News

October 26, 2009

Pedestrians, Skaters May Collide Less

By Nate Schneider

If all goes well, the skateboard path that UCSB added this summer could be a permanent addition to campus. The first of its kind at the university, the five-foot-wide skate path stretches several hundred feet between the...

October 23, 2009

Event Rates Fiscal Outlook

By Elliott Rosenfeld

"Well, it looks like things are going to shit at the university," a student said to a friend as he filed out of yesterday's UC Commission on the Future Campus Forum. It was a sentiment shared by many present at the event...

October 23, 2009

L&S To See Stricter Class Repeat Policy

By Courtney Lund

Beginning Winter Quarter, College of Letters and Science students will have to submit a petition in order to enroll in a class for a third time.

October 23, 2009

UC Delays Fee Hike

By Kristen Peters

A University of California proposal to charge select undergraduate majors an additional $900 in tuition has been postponed indefinitely.

October 22, 2009

Officials Locate Campus Prowler

By Nathan Houle

Local authorities' search for the man responsible for this week's South Hall incident ended Tuesday evening with the suspect's removal to a psychiatric facility.

October 22, 2009

Campbell To House UC Forum

By Sheila Ganjian

The UC Commission on the Future will convene at UCSB today to discuss how the University aims to survive despite suffocating budget squeezes.

October 22, 2009

Locals Contemplate More Weed Statutes

By Jeremy Zeller

The Santa Barbara City Council considered new regulations for local medical marijuana dispensaries this week.

October 22, 2009

Council Overturns Board Rejection

By Karen Urrutia

The Associated Students Legislative Council discussed at length the option of overruling a Finance Board allocation at last night's meeting.

October 21, 2009

SB Records Second Flu Casualty

By Allison Berry

The H1N1 virus claimed another victim in Santa Barbara County last weekend with the death of a four-year-old boy. According to Dept. of Public Health officials, this was the second fatality in the county due to the influ...

October 21, 2009

Suspicious Activity Prompts Warnings

By Staff

As police continue to investigate the cause of Monday's scare, university officials are questioning the effectiveness of the alert system that triggered the lockdown.

October 21, 2009

Foot Patrol Lays Out All Hallow’s Eve Traffic Plan

By Natalie Rehkopf

Associated Students hosted an hour-long town hall meeting last night to discuss Halloween preparation in Isla Vista.

October 21, 2009

Collective Elects Yang as Chair

By Staff

Chancellor Henry T. Yang was elected chair of the prestigious Association of American Universities yesterday.

October 21, 2009

Police Blotter

By Travis Miller

Fri., Oct. 16, 11:22 p.m. -- A group of men gathered around an empty lot at the corner of Camino Del Sur and Trigo Road caught the attention of Isla Vista's finest.

October 21, 2009

UCSB Dining Services Leads Charge to Go Green

By Georgina McNerney

UCSB Housing & Residential Services will host environmentally friendly events all week long in honor of national Campus Sustainability Day.

October 21, 2009

Library Stands Strong Despite Budget Woes

By Courtney Brooks

Having worked under strict budgetary limitations for years, UCSB's Davidson Library is taking its financial cuts in stride.

October 20, 2009

UCSB Reacts to Scare

By Evan Sherwood

South Hall was locked down for over an hour yesterday after police received inaccurate reports of a gunman poised for action on the sixth floor balcony.