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April 19, 2012

Career Planning Lectures Focus on International Jobs

By Yishian Yao

UCSB Career Services is offering a series of presentations on international career planning at 5 p.m. every Tuesday this quarter in Chemistry 1171. The lectures will span topics related to globally oriented careers inclu...

April 19, 2012

Dancers Let ‘Confessions’ Run Wild in New Show

By Lalita Stone

Last weekend some of the best student dancers and choreographers at UCSB proudly showcased seven dance performances at the Hatlen Theater. Anyone lucky enough to attend the Theater and Dance Dept. show “UNBOUND Confess...

April 18, 2012

Students Exhibit Business Ambitions

By Marissa Wenzke

Nineteen teams of undergraduate and graduate students showcased business models for their newly developed ideas and inventions yesterday in the semi-finals for the 13th annual New Venture Competition. Hosted by the Techn...

April 18, 2012

Santa Catalina Resident Faces Multiple Theft Charges

By Brigitte Naughton

Santa Catalina Residence Hall tenant and first-year student Richard Vu was arrested Sunday night and charged with two counts of petty theft and one count of possession of stolen property. The UCSB Police Department respo...

April 18, 2012

Library Funds Sponsor Kid’s Corner

By Travis Vail

The Goleta Valley Library will use the $21,001 from the California State Library and Friends of the Goleta Valley Library to open an “Infant and Toddler Town” Family Corner on May 3. The CSL provided a $15,000 grant ...

April 18, 2012

Citizens Volunteer Time, Energy for Local Rescues

By Rilla Peng

They save hikers from hypothermia, find children lost in the wilderness, pick stranded explorers off dangerous cliffs — and they do it all for free. The Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue Team, an all- volunteer br...

April 17, 2012

University Officials Address Concerns About New UC Tax

By Arda Jooharian

Two UC Office of the President executives held a panel in the Student Resource Building yesterday to discuss the recent controversial switch in revenue structure and field questions from students. UCOP Executive Vice Pre...

April 17, 2012

UCSB Alumna Dies in Violent Stabbing

By Staff Report

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office identified the bodies of two Goleta residents killed in an alleged homicide-suicide on Friday morning. Deputies received two 911 calls from an apartment building in the Camino ...

April 17, 2012

UCSB Scientists Detect Signals Between Microorganisms

By Chris Nebergall

UCSB researchers discovered an elaborate form of bacterial communication between Escherichia coli bacterium earlier this year, marking the first observed instance of coordination between bacterial organisms. The organism...

April 17, 2012

Alumnus Designs New Dolly

By Yishian Yao

UCSB alumnus Jeremy Canterbury has designed an easy-to-use camera dolly that allows any DSLR, camcorder or iPhone to film with clarity and professional quality without breaking the bank on equipment. Canterbury first pro...

April 17, 2012

Baseball, Tupac and Hot Fudge Sundaes

By Joshua Greenberg

I’m going to be honest: I really don’t have anything in the tank right now. I just got back from Coachella this morning and I’m running on empty. It was awesome, and if you didn’t go, you should be jealous that y...

April 17, 2012

The Magic Show in La La Land

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

April 16, 2012

Leverage Your Degree, Learn to Network

By Sarah Puckette, A.J. Rawls

As a UCSB student, you are going to graduate with a degree from an esteemed research university and will be able to get any job you want … or so you think. Many of us have all the qualifications needed for a job, but a...

April 16, 2012

UCSB Faculty Lead, Contribute to Fishy Projects

By Kristin Crosier

Embracing UCSB’s close relationship with marine environments, faculty members are conducting a number of projects designed to analyze and preserve the Pacific Ocean’s ecosystems, with studies spanning from artificial...

April 16, 2012

Architects of Air Brings Luminarium to Campus

By Nick Priedite

The Mirazozo Luminarium — a giant inf latable structure consisting of a colorful jumble of paths and rooms — will be set up on the UCSB Faculty Club lawn from today until Thursday. The luminarium, a product of the co...

April 16, 2012

UC Police Elect to Allow Camps for Campaigners

By Erika Martin

In preparation for next week’s Spring Elections, student government campaigners occupied open grassy space along campus’ main bike thoroughfare, vying for ideal campaign poster placement. Representatives from both th...