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January 9, 2012

UCSB Physics Project Ranks Ninth on Prestigious List

By Vered Hazanchuk

Online scientific news source Physics World ranked UCSB physicists’ research in quantum integrated circuits ninth on its top 10 most influential physics breakthroughs of 2011, which were announced last month. The campu...

January 9, 2012

UC Berkeley Unveils New Program to Alleviate Rising Cost of Tuition

By Brandon McCapes

UC Berkeley officials announced plans for a new financial aid program targeting students from middle-income families that introduces a tuition cap relative to household income. The “Middle Class Access Program” will ...

January 9, 2012

Law Enforcement Agencies Collaborate To Make Arrests

By Jack Crosbie

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department made a series of felony arrests for narcotics and gang-related crimes throughout December. The SBCSD Narcotics and Gang Units collaborated with the State Parole Department ...

January 9, 2012

UCSB Student Receives Honor

By Brandon McCapes

Fourth-year ecology major Anai Novoa received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring early last month in Washington, D.C., on behalf of the San Diego-based nonprofit Ocean...

January 9, 2012

Police Find Smuggling Boat

By Jack Crosbie

Off-duty Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department deputies found a boat likely used for illegal drug smuggling abandoned at sea north of Refugio Beach last Monday and are on the lookout for more. According to a SBCS O...

January 4, 2012

UCSB Ranked in Top 10 Universities Worldwide

By Carissa Quiambao

The Center for Science and Technologies Studies at the Netherlands’ Leiden University ranked UC Santa Barbara 7th of 500 major universities worldwide last month, using a scale centered on global scientific impact a...

January 4, 2012

Gaucho, Nonprofit Honored by White House

By Brandon McCapes

Fourth-year ecology major Anai Novoa received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring earlier this month in Washington, D.C. on behalf of the San Diego-based nonprofit Ocea...

December 1, 2011

Regents Move to Closed Meeting As Students Express Dissent

By Erika Martin

During a closed meeting on Monday, the UC Board of Regents unanimously approved an 8 percent increase in systemwide spending, awarded pay raises to several UC administrators and voted to request an additional $411 millio...

November 23, 2011

Two Arrested as Accessories in Isla Vista Stabbing Case

By Jack Crosbie

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office arrested two women last month for their suspected involvement in 26-year-old Santa Barbara resident, Vincent Velasquez’s murder last May. Twenty-year-old Benjamin Vargas is o...

November 23, 2011

Occupy SB Creates Community Ties

By Megan Meyer

The Occupy Santa Barbara movement, centered in De La Guerra Plaza, continues to sustain its efforts after more than 50 days since its first demonstration. Occupy SB plans to hold additional marches and rallies in the com...

November 23, 2011

UC Starts Inquiry on Rally Violence

By Patrick Kulp

UC President Mark Yudof and the California State Legislature announced yesterday that they will launch separate investigations into recent university police violence against student protesters at UC Berkeley and UC Davis...

November 23, 2011

Civil Wars Wow at Lobero

By Corie Anderson

Last Friday night, acclaimed musical duo the Civil Wars performed at the Lobero Theater in downtown Santa Barbara in a show that sold out in August. In an environment where popular music is dominated by loud beats and me...

November 22, 2011

UC Davis Protests Police Actions

By Erika Martin

An estimated 5,000 students, faculty, alumni and community members gathered at UC Davis yesterday for a rally in response to the campus police’s use of pepper spray on peaceful student protesters last Friday. UC Davis ...

November 22, 2011

Police Investigate Additional Vandalism

By Megan Meyer

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. detectives found several defaced surfaces at UCSB’s Snidecor Hall that contained graffiti referencing last week’s arson attack on the Isla Vista Foot Patrol station. An unknown ...

November 22, 2011

Local Launches Support Site for Abuse Victims

By Christine Cha

Zoie Brown, a 19-year-old Santa Barbara resident, founded the online organization Victims Get Vocal as a network of resources and support for victims of sexual abuse. Brown and her mother Kristin co-founded the site to p...

November 22, 2011

Nature Groups Combine to Conserve Local Trails

By Vanessa Angiuli

Four of Santa Barbara’s trail organizations have collaborated to form the Santa Barbara Outdoor Volunteers program for local residents to collectively organize trail maintenance projects throughout the county. The Sant...