News

January 22, 2015

Senate Discusses 24-Hour Café, Mental Health Program

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

The Associated Students Senate met last night in the Flying A Room where senators discussed various new developments and university projects.

January 22, 2015

New Chapter of Pre-Med Fraternity to Join Campus

By Josephine Niu

The newly-formed chapter of Phi Delta Epsilon (PhiDE) will be holding an informational meeting for prospective members on Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Chemistry 1171, discussing PhiDE’s history, events, benefits and...

January 21, 2015

Obama’s State of the Union Touches on Local Issues

By Peter Mounteer, David Jackson

President Barack Obama delivered his second-to-last State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress last night and touched on the economy, defense, education, tax reform and energy.

January 21, 2015

IVFP To Start Wearing Body Cameras

By Erica Loera

After roughly a year of discussion, Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) will begin wearing body cameras on their uniforms by the end of February.

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.