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February 4, 2013

Audience Crowns Tyler Robinson as Winner of Red Bull DJ Master Competition in Santa Barbara

By Daniel Slovinsky

Third-year film and media studies major Tyler “Sarthe” Robinson took home the trophy last Thursday in Santa Barbara’s first ever Red Bull DJ Master competition, a “discovery project” for up-and-coming UCSB DJs....

February 1, 2013

Commission Advocates for Higher Grad Rates

By Nelson Moreno

“College Completion Must Be Our Priority,” a recently released report by a commission of the nation’s leading advocates and institutions in higher education, calls for college and university leaders to increase gra...

February 1, 2013

Conference To Feature Climate Change and Rising Sea Levels

By Daniel Slovinsky

The Carsey-Wolf Center’s Environmental Media Initiative will present a public conference at Bren Hall today, discussing the ongoing rise of sea levels along coastal regions worldwide and their effects on an increasingl...

February 1, 2013

UCSB Researchers Report on Lifestyle and Heart Disease

By Staff Report

Researchers from UC Santa Barbara and the University of New Mexico studied the consequences of modernization on levels of physical activity in Tsimane men and women, and how their lifestyle contributes to low levels of h...

January 31, 2013

A.S. Senate Weighs the Benefits Of Divesting From Companies

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

At last night’s Associated Students Senate meeting, the organization debated the financial and moral implications of drawing divestments from fossil fuel companies to provide a more eco-friendly campus, amongst other i...

January 31, 2013

Baldwins To Give ‘Last Lecture’ on Life and Love

By Loree Lewis

Janice and John Baldwin — professors of UCSB’s famed Human Sexuality course — will give a Last Lecture at 7:30 p.m. today in Isla Vista Theater, speaking about the trials of love, life and everything in between. Th...

January 31, 2013

UCEAP To Increase Scholarship Money For Upcoming Year

By Jimmy Chang

The University of California Educational Abroad Program will double its scholarship funding to $1 million for the 2013-14 school year. The increased funding will provide a pool of money to be split into 385 scholarships ...

January 31, 2013

USSA Accuses Wells Fargo of Unjust Banking Practices, Withdraws Funds

By Scott Camp

After denouncing the corporation’s unethical business practices, the United States Student Association made the decision to boycott Wells Fargo by withdrawing all organization funds from the corporation. The nation’s...

January 31, 2013

Students, Union Employees Protest UC Spending Practices

By Rilla Peng

Local union members will stand alongside students today to protest UC spending practices, showing acts of protest such as picketing and the delivery of cat food to UCSB administrators at Cheadle Hall. Demonstrators will ...

January 30, 2013

Manual Merges Alcohol Dependence, Abuse

By Haley Kulik

Many college binge drinkers may soon be considered alcoholics, according to the changes that will be implemented in the newest version of psychiatry’s diagnostic manual. In the current psychiatric diagnostic manual, DS...

January 30, 2013

Former UCSB Student Develops Innovative Longboard Lock

By Tiffany Park

A new skateboard lock designed by UCSB alum Trevor Vita could provide a solution for students tired of carrying their longboards around campus. Vita, who graduated from UCSB with a degree in environmental studies and a m...

January 30, 2013

NASA Astronaut Linnehan Discusses Multiple Stays in Outer Space at SB Talk

By Daniel Slovinsky

NASA astronaut Richard Linnehan gave a public lecture Monday at Santa Barbara Public Library, giving local middle school students and other community members a chance to hear about his unique 58 days in outer space as pa...

January 30, 2013

The Super Bowl Loop

By Staff Report

Angry Wings Get down and dirty with the feistiest wings in town. A giant Super Bowl bucket filled with 48 of Santa Barbara’s biggest, juiciest wings goes for $45.95 and comes with a free t-shirt. Paired with some $2 pi...

January 30, 2013

StudySoup Provides Online Access to Course Readers

By Suzanne Becker

A growing number of UCSB classes now offer online course readers through a web platform called StudySoup, with over 1,000 students participating in the program since it began last spring. Founded by UCSB alumni Sieva Koz...

January 29, 2013

Tenants Removed From Isla Vista Apartment Building In Mass Eviction

By Staff Report

A San Clemente-based investment firm has evicted dozens of residents at 781 Embarcadero Del Norte after first buying the property last April, continually hiking up rent prices and routinely handing out eviction notices. ...

January 29, 2013

Weekend Wrap-Up

By Jimmy Chang

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to a series of burglaries along with several alcohol-related incidents over the weekend. According to IVFP Lieutenant Ray Vuillemainroy, a burglary occurred on the 6600 block of Sabad...