News

November 8, 2011

Project Brings Internet to Village

By Katherine Friedman

After bringing Internet capability to the remote town of Aghbradzor, Armenia, through the Hidden Road Initiative this summer, three UCSB students will share their experiences tonight in the Multipurpose Room of the Stude...

November 8, 2011

A.S. Advances Annex Plans in Isla Vista

By Yishian Yao

UCSB Associated Students representatives met with property developers last week regarding rental space and development plans, furthering the organization’s goal to create an Isla Vista Annex. The project seeks to estab...

November 8, 2011

Center Aims To Unify BioEngineering Studies

By Rilla Peng

The UCSB Academic Senate approved plans for the university’s Center for BioEngineering, scheduled to open in 2014 as a juncture for the campus’s fledging exploration into the field. Construction for the project — a...

November 8, 2011

Board Grants Funds to Campus Groups

By Vered Hazanchuk

The Associated Students Finance Board distributed $2,450 to two student organizations during last night’s 45 minute meeting. The board used money from its Winter and Spring Quarter unallocated budgets to fully fund the...

November 7, 2011

‘Occupy’ Movement Hits I.V.

By Brandon McCapes

UCSB students, faculty and community members gathered this past weekend at People’s Park for an Occupy Isla Vista demonstration. The rally began Saturday at 3 p.m. and featured musical performances, poetry recitals, wo...

November 7, 2011

Plan Aims To Resolve I.V. Parking

By Brandon McCapes

The Isla Vista Project Area Committee considered a proposed program to monitor parking on I.V. streets between 3 and 5 a.m. during last Wednesday’s meeting. Community members and committee representatives discussed the...

November 7, 2011

Gaucho Alumna’s Research Spurs Acclaimed Device

By Chris Nebergall

Former UCSB graduate student Victoria Broje’s research contributed to the design of a revolutionary drum oil skimmer, which recently received the 2011 Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE’s $1 million top prize. Ill...

November 7, 2011

‘No Unwanted Mail’ List Holds Potential to Eliminate Nuisance Mail

By Opinion Editor, Bryan Rosen

I am inundated with unwanted mail, including local publications. For example, The Montecito Messenger began sending me its newspaper, which I never requested. Not wanting to receive it at my home, I called its offices a...

November 4, 2011

Library Sells Donated Antiquities

By Han Bae

The Santa Barbara Public Library will offer vintage publications and rare art from their collection this weekend at a special two-day book sale. Friends of Santa Barbara Public Library will host a presale and sneak peek ...

November 4, 2011

City To Host Benefit Walk for Autism

By Christine Cha

This year’s “Walk Now for Autism Speaks” advocacy demonstration will kick off this Saturday at downtown’s East Beach at 10 a.m. Nonprofit organization Autism Speaks funds research into treatment options and poten...

November 4, 2011

KCSB To Hold Live Audio Exhibit

By Yishian Yao

UCSB student-run radio station KCSB will host an interactive radio art program called “Picnic Revolution” today at noon in Storke Plaza. Neighborhood Public Radio organized the open event as part of KCSB’s year-lon...

November 3, 2011

The Atheist in Love: Chapter Three

By Opinion Editor, Connor Oakes, Brian Gallagher

This week’s question: How would you handle raising children with a religious spouse? I have often contemplated my future life as a father. To have a son would be both awesome and fucking terrifying (a daughter, for me,...

November 3, 2011

Campus Joins Occupy Movement

By Carissa Quiambao

The Occupy Wall Street movement reached Isla Vista yesterday with a campus teach-in regarding corporate control of the economy and media on the lawn across from the Student Resource Building. The first Occupy Isla Vista ...

November 3, 2011

County Stops Commercial Weed Trade

By Megan Meyer

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved a ban on all medical marijuana dispensaries in the county at its Tuesday meeting after months of deliberation and failed alternate proposals. The board voted 4-1 to ...

November 3, 2011

Police Blotter

By Jack Crosbie

While trick-or-ticketing the fertile hunting grounds of Del Playa Drive this weekend, Santa Barbara Sheriff’s deputies stumbled upon an 18-year-old man in possession of a criminal quantity of Halloween spirit. Officers...

November 3, 2011

BYOB: A Simple Solution to Our Plastic Bag Problem

By Opinion Editor, JillAgonias

Bring your own … bag? Santa Barbara has the potential to be the next county to ban single-use plastic bags to protect our oceans and to significantly reduce our plastic consumption. Approximately 12 billion single-use ...