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October 16, 2014

Yang Breaks Ground for Thirty Meter Telescope

By Avery Wood

Groundbreaking for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) at the summit of the Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii began on Oct. 7, with UCSB’s Chancellor Henry T. Yang acting as Chairman of the Board for the TMT International Obser...

October 16, 2014

A.S. Senate Learns About Rec Cen, Catering

By Cheryl Sun, Erica Loera

The Associated Students Senate held their second meeting of the year in the Flying A room at the UCen this Wednesday and discussed a variety of issues related to student access to the RecCen, the A.S. Food Bank and the C...

October 16, 2014

Police Arrest Suspected Killer of Former Student

By Anna Song

The Anaheim Police Department arrested the suspected murderer of Zoraida Reyes, a transgender activist and former UCSB student, on Oct 7.

October 16, 2014

UCSB Library To Restrict Computer Use Via Logins

By Samantha Zimmerman

Starting this weekend, computers in Davidson Library and the Arts Library will require users to enter their UCSB NetID and password to gain computer access.

October 16, 2014

Biology Professor Denise Montell Wins Award

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

Biology professor Denise Montell was awarded the Pioneer Award by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her groundbreaking research in medical biology last week.

October 16, 2014

SB Plans To Restart Desalination Facility

By Josh Ortiz

In light of the current drought crisis in California, government officials in Santa Barbara are taking steps toward reopening the Charles E. Meyer Desalination Plant which has been in standby mode since the mid-90s.

October 16, 2014

DREAM Bill To Become Reality

By Teddy Krolczyk

California Governor Jerry Brown approved the California DREAM Loan Program on Sept 28, providing student loans for undocumented students from the University of California and California State University.

October 16, 2014

‘Meet Your Neighbors’ Day Aims to Bring I.V. Together

By Patrick Guardian

Meet Your Neighbors Day, an event dividing the Isla Vista community into nine different neighborhoods with activities designated to nine specific I.V. parks, will be hosted by Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVR...

October 16, 2014

Faculty Weighs In on I.V. Tragedy

By Connor Boehm

The MultiCultural Center hosted a panel discussion Tuesday evening in the MCC Theater, highlighting cultural, social and racial issues as part of an analysis of the Isla Vista killings that occurred last May.

October 16, 2014

Dinner Program To Aid Dialogue

By Erica Loera

Faculty members and lecturers have been invited to dine with students in Isla Vista as a part of new Faculty Dinner Program that began this October and will continue throughout the year.

October 16, 2014

DVA Week Aims To Educate UCSB Community

By Carissa Quiambao

“Love Shouldn’t Hurt,” a series of events organized for this week’s ongoing Domestic Violence Awareness Week, began on Monday and continues onto Friday with presentations and activities inviting students to explo...

October 15, 2014

Gaviota Train Incident Victim Identified

By Staff Report

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has identified Mingyue Yuan as the 26-year-old UCSB visiting scholar who was struck and killed by an Amtrak train on Saturday evening at Vista Point.

October 15, 2014

Measure P Divides County to Backing or Sacking Practicing Fracking

By Christopher Chen

As Election Day approaches on Nov. 4, Measure P seeks to initiate a moratorium on the practice of “high-intensity petroleum operations” that include acid-well treatments and steam injection, more commonly known as fr...

October 14, 2014

Project Fights to Slow Goleta Beach Erosion

By Megan Mineiro

The Goleta Beach Managed Retreat Project proposal, which aims to retain rock revetments installed in 2005, was resubmitted to the California Coastal Commission (CCC) on Sept. 29 for further review after initially failing...

October 14, 2014

Interview with Nobel Prize winner Shuji Nakamura

By Daily Nexus Staff

Materials professor Shuji Nakamura was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize for the invention of the blue light-emitting diode. See full story here.

October 14, 2014

Local Business Throws Entrepreneur’s Conference

By David Jackson

Santa Barbara’s third annual Ontrapalooza business conference brought best-selling author of Chicken Soup For the Soul Jack Canfield, New York Times bestselling author Dave Logan, Ontraport founder Landon Ray and many ...