News

January 17, 2014

BSU and Chancellor Yang Collaborate to Establish Institutional Changes

By Michael Coronado

Following negotiations for increased recruitment of black faculty and students, Chancellor Henry T. Yang and the Black Student Union reached an agreement in December that includes hiring an Admissions Counselor for Diver...

January 16, 2014

Police Arrest Student With Child Porn

By Staff Report

On Tuesday, detectives with the Santa Barbara County Criminal Investigations Division arrested 19-year-old UCSB student Scott Lienhart for possession of child pornography found on his cell phone.

January 16, 2014

Blind Graduate Student Opens Class’s Eyes to Political Science

By Gordon Goodman

Having the responsibility to lead sections as a graduate student at UCSB may be a hard task for anyone without much experience in teaching or grading, but Ph.D. candidate and political science teaching assistant Skylar C...

January 16, 2014

Stretching Your Dollar? A.S. Food Bank Is Here to Help

By Geneva Lovett

On campus, student organizations paint the campus landscape in ways that gather students together based on everything from similar personal interests to common public goals. In order to familiarize folks with the going-o...

January 15, 2014

A Night of Jazz

By Carissa Quiambao

Warm, rich tones and progressive harmonies waft over the area outside the Coffee Collaborative every Monday night during Monday Night Jazz Residency, featuring the musical stylings of students from a jazz band made up en...

January 15, 2014

Master Plan Changes To Be Discussed at Regents Meeting

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

University officials for the UC system, California State University system and California Community Colleges will discuss the California Master Plan of Higher Education — which first outlined the roles of these college...

January 15, 2014

Weekend Wrap-Up

By Jimmy Chang

Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to several disturbances over the first weekend of winter quarter, issuing three citations for minor in possession of alcohol, six tickets for having an open container and one citation for...

January 15, 2014

SB Hillel Refuses to Host Speaker

By Suzanne Becker

UCSB’s Hillel Center recently withdrew an invitation for freelance writer and schoolteacher David Harris-Gershon to speak about his book “What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife?” ...

January 15, 2014

Extreme Makeover: UCen Edition

By Aditya Tadanki

The University Center faces the possibility of an upcoming $38 million renovation if students pass a lock-in fee for the project this spring, with the possible UCen overhaul including installation of a Health and Wellnes...

January 15, 2014

UCPD Restarts Defense Classes

By Emani Oakley

UCSB Police Department’s Rape Aggression Defense program began again this quarter, with its first series of classes beginning yesterday and continuing through January 21.

January 15, 2014

2014 UCSB Reads Beginning Today

By Kelly Lin

Thousands of free copies of Timothy Egan’s The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America, a historical account of the nation’s largest wildfire and its impact on Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency, wil...

January 14, 2014

Study Suggests Admonitions Against Obesity May Be Ineffective

By Haley Kulik

A new study by UCSB psychology professor Dr. Brenda Major shows that the media stigmatization of overweight people is actually counterproductive.

January 13, 2014

Lecture Brings Worldwide Wildlife to SB Stage

By Peter Mounteer

National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore kicked off Arts & Lectures’ winter season yesterday at Campbell Hall with a lecture entitled “Close Encounters: Grizzlies, Piranhas and Man-eating Pigs” as part of the ...

January 13, 2014

First Female Federal Reserve Chair Confirmed

By David Jackson

The U.S. Senate confirmed last Monday the next Chair of the Federal Reserve as Janet Yellen, the first woman ever appointed to head the central bank of the United States.

January 13, 2014

Donor Gives Charitable Contribution To Update UCSB Campus Building

By Staff Report

Betty Elings Wells, a wealthy Santa Barbara philanthropist and co-founder of tech corporation Digital Instruments, recently donated $1 million toward renovating the UCSB Faculty Club building, a project which will start ...

January 13, 2014

Brown’s Proposal To Increase School Funding

By Staff Report

California Governor Jerry Brown announced his proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year on Thursday, with the proposal including an additional $142.2 million to the University of California.