News

January 21, 2015

Possible Isla Vista Community Center Discussed

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

The Office of Assemblymember Das Williams held the latest in a series of conversations about Isla Vista self-governance this past Tuesday night in the I.V. Clinic building in order to discuss the creation of a new commun...

January 21, 2015

Water Rate Increase Approved to Fund Desalination Plant

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Santa Barbara City Council approved raising water rates in order to amass the $40 million needed to reactivate the Charles E. Meyer Desalination Plant.

January 21, 2015

Water Rates To Increase if Drought Conditions Hold

By Teddy Krolczyk

The Goleta Water District Board indicated last week that water rates may significantly increase in the Goleta area starting spring of this year if drought conditions hold.

January 21, 2015

Weekend Wrap-up Jan. 16-18

By Patrick Guardian

Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) officers responded to numerous calls in I.V. last weekend, citing under-aged students for possession of cocaine, taking custody of three legally registered firearms for safekeeping and answe...

January 20, 2015

A.S. Proposal Divides the MCC

By William Leiva

Associated Students President Ali Guthy presented a proposal to create a new entrance to the A.S. Main Office in the MultiCultural Center (MCC) during last week's A.S. Senate meeting in response to what she claims is stu...

January 20, 2015

A Tale of Two Protests

By Peeka Zimmerman

Civil-rights activists and anti-immigration groups held opposing protests in front of the Santa Barbara News-Press office in downtown Santa Barbara Monday afternoon over fallout regarding allegedly racist headlines recen...

January 20, 2015

A.S. Releases Insight on UCSB Committees

By Rachel Ann Reyes

The Associated Students Senate University Affairs Committee published their first shared governance report from Fall 2014, documenting current issues and updates from different committees on campus.

January 20, 2015

TSA Beefs Up Security After International Attacks

By Danny Kolosta

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is expanding airport security in the wake of terrorist threats and attacks in Yemen and France this past month.

January 20, 2015

March Decries Rape Culture in Isla Vista

By Beth Lebens

Students and Isla Vista residents, led by members of Sociology Professor Kum-Kum Bhavnani’s Introduction to Women, Culture, and Development (Soc 156A) class, marched down Del Playa Drive to bring attention to rape cult...

January 16, 2015

Community Examines History of I.V., Self-Governance

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

Students, faculty and Isla Vista residents met at the Isla Vista Clinic on Embarcadero del Mar yesterday to discuss the history of I.V. as well as problems facing the I.V. self-governance movement.

January 16, 2015

Students Plan DP March Against Rape Culture

By Juliet Bachtel

Chair of the Academic Senate and Sociology Professor Kum-Kum Bhavnani, along with four students from her Introduction to Women, Culture, and Development (SOC156A) class, plan to march up and down Del Playa Drive Friday n...

January 16, 2015

UCSB To Host Summit on Food Justice

By Patrick Guardian

The California Higher Education Food Summit, an intercollegiate event designed to spark discussion on food justice within the UC system, will be hosted on campus from Friday through Sunday this weekend.

January 15, 2015

UCSB Receives Record Amount of Student Applications

By Josh Ortiz

UCSB recorded its highest number of student applicants ever for the upcoming 2015-2016 school year this past Monday.

January 15, 2015

Senate Proposes Construction to A.S. Main Office

By Rachel Ann Reyes

The Associated Students Senate met in the Flying A Room at the UCen last night to discuss potential campus construction projects and issues surrounding A.S. Program Board member payment.

January 15, 2015

Brown Releases 2015-2016 State Budget Plans

By Christopher Chen

Governor Jerry Brown released a $164.7 billion proposed state budget plan for the fiscal year 2015-2016 on Friday, which includes the $120 million increase for the University of California system he committed to in 2011,...

January 15, 2015

UCSB Receives Grant for Mental Health Services

By Peeka Zimmerman

Congresswoman Lois Capps announced that the university will receive a federal grant of roughly half a million dollars from the U.S. Department of Education (D.O.E.) to fund mental health services to address the increased...