News

March 4, 2014

Famed Evolutionary Geneticist Svante Pääbo Gives Lecture on Neanderthals

By Michael Coronado

Respected geneticist Svante Pääbo of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany gave a lecture about Homo sapien human genomes in the Loma Pelona Center yesterday, as a part of the Sage Center fo...

March 4, 2014

A.S. Committee Introduces Bike Rental Service

By Aditya Tadanki

Associated Students Bike Committee and Business Services Committee will launch its Bike Rental Program this coming Monday, with the aim of providing low-cost bicycle rental services to UCSB community members in need of t...

March 3, 2014

Author Lectures On Newest Book

By Staff Report

Timothy Egan, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the New York Times Bestseller The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America, will give a lecture at Campbell Hall tomorrow night discussing hi...

March 3, 2014

Sedaris Returns to Santa Barbara For Night of Storytelling, Satire

By Elliott Wright

The Arlington Theatre downtown was filled with fans last Friday night who braved the wet weather to witness Grammy Award winning-nominee satirist and humorist David Sedaris recite old and new material in his sold-out per...

March 3, 2014

Noam Chomsky Gives Speech in Lobero Theater

By Daniel Slovinsky, Suzanne Becker

Renowned philosopher, political theorist and MIT Professor Emeritus of linguistics Noam Chomsky presented the 13th annual Frank K. Kelly Lecture on Humanity’s Future, as hosted by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation at th...

March 3, 2014

UpJoy Promises Stress Relief

By David Jackson

Two students in UCSB’s psychology department played a part in launching a new website called UpJoy.me, a site that works to promote positive moods, productivity and relaxation after just a few minutes of use.

March 3, 2014

Childish Gambino Kicks Off Tour at UCSB

By Daily Nexus Photography

Due to technical difficulties in Oakland, the rapper started his newest tour at UCSB this past Friday, Feb. 28. Despite the rainy weather, students piled into the sold-out Thunderdome to see the acclaimed hip-hop artist ...

February 27, 2014

UCPD Releases Sketches of Sexual Assault Case Suspects

By Staff Report

The UCSB Police Department released composite sketches of two of a group of suspects wanted for the beating and gang rape of a 19-year-old student that took place on Feb. 23.

February 27, 2014

Let’s Get Together: UCSB Alumnus Creates New Matched-Interests App

By Cole Yamada

Glimr Inc., a mobile application company founded by UCSB alumnus David Estrada, debuted a new app called Together last Friday, Feb. 21, targeting the UCSB student population exclusively.

February 27, 2014

A.S. Senate Passes Proposal to Label Trauma-Provoking Academic Content

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

At Wednesday night’s Associated Students Senate meeting, senators passed a resolution to begin the process of instituting mandatory “trigger warnings” on class syllabi at UCSB and Chancellor Henry T. Yang made a su...

February 27, 2014

Fate of Local Restaurant Ownership Depends on Competition Results

By Dustin Chan

The owners of Pace Food and Drink, a popular State Street restaurant serving up classic American cuisine, recently announced an open contest — with an entry fee of just $500 — for full ownership of the facilities and...

February 27, 2014

Students Smash Scales In Support of Body Positivity

By Emani Oakley

As part of National Eating Disorder Awareness week, members of the UCSB Women’s Center destroyed weight scales yesterday outside the Student Resource Building at an event called UCSB SMASH: A Love Your Body Event, whic...

February 27, 2014

Curiouser and Curiouser: Last Lecturer Shares His Story

By Hannah Nelson

Last night, linguistics professor Robert Kennedy lectured as if it were his last chance to do so, speaking on linguistics and his own personal experiences in the field, as part of the UCSB “Last Lecture” series.

February 26, 2014

SB Community Groups Join to Battle Homelessness

By Michael Coronado

Community organizations and residents of Santa Barbara County came together for a Homelessness Action Summit at Campbell Hall on Monday, with the event focusing on solutions to reduce homelessness in the county.

February 26, 2014

County Lays Plans For I.V. Community Center

By Leon Freyermuth

The state Department of Finance approved a plan allowing three Isla Vista properties on Embarcadero del Mar — previously a medical clinic, church and parking lot — to persist under control of Santa Barbara County, ra...

February 26, 2014

Third Annual ‘Last Lecture’ Features Professor Kennedy

By Jessy Diamba

Tonight, linguistics professor Robert Kennedy will give a lecture as if it were his last, as part of the third annual “Last Lecture” event hosted by the Associated Students Academic Affairs Board at Lotte Lehman Hall...