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May 16, 2013

Yudof Receives Criticism for Salary, Near-Doubled Tuition During Tenure

By Jimmy Chang

Last week, UC President Mark Yudof was placed eighth on The Chronicle of Higher Education’s list of the highest paid public college leaders in America. The list is based on figures from the 2012 fiscal year, and ranks ...

May 16, 2013

Union Workers Picket, Sit-in, Announce Strike

By Patrick Kulp

University of California Police arrested 13 people at the UC Board of Regents meeting yesterday morning during a demonstration in support of a UC patient care and service workers union in their ongoing labor contract dis...

May 16, 2013

Regents Meeting Focuses on Ending ‘Super Senior’ Trend

By Marissa Wenzke

The UC Board of Regents discussed graduation rates, student-faculty ratios and other university-wide issues at yesterday’s board meeting, while UC workers of the labor union AFSCME 3299 protested outside the meeting at...

May 15, 2013

Legal Action Taken by UC To Prevent Hospital Picketing

By Carly Bates

The University of California released a statement last Friday calling for a restraining order against major trade union American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in response to the union’s plan to ho...

May 15, 2013

City Council Meeting Revisits Gang Injuction

By Marissa Wenzke

For the first time since its initial proposal in 2011, the outline for a Santa Barbara gang injunction was listed on the agenda of a Santa Barbara City Council meeting yesterday evening, allowing community members to fin...

May 15, 2013

UCSB Police Officer To Run For County Sheriff

By Shannon Ham

UCSB Police Department Officer Ryan Smith recently announced the he will run against incumbent Sheriff Bill Brown and Santa Barbara County Sheriff Department Sgt. Sandra Brown in the upcoming elections for the position o...

May 15, 2013

Ruling Confirms Counties’ Right to Ban Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

By Jennifer Chang

Last week, the California Supreme Court upheld the right of local governments to ban medical marijuana dispensaries using zoning laws, including dispensaries currently in operation. While there are no longer any walk-in ...

May 15, 2013

Statewide Affairs

By Jonathan Rogers

A bill allowing states to tax online purchases passed the Senate this week in a 69 to 27 vote and will now move to the House of Representatives for final consideration. Under current regulations, sales tax is not added t...

May 14, 2013

Activist Rodriguez Donates Papers on Diversity, Justice, Minority Rights to Davidson Library, Expands Special Collection Archives

By Kelly Lin

Renowned Oakland-based artist and activist Favianna Rodriguez recently donated her personal papers to the Davidson Library California Ethnic and Multi-Cultural Archives (CEMA), a department that advances scholarship in e...

May 14, 2013

Students Address Campus Diversity, University Policies at A.S. Organized Town Hall Meeting

By Arda Jooharian

The Associated Students Office of the President held Raise Your Voice! — a town hall meeting addressing diversity, representation and marginalization in the campus community — at Corwin Pavilion last night. The event...

May 14, 2013

Weekend Wrap-Up

By Jimmy Chang

This past weekend, Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to several household burglaries and alcohol related incidents in Isla Vista. According to Lieutenant Ray Vuillemainroy, this weekend was deceptively quiet for the amoun...

May 14, 2013

Board of Regents to Meet at State Capital, Face Possible Union Protests

By Carissa Quiambao

The University of California Board of Regents will meet at the Sacramento Convention Center to discuss academic performance indicators, updates on the 2013 -14 budget and updates on Department of Energy National Laborato...

May 13, 2013

UCSB Group Real Life Hosts International Justice Week to Raise Human Trafficking Awareness

By Rosalinda Diaz

UCSB Christian organization Real Life and United States-based human rights non-profit International Justice Mission are jointly hosting International Justice Week this week in an effort to shed light on existing forms of...

May 13, 2013

Chilla Vista 2013: ‘The Vibes Were Sweet’

By Suzanne Becker, Tiana Miller-Leonard

  [wzslider autoplay=”true” transition=”‘slide'” lightbox=”true”]   (Click on a photo to enlarge) Photos by Peter Vandenbelt (Daily Nexus) The Isla Vista community gath...

May 13, 2013

ECE Professor Wins Prestigious Faculty Award

By Haley Kulik

UCSB professor of electrical and computer engineering and materials John Bowers recently received the Faculty Research Lecturer award — the highest honor that the UCSB faculty can bestow upon one of its own members. Bo...

May 13, 2013

CURRENT EVENTS 101:

By Gregory Ferguson

Attention has once again been drawn to the Guantanamo Bay detention center as inmates stage a mass hunger strike to protest their captivity, which has sparked further controversy as guards have taken up the practice of f...