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February 23, 2012

Board Debates Tentative Plan to Finance Bankrupt Shelter

By Han Bae

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors convened on Tuesday to discuss plans to find permanent funding for the recently closed Bridgehouse Homeless Shelter in Lompoc. The 52-bed facility — previously operated by ...

February 23, 2012

UC’s Web Courses Combat Increasing Class Enrollment

By Travis Vail

The UC system is offering a preparatory calculus class at UC Merced for its first online course and aims to expand the option to all nine of its undergraduate campuses by the end of the year. The UC Online Instruction Pi...

February 23, 2012

New Study Reports Impact of Financial Status on Education

By Rosalinda Diaz

Stanford University sociologist Sean F. Reardon’s recent study revealed a 40 percent increase in the difference between standardized test scores of high-income and low-income students. The data indicates that financial...

February 22, 2012

Former UCSB Sprinter to Pilot USA Bobsled in 2012 World Championships

By Joseph Tapiro

From the track to the field to the ice, former UCSB sprinter and current USA rookie bobsled pilot Nick Cunningham had always known that he would one day represent his country at the Olympic Games, but he never envisioned...

February 22, 2012

Friday Fight in I.V. Ends with Knife Wounds

By Garik Hauer

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol and Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department released shocking details about a weekend brawl that began on Del Playa Drive and put at least three victims in the hospital, one with severe sta...

February 22, 2012

Campus Cops Confront Peaceful Protesters

By Staff Report

UC Police officers detained 18 Occupy Cal demonstrators at UC Berkeley’s Doe Library on Friday after the group disregarded campus administrators’ warnings to vacate the encampment or face legal repercussions. Though ...

February 22, 2012

UCSB Surf Team To Travel to State Finals

By Caleb Shoffner

The UCSB surf team will head into the State Championships riding a first place team victory in the team’s latest event at the Huntington Beach Pier. Though now on top, the Gauchos have seen their share of ups and downs...

February 22, 2012

Firm Probes Pepper Spray Incident

By Patrick Kulp

UC officials spent nearly $100,000 to hire a consulting firm to handle the large volume of press inquiries following the UC Davis Police Dept.’s use of pepper spray to diffuse a student protest last quarter. The UC adm...

February 22, 2012

Author Pens Book About Life, Love in I.V.

By Vanessa Angiuli

UCSB alumnus Kyle Rutkin is a 27 year-old author from San Francisco who has written four books as well as a rap parody, “Pussywhipped,” which asserts that “of course Bride Wars is a motherfucking classic!” Not su...

February 22, 2012

Target Earns Approval for Planning Process

By Kayla Koterbay

The Goleta City Council met with Target representatives last month to discuss the design proposal for a two-story, 163,800 square foot storefront on the corner of Hollister Avenue and Los Carneros Way. The Goleta City Co...

February 22, 2012

Faculty Member Honored as Fellow

By Chris Nebergall

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation named assistant professor of Chemical Engineering Michael Shell as one of its Sloan Research Fellows last week, awarding him two annual grants of $50,000 each. Shell was recognized for his ...

February 21, 2012

I.V. Stabbing Raises Plenty of Questions for Residents

By Jack Crosbie

“They were looking for a fight — you could tell,” Chris Elder, a fourth-year psychology and sociology major said. Shortly after midnight on Sunday morning, Elder and a group of friends left a party at 6662 Del Play...

February 21, 2012

Author To Speak About Creativity’s Role in Education

By Carissa Quiambao

Educational adviser and New York Times best-selling author Sir Ken Robinson will discuss his newest book Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative at 8 p.m. tonight in Campbell Hall, arguing that Western culture’s exis...

February 21, 2012

UC Clarifies Patent Rights Contract

By Arda Jooharian

Prompted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that Stanford University’s patent language was too vague to protect its claims, the University of California has reconfigured its patent policy. All employees hired on or...

February 21, 2012

Local High Schools To Use Drug Detection Dogs

By Brandon Tobey

The Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Education approved the use of drug-sniffing canines in local high schools, beginning this fall. In response to an increase in student drug use, the Board of Education au...

February 21, 2012

Researchers: Give Worms Drank, Give Them Life

By Erika Cabrera

While conducting research on a protein-repair enzyme, a team of UCLA scientists discovered that small amounts of ethanol can increase the life expectancy of certain worms. During an exploration of the effects of choleste...