News

April 7, 2010

SB Considers Hotel Tax

By Jeremy Zeller

Local hotels are pushing for the creation of a new tourism district to promote Santa Barbara, and they are willing to tax themselves to get it.

April 6, 2010

County Wipes Out Floatopia

By Lexi Pandell

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept. will barricade all beach access points in Isla Vista and on campus this Saturday in order to stop Floatopia.

April 6, 2010

Let It All Hang Out in Spring Quarter Free for All

By Opinion Editor

If you never got the memo, Spring Break is just epic preparation for its successor, an annual phenomenon that arrives just in the nick of time: Spring Quarter. For the past three years I've greeted these infamously barba...

April 6, 2010

Benefit To Support SB Trails

By Erika Martin

The Santa Barbara Trails Council will hold its first annual barbecue benefit this Sunday at El Capitan Ranch.

April 6, 2010

A.S. Hopefuls Debate Student Issues

By Kristen Peters

Three candidates for Associated Students president squared off in the Hub yesterday, marking the first of a series of debates leading up to UCSB's campus-wide elections on April 19.

April 6, 2010

Service Proposes New Fee

By Katherine Friedman

The upcoming Associated Students Spring Election ballot will feature a new Career Services measure that seeks a quarterly fee of $5.55 per student.

April 6, 2010

SB Considers Hotel Tax

By Jeremy Zeller

Local hotels are pushing for the creation of a new tourism district to promote Santa Barbara, and they are willing to tax themselves to get it.

April 6, 2010

Two New Parties Enter Campaign

By Maane Khatchatourian

Beginning next week, students on campus will be greeted by a flurry of posters and banners marking the official commencement of the Associated Students Spring Election season.

April 6, 2010

U.S. Census Tallies Transients

By Madison Medeiros

Santa Barbara County recently worked alongside the federal Census Bureau to conduct a count of the local homeless population for the 2010 Census.

April 6, 2010

Warning System Utilizes Facebook

By Jenna Ryan

In an effort to improve its effectiveness, the often criticized UCSB Alert System is increasing its networking skills with the help of Facebook.

April 6, 2010

Trader Joe’s Sells Sustainable Fish

By Bridget Hogan

Trader Joe's grocery store chain announced last month they will sell only environmentally sustainable fish by the end of 2012, responding to criticism from Greenpeace and customers about current seafood practices.

April 6, 2010

Artists Sculpt Ballot Initiative

By Kristen Peters

Isla Vista Arts is asking students to approve a new $2.00 lock-in fee in the upcoming campus-wide election.

April 6, 2010

A.S. Funds Disabled Students Transports

By Veronica Smith

The Associated Students Finance Board dispersed $47,404 to 19 student organizations during last night's four-hour meeting.

April 6, 2010

Physicists Create Particularly Strange Matter

By Nader Heidari

An antihyperparticle, which contains the anti-matter equivalents of "strange" quarks, was produced by a team of scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.

April 6, 2010