News

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.

January 10, 2014

Annual Butterflies Continue to Migrate into Goleta Grove

By Hannah Nelson, Andrew Myers

Until the first or second week of February, thousands of brightly colored monarch butterflies will continue to descend upon Goleta to find refuge in the Goleta Butterfly Grove. The grove is located on Hollister Avenue an...

January 10, 2014

Mary Lambert Moves Audience Through Tears, Laughter in the Hub

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Last night, singer-songwriter Mary Lambert performed at the Hub in a free concert for students, sponsored by Associated Students, UCSB Women, Gender and Sexual Equity, Queer Commission and the Hub.

January 9, 2014

Mary Lambert To Spread ‘Same Love’ Singing at UCSB

By Staff Report

Tonight UCSB students will have the chance to see a performance in the Hub by rising vocalist Mary Lambert, who recently garnered worldwide attention by writing and singing the chorus to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ hit ...

January 9, 2014

UCPD Chief Explains Tobacco Ban to A.S. Senate

By David Jackson

Associated Student Senate reconvened for the first meeting of the year last night, covering a wide range of topics including the University of California Student Association — or UCSA — budget, the new UCSB ban on sm...

January 9, 2014

Farmers Market: Eat Locally

By Carissa Quiambao

Every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. the Gaucho Certified Farmers Market has planted itself in the parking lot behind the Student Resource Building, bringing products like fresh bread, honey, jam, popcorn and tons of v...

January 9, 2014

San Miguel Hosts Support Panel For Sexual Violence Survivors

By Michael Coronado

Students got the chance to learn how to support and meet the needs of partners who have been survivors of sexual violence in a panel entitled “How to Date a Survivor” that was held last night at San Miguel Formal Lou...

January 9, 2014

Get Outdoors: Campus Clubs Offer Adventure

By Aditya Tadanki

It is no secret that many students here at UCSB chose the school for non-academic reasons. With sunny skies and nature all around, the location can be argued as second to none.

January 9, 2014

Obama To Present Prestigious Award to UCSB Faculty

By Elliott Wright

At the start of this year, UCSB Assistant Physics Professor David Weld and Assistant Professor Rouslan Krechetnikov of Mechanical Engineering received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, or ...

January 9, 2014

Show Me the Money

By Daniel Slovinsky

An Alameda County appellate court ruled last month that the University of California is not compelled to publicize information on the investment performance of its venture capital funds under the California Public Record...