News

January 28, 2013

I.V. Recreation and Park District To Rebuild Anisq’Oyo Park Stage, Revive Local Arts Scene

By Samhita Saquib

The Isla Vista Recreation and Park District is currently planning a reconstruction project at Anisq’Oyo Park after flames destroyed the park’s stage more than six months ago. Anisq’Oyo Park has been a prominent par...

January 28, 2013

UCSB Disc Golf Builds Interest With Record-Breaking Fundraiser

By Jimmy Chang

UCSB Disc Golf Team founder Mike Sale will attempt to break the world record for most disc golf holes played in 24 hours next month as part of a fundraiser for the team to attend the National Collegiate Disc Golf Champio...

January 28, 2013

UCSB Program Earns Distinction For Enhancing Writing Experience

By Hannah Nelson

The Conference on College Composition and Communication recently honored the UCSB Writing Program with its prestigious Certificate of Excellence award, acknowledging the unique program for its faculty support, innovative...

January 25, 2013

Goodbye Northridge, Aloha Hawaii

By Kristen Henneman

Coming into tonight’s game with a 2-3 conference record and a blowout 66-47 loss to Cal Poly lingering in its mind, the UCSB women’s basketball team needed to prove that it could play with the best in the Big West. W...

January 25, 2013

Cancer Nonprofit Increases Reach of SB County Office

By Hannah Nelson

The Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation, a local nonprofit organization providing financial and emotional support to families of children with cancer, was recently consolidated to include the counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis...

January 25, 2013

New Legislation To Encourage Voter Registration Among Teens

By Loree Lewis

State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson proposed a bill this month that would allow citizens as young as 15 years old to pre-register to vote upon receiving a learner’s permit or driver’s license. While college campuses ha...

January 24, 2013

Volunteers Help Survey County’s Homeless During Registry Week

By Suzanne Becker

During the early morning hours of Tuesday and Wednesday, hundreds of volunteers patrolled local streets to tally the number of homeless people in Santa Barbara County for the 2013 Countywide Vulnerability Index Survey. L...

January 24, 2013

A.S. Gains New Senator, Looks Into Proposed Amendments

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Associated Students Senate discussed a pro- posal to require mandatory sexual assault train- ing for all Senators along with other updates to the Senate Constitution and swore in a new Senator at last night’s four and ...

January 24, 2013

Interns Teach Fifth-Graders Science Fundamentals

By Hannah Nelson

Kids in Nature offers UCSB students the chance to mentor elementary school students in various scientific fields, engaging in interactive educational activities and field trips. Now in its twelfth year, KIN regularly rea...

January 24, 2013

UCSB Installs New Alarm Speakers

By Haley Kulik

UCSB administrators have installed five new emergency speakers to alert campus members of oncoming tsunamis and other emergency situations and disasters, testing the new devices on Monday. The university first developed ...

January 23, 2013

Increase in CA Law School Accreditation Standards Requires Greater Number of Students to Pass Bar

By Jonathan Rogers

Students looking to enter law school this year will face a system of greater scrutiny due to the California Committee of Bar Examiners’ recent decision to increase accreditation standards for California law schools. Al...

January 23, 2013

Weekend Wrap-Up

By Jimmy Chang

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to three burglaries and several alcohol- related incidents over the three-day Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend. Officers responded to a reported theft on the 800 block of Camino Pes...

January 23, 2013

Sen. Jackson Selected For Women’s Rights League

By Kelly Lin

State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson has been elected vice-chair of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus (LWC), allowing her to now lead the way for new legislation and other advocacy of women’s rights. In her newl...

January 23, 2013

Brown Begins Push for Efficient UC Spending as Regents Navigate Through Financial Turmoil

By Marissa Wenzke

Despite the passage of Proposition 30 — which protected the UC from a $375 million funding cut — fiscal struggles have yet to disappear from the University’s agenda. While the most recent Board of Regents meeting l...

January 23, 2013

New Keystone Class Examines Immigrant Experiences

By Cassandra Miasnikov

A newly offered senior capstone course at UCSB titled “Uncertainty Experiences Among Undocumented Immigrants in Santa Barbara County” explores the struggles implicit in the constant uncertainty experienced by undocum...

January 23, 2013

Engineers Create Instrument That Detects Molecules Through Smell

By Suzanne Becker

A team of scientists brought together through UCSB’s Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies recently engineered a device that biomimics a dog’s scent receptors in order to identify various molecules. The basic t...