News

November 10, 2011

Farr To Host Open Forum For I.V. Locals

By Megan Meyer

Santa Barbara County 3rd District Supervisor Doreen Farr will hold her monthly office hours at Coffee Collaborative on Pardall Road tomorrow to discuss local concerns with Isla Vista residents. Farr won her seat on the c...

November 10, 2011

Protestors Denounce Tuition Hikes

By Sruthi Nair

Students gathered on the steps of Storke Plaza yesterday to march in protest of a 9.6 percent tuition increase for Fall Quarter in addition to other student fee increases and budget cuts, which demonstrators say reflect ...

November 10, 2011

UCSB Alumna Wins Seat on SB City Council

By Megan Meyer

Cathy Murillo, Randy Rowse and Dale Francisco will take the three open seats on the Santa Barbara City Council, according to semi-official results from the city clerk’s office. As of press time on Tuesday afternoon, Fr...

November 10, 2011

Conflict Arises Over Denial of A.S. Funds

By Yishian Yao

The Associated Students Legislative Council addressed students’ upset about its decision to deny the Student of Color Conference funding during last night’s weekly meeting. Numerous SOCC and Student Commission on Rac...

November 10, 2011

Police Blotter

By Jack Crosbie

Following a somewhat high-speed chase through the streets of Isla Vista, I.V. Foot Patrol officers apprehended a suspect — dressed, painted and hair-sprayed entirely green — on suspicion of public intoxication and di...

November 10, 2011

Students Construct New Online Marketplace

By Vanessa Angiuli

Three UCSB students created the free website Swaapr.com as a medium for university students to barter various goods, lessons and ideas. Fourth-year anthropology major Christian DeHoyos, third-year computer science major ...

November 10, 2011

Professor To Study Antarctica

By Rilla Peng

UCSB earth science professor John Cottle is part of a research team that will embark on a two-month trip to Antarctica next week to study molten igneous rocks in the TransAntarctic Mountains. The group will maintain a bl...

November 10, 2011

Professors To Determine Viability of Organic Tech

By Chris Nebergall

Several UCSB professors are participating in a Multi-University Research Initiative to develop new technologies to improve energy efficiency and assess the feasibility of producing organic thermoelectric devices. The Air...

November 10, 2011

Genre Fusing Band To Perform Arts & Lectures Concert

By Erika Cabrera

Arts & Lectures will host a performance in downtown Santa Barbara’s Arlington Theatre by Pink Martini, a twelve-piece orchestra hailing from Portland, Oregon that blends the modern melodies of jazz and classical mu...

November 9, 2011

Community To Gather, Honor Student Leader

By Megan Meyer

The Santa Barbara County Jasmine’s Alternative Music School is hosting a benefit concert tonight at SOhO to provide free music lessons and instruments to youths. The event features five local bands and will donate proc...

November 9, 2011

Vets, Protestors To Rally at Storke

By Marissa Wenzke

The UCSB Student Veterans Organization is hosting its Veterans’ Day celebration at noon today in Storke Plaza while student demonstrators congregate there to protest UC tuition hikes and budget cuts. The SVO’s event ...

November 9, 2011

Professor Compiles Satirical Play Book

By Vanessa Angiuli

UCSB French Professor and Theater Historian Jody Enders translated a dozen 15th and 16th century satirical plays from their original French transcriptions into English for a book depicting medieval European life. “The ...

November 9, 2011

City Officials Move to Enforce Tsunami Protocol

By Vanessa Angiuli

Santa Barbara City officials recently submitted a “TsunamiReady City” application to the National Weather Service for approval by early 2012. The city achieved a “StormReady” classification in August 2009 — des...

November 8, 2011

Weekend Wrap-Up

By Garik Hauer

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to reports of vandalism, physical assault, theft, domestic battery, an individual equipped with a firearm and several alcohol-related crimes this weekend. Deputies received a report o...

November 8, 2011

Firemen Raise Funds With Flair

By Jack Crosbie

Montecito Fire Protection District employees are flaunting their facial hair during the second annual “Movember” charity contest to raise funds and educate the public about prostate cancer and other ailments that oft...

November 8, 2011