News

March 7, 2014

UCSB Implements Security Cameras in Light of Recent Crimes

By Staff Report

Following two serious incidents of sexual assault in Isla Vista in recent weeks, two temporary security camera towers have been erected near Embarcadero Hall and I.V. Theater as part of an ongoing criminal investigation ...

March 7, 2014

University of California May Modify Admissions Process Based on External Factors

By Emani Oakley

The University of California could begin using factors of race, gender and national origin when selecting students for admission, after the California State Senate passed Senate Constitutional Amendment 5, or SCA 5, whic...

March 7, 2014

Academic Senate Approves Suspension of Admissions to CCS Literature Major

By Carissa Quiambao

The Undergraduate Council of the Academic Senate recently voted to temporarily suspend admissions to the College of Creative Studies Literature major, effective Fall 2014, following a request from Executive Vice Chancell...

March 7, 2014

VOX Rallies in Response to Recent Sexual Assaults

By Michael Coronado

VOX: Voices for Planned Parenthood will be holding a march called “Rally for Isla Vista Unity” today at 7:30 p.m. in front of the Student Resource Building to encourage unification efforts within the community in res...

March 7, 2014

Daniel Wolpert Discusses Movement and Behavior in UCSB Lecture

By Suzanne Becker

Neuroscientist and Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge Daniel Wolpert gave a lecture at the Sage Center yesterday called “Probabilistic Models of Sensorimotor Control and Decision Making,” in whic...

March 7, 2014

A.S. Senate Debates Isla Vista Housing, A.S. Restructuring, Sexual Assault

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Senators at Wednesday night’s Associated Students Senate meeting engaged in discussion with the architect of a potential new housing development in Isla Vista, spoke with a representative from the UC Police Department ...

March 6, 2014

New Food Program Feeds I.V. For Free

By Aditya Tadanki

The Isla Vista Tenants Union and the Isla Vista Food Co-Op have partnered together in order to begin hosting the Gaucho Food Program, which will allow UCSB students to enjoy different organic food products for free each ...

March 6, 2014

Moby Dick’s Disaster

By Brittany Tholan

Last weekend’s storm took a turn for the worse as waves pummeled concrete benches, obliterated a boat under the Goleta Beach pier and gave Saturday morning breakfast at Moby Dick Restaurant a dash of salt when a high s...

March 6, 2014

New Bioengineering Building To Be Built

By Staff Report

The UC Office of the President has secured funding for a new bioengineering building to be erected on campus between Davidson Library and the Psychology building, with construction scheduled to begin this summer.

March 6, 2014

Say Something About Mental Health

By Jackson Kerr

The UC Office of the President recently announced the opening of the “Directing Change” video contest for UC students, challenging participants to create a 60-second public service announcement about mental health or...

March 6, 2014

UC Meets Workers Union Demands, Form New Deal

By Elliott Wright

The University of California reached a tentative agreement with the largest UC workers union — American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 3299 — following a nearly two-year-long labor dispute over U...

March 5, 2014

Scientists Awed, Skeptical Over Mature Cell Reprogramming

By Morris Aguilar

Concerns are continuing to arise over the news that researchers from Japan recently discovered a revolutionary phenomenon in which mature differentiated cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent embryonic cells, wh...

March 5, 2014

Weekend Wrap-Up

By Jimmy Chang

Over the weekend, Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to various incidents including a drug bust, a battery case on Del Playa Drive and a series of residential burglaries.

March 5, 2014

Fairy Tale Fashion Show

By Dustin Chan

Students dressed as Tinker Bell, Cruella de Vil and Superman turned fairytale norms upside down last night as they walked in the Enchanted Fashion Show in Corwin Pavilion.

March 5, 2014

Recognizing Religion in Conflict

By David Jackson

Najeeba Syeed-Miller, an internationally recognized author and assistant professor of interreligious education at Claremont School of Theology, gave a talk about religious conflict and mediation at the MultiCultural Cent...

March 5, 2014

Egan Catches on Like Wildfire

By Peter Mounteer

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Timothy Egan gave an hour-long lecture adapted from his 2009 book The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America as the culminating event of the 2014 UCSB Reads...