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January 17, 2013

Goleta Skateboarding Movement Helps Create Interim Skate Park

By Cassandra Miasnikov

The increasing popularity of skateboarding in Goleta, along with the efforts of the Goleta Skateboarding Movement, have led to the proposed design of a tempo- rary skate park in the city, which will become permanent if t...

January 16, 2013

A.S. To Look Into Lack of Proper Lighting in I.V.

By Patrick Kulp, Carissa Quiambao

Due to the abundance of nonfunctioning lights and poorly lit areas on Isla Vista streets, safety concerns have arisen within the campus community and Associated Students senators are now organizing new efforts to tackle ...

January 16, 2013

Regents Kick Off Meeting With Debates on Health Care, Audits, Eco-Friendly Buildings

By Carissa Quiambao

Yesterday’s UC Board of Regents meeting at UCSF Mission Bay touched on potential improvements and changes to the university, including the supposed need for increased environmental sustainability at campuses, enhanced ...

January 16, 2013

UC System To Reconsider Viability of Online Classes

By Loree Lewis

At today’s UC Board of Regents meeting, officials will discuss the future of online courses — which the university has spent $4.3 million to market, despite enrolling just one non-UC student after classes first opene...

January 16, 2013

An Ancient Gaucho Looks Back

By Staff Writer

Harvey B. Schechter, class of 1947, recounts a few of his experiences attending Santa Barbara State College — the predecessor to UCSB. Schechter gives current Gauchos a look into what life was like back when tuition co...

January 16, 2013

CalPIRG Blends Solar-Powered Smoothies, Educates on Energy Efficiency

By Jimmy Chang

CalPIRG offered up free smoothies to students strolling by the Arbor yesterday as part of an effort to showcase the powers of energy-efficiency and affordability found in the solar-powered blenders that whipped up these ...

January 16, 2013

Award-Winning War Reporter, Author To Speak in Campbell Hall

By Daniel Slovinsky

Pulitzer Prize-winner Dexter Filkins — author of the New York Times best-seller The Forever War and former New York Times combat journalist — will give a free lecture discussing his first-hand experience covering war...

January 15, 2013

UCSB To Offer TMP’s New Business Degree

By Carissa Quiambao

After eight years of planning, UCSB’s Technology Management Program has finally achieved full academic program status, meaning that as of fall 2014 students can earn a business degree for the first time in university h...

January 15, 2013

Stein Discusses This Week’s Regents Meeting

By Rilla Peng, Patrick Kulp, Marissa Wenzke

This week, the UC Board of Regents will meet at UCSF Mission Bay to discuss a multitude of issues facing the University — the fate of UC online education courses, the potential for future tuition hikes or freezes and g...

January 15, 2013

Weekend Wrap-Up

By Jimmy Chang

The I.V. Foot Patrol responded to several incidents this weekend, including a street fire, a fall from the beachside cliffs and other alcohol-related crimes. According to I.V. Foot Patrol Lieutenant Ray Vuillemainroy, a ...

January 15, 2013

Study Examines Plant Species Diversity In California

By Rosalinda Diaz

A new study conducted by UCSB’s National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis indicates that low plant extinction rates spanning the last 45 million years have led to more diverse plant life in California. Acco...

January 14, 2013

County Health Reveals Storm Runoff Caused Sands Beach Closure

By Brigitte Naughton

In light of last week’s warning at Sands Beach — which required beachgoers to avoid going within 50 feet of storm drains and creek mouths at the location — representatives from Santa Barbara County Environmental He...

January 14, 2013

Schedule for 2013 Santa Barbara International Film Festival Revealed

By Shannon Ham

The 28th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival will begin on Jan. 24 at the Arlington Theatre, honoring several prominent members of the film industry and introducing new films to the public. The festival, whi...

January 14, 2013

Student Groups Put On Golf Tournament to Fundraise for Wounded Warrior Project

By Suzanne Becker

UCSB’s Student Veterans Organization and Future Leaders of America hosted a golf tournament fundraiser last Saturday at the Ocean Meadows Golf Course in Goleta. As one of their largest local fundraisers to date, the to...

January 14, 2013

Magic Lantern Screens Cult Classic Film, Hosts Director Q&A

By Cassandra Miasnikov

UCSB Magic Lantern Films presented a screening of the romantic drama “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” last Friday at Isla Vista Theater, allowing student questions to be answered by the book’s author, screenwriter...

January 14, 2013

Student-Led Group Sells Vietnamese Food to Support Cancer Awareness Event Relay for Life

By Jimmy Chang

This past Saturday afternoon, UCSB students participated in the Pho-ntastic Noodles fundraiser, an independently planned charity event to raise money for nonprofit organization American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life....