citizenfour’

By Christopher Chen

The Pollock Theater screened Academy Award-winning film “Citizenfour” Wednesday night and held a discussion led by professors of film and media studies Lisa Parks and Jennifer Holt on former system administrator for ...

March 5, 2015

A.S. Senate Discusses Deltopia, Passes Resolution

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum, Alyssa Schmidt

Last night’s A.S. Senate meeting in the UCen passed several bills, discussed Spring Quarter programs and future endeavors

March 5, 2015

Senator Jackson Encourages Equal Pay with New Bill

By Erica Loera

Santa Barbara State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson introduced Senate Bill 358 (SB 358) which aims to strengthen California’s equal pay laws, ensuring women are paid equally to their male counterparts in the same occupatio...

March 5, 2015

UCSB Muslim Students Discuss Discrimination

By David Jackson, Juliet Bachtel

Gauchos of Islamic faith and/or Middle Eastern descent open up about the effects of the Department of Homeland Security's recent Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) program and other international events that have shaped ...