News

February 19, 2015

Workshop Trains LGBTQ Allies

By Erin Gurewitz

The Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (RCSGD) hosted a campus-wide workshop on “Intervening as an Ally” in the Student Resource Building (SRB) last night to address hate crimes and other incidents occur...

February 19, 2015

EAB Hopes To Acquire Greener Alternative to Blue Books

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

Students from the Associated Students (A.S.) Environmental Affairs Board (EAB) are working to provide the UCSB Bookstore with recycled “green books,” an environmentally-friendly alternative to blue books required by ...

February 19, 2015

LAFCO To Decide On Opposition Letter Today

By Staff Report

The Santa Barbara Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) is holding a meeting this afternoon at 2 p.m. to finalize a letter of opposition to Assembly member Das Williams’ Isla Vista self-governance bill AB 3.

February 18, 2015

Meeting Discusses CSD Alternative

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

Isla Vista residents, university administrators and Santa Barbara County officials met Tuesday night in the I.V. Clinic for the weekly I.V. self-governance meeting organized by Assemblyman Das Williams’ office.

February 18, 2015

Prof. Discusses Pros, Cons of Fracking

By Beth Lebens

University of Wyoming Economics Professor and UW Chair in Petroleum and Natural Gas Economics Charles Mason gave a lecture at Bren Hall titled "To Frack or Not to Frack?” in which he discussed some key economic aspects...

February 18, 2015

Study Measures Plastic Thrown in Ocean

By Juliet Bachtel

As much as 12.7 million tons of plastic waste have been dumped into the ocean every year according to research by UCSB’s National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) published Thursday in the academic ...

February 18, 2015

Alumnus, U.S. Special Envoy Gives Talk at UCSB

By Beth Lebens

Alumnus and former U.S. Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman visited campus this past Friday to speak to students at the global studies department about his 30-year career with the U.S. Foreign Service...

February 17, 2015

Police Blotter Feb. 9-17

By Patrick Guardian

Law enforcement responded to numerous calls in Isla Vista last week regarding prowling, theft, public intoxication and animal mistreatment, among other crimes.

February 17, 2015

Concert Almost Canceled Over Insurance

By Josh Ortiz

Hip hop group The Coup nearly had to cancel their upcoming show this Friday at the MultiCultural Center (MCC) Theater after the university originally did not grant the band an insurance waiver last week.

February 17, 2015

Community Continues Rights Campaign

By Alyssa Schmidt

Students, staff and Isla Vista residents marched from the Pardall Center to the 6700 block of Abrego Road on Friday, continuing an ongoing Isla Vista Tenants Union (IVTU) campaign to protest the evictions of six families...

February 17, 2015

Sheriff’s Dept., ABC Cite Seven I.V. Businesses for Selling Alcohol to Minors

By Staff Report

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents conducted minor decoy operations in Isla Vista last Friday, citing seven businesses for knowingly selling alcohol to individual...

February 15, 2015

Muslim Student Association Remembers Recent Victims with Candlelight Vigil

By Beth Lebens

The Muslim Students Association (MSA) held a candlelight vigil at Storke Tower to honor the three victims of a recent shooting near University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, that some have been calling a hate crime.

February 13, 2015

County Board of Supervisors, Sheriff’s Dept. Enact Deltopia Noise Ordinance

By Max Fernbacher

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors granted a request from the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday for the issuing of noise ordinances during the first two weekends of April in hopes of preventing D...

February 13, 2015

Econ Dept. To Create Endowed Chair with Alumnus Donations

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Department of Economics received a total of $5 million dollars in grants during fiscal year 2014, most of which was given by Richard Aster, an alumnus who passed away in 2012.

February 13, 2015

Farr Talks About LAFCO, I.V. Self-Governance in Meeting

By Supriya Yelimeli

Third District Supervisor Doreen Farr held an open meeting at the Coffee Collaborative on Thursday afternoon to discuss the creation of a Community Services District (CSD) in Isla Vista and to examine the role of the Loc...

February 12, 2015

IVTU To Picket Apartment Evictions

By Alyssa Schmidt

The Isla Vista Tenant Union (IVTU) plans to lead a picket on Friday at 12 p.m. beginning at the Pardall Center as part of their “Tenants Reclaiming Isla Vista” campaign protesting the eviction of six Latino families ...