News

August 4, 2009

Budget Slows SB Construction

By Admin

Steadily working through the summer, UCSB's Campus Design and Facilities Dept. has overseen the near completion of all its ongoing construction projects, but will postpone all new major projects pending the arrival of st...

August 4, 2009

Former UCSB Faculty Member Dies After Long Illness

By Matt Matejcek

Alan Archer Stephens, an acclaimed poet and founding faculty member of the College of Creative Studies at UCSB, died late last month at the age of 83.

August 4, 2009

County Uses Stimulus Money for Infrastructure

By Evan Sherwood, Admin

Santa Barbara County began $2.6 million in infrastructure upgrades last week with funding from federal economic stimulus money.

July 15, 2009

Regents Approve Furloughs at Meeting

By Kristen Peters, Admin

The UC Board of Regents approved a fiscal emergency plan calling for furloughs at their recent meeting.

July 15, 2009

UCSB Drops Case Against Professor

By Elliott Rosenfeld

After months of controversy, UCSB has terminated the investigation against global studies and sociology professor William Robinson.

July 15, 2009

Campus Installs Skateboard Lane

By Matt Matejcek

This summer, UCSB marked off a pilot skateboard lane in the main campus corridor to judge the possibility of keeping the skate-friendly portion of the student body from thrashing the pedestrian and bike population.

July 15, 2009

Yudof Considers Pay Cuts, Furloughs

By S.F., Admin

With the UC system facing a budget gap of $813 million, UCSB's financial future is up in the air.

July 15, 2009

Regents Discuss Budget Deficit

By Evan Wagstaff

The first of three public comment sessions for the UC Board of Regents business conference in San Francisco yesterday was overwhelmingly comprised of representatives from UC Merced, who professed dire consequences for th...

July 15, 2009

I.V. Residents Meet Irish Visitors With Mixed Feelings

By Lexi Pandell, Admin

In what has become an increasingly common occurrence, the streets of Isla Vista are once again flooded with Irish visitors for the summer.

July 15, 2009

SB Tourism Deals With Recession

By Lexi Pandell

Despite projections that tourism would hold strong for Santa Barbara this summer, many businesses are feeling the effects of the recession.

June 23, 2009

They Made It!

By Staff

June 23, 2009

Record Admissions Flood UCSB Campus

By Rebecca Bratburd

Despite the university's attempts to lower admission rates, a record number of freshmen will make their way to UCSB this fall.

June 23, 2009

UC Officials Call for Cuts

By S.F.

Confronted with an unprecedented $800 million budget deficit for the 2009-10 school year, University of California officials are considering salary reductions and furloughs to compensate for this overwhelming financial g...

June 23, 2009