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November 14, 2012

UCSB Private Donations Continue to Aid School Despite Public Funding Cuts

By Han Bae

Private donations to UCSB hit a record high since 2000 this past year, more than tripling from $34 million during the 2010-11 academic year to $112 million in 2012. This year’s contributions increased the grand total t...

November 13, 2012

Community Honors Memory of UCSB Student at Candlelight Vigil

By Samhita Saquib

Last night, UCSB students gathered for a memorial vigil held beside the Music Building to celebrate the life of David Propp, who passed away last week. An open microphone allowed students to express their best memories o...

November 13, 2012

Estate To Possibly Be Turned Into Museum

By Jimmy Chang

Last year, philanthropist, art patron and heiress Huguette Clark passed away at the age of 104, leaving behind a 23-acre estate that is now the topic of a heated legal dispute. Clark left behind two different wills, writ...

November 13, 2012

Hana Kitchen Opens Up on Pardall Road

By Carolina Ortiz

A new vegan-friendly restaurant named Hana Kitchen recently opened at 6558 Pardall Road next to Blenders in the Grass in the space previously occupied by Fat Mo’s Burgers and Car Wash. A fusion of mostly Japanese and C...

November 13, 2012

Goleta PD To Fund Anti-DUI Program to Reduce Accidents

By Daniel Slovinsky

The California Office of Traffic Safety awarded the Goleta Police Department a $68,250 grant to fund a year-long anti-DUI program. The grant provides support for 12 DUI sobriety checkpoints throughout the fiscal year aim...

November 13, 2012

Professor To Detail Errors in Apocalypse Predictions

By Cassandra Miasnikov

Chicano studies professor Gerardo Aldana will host a lecture on the common errors and misinterpretations surrounding Mayan proposals of apocalypse tonight at the University Club. “The Mayan Apocalypse of 2012: A Perfec...

November 13, 2012

UCSB To Host Challenge for Young Entrepreneurs

By Adam Courtin

MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast is hosting an Elevator Pitch Competition tomorrow night at 5 p.m. in the Corwin Pavilion, featuring two-minute business pitches from entrepreneurs. Prospective businessmen will d...

November 9, 2012

UC, State of California, SB County Face Lawsuit Over Arrest Record Law

By Scott Camp

The University of California Police Department along with the state of California, the University of California, Santa Barbara County and Sheriff Bill Brown and California Highway Patrol of Santa Barbara are all facing c...

November 9, 2012

Citywide Instrument Drive To Collect For Local Youth

By Hannah Nelson

The fourth annual Instrument Drive 4 Youth — a donation drive held to collect musical instruments for Santa Barbara youth — will take place until the end of this month. Hosted by the Santa Barbara Education Foundatio...

November 9, 2012

UCSB Research Provides Insight on Brain Processes

By Suzanne Becker

UCSB researchers recently garnered international attention from a new study on split-brain research revealing that healthy test subjects respond less accurately to stimuli when information is shown only to the right hemi...

November 8, 2012

Proposition 30 Passes to Prevent UC Budget Cuts

By Arda Jooharian

Proposition 30 — Gov. Jerry Brown’s state ballot initiative that will provide the UC system with an extra $175 million and prevent further cuts — passed in the early morning hours of Nov. 7. Prop 30 will also preve...

November 8, 2012

Santa Barbara County Recognizes Region’s Purple Heart Veterans

By Courtney Ung

Santa Barbara County was officially proclaimed a Purple Heart County on Tuesday, recognizing the numerous veterans in the region who have been honored with the Purple Heart medal. The combat decoration is given by the Mi...

November 8, 2012

Defense Attorney To Give Students Free Information On Legal Situations

By Jimmy Chang

The Associated Students Legal Resource Center is featuring local criminal defense attorney William Makler for a Q&A seminar on the best ways to handle legal issues tonight from 5 to 6 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m. in Isla Vis...

November 8, 2012

UCSB Physicist To Hold Discussion on Higgs Boson Discovery

By Maryam Shamroukh

Today, physics professor Jeffrey Richman will give a talk at the Chancellor’s Community Breakfast entitled “From the Big Bang to the Higgs Boson in Less Than an Hour,” discussing the discovery of the elusive Higgs ...

November 8, 2012

A.S. Senate Discusses New Investments, Debates Financial Affairs

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

During the Associated Students Senate meeting last night, senators voted against funding for the Chinese Student Association upon recommendation from the Finance Board. They also approved the Investment Advisory Committe...