News

March 9, 2009

ACLU Backs SB Transients

By Staff Report

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the city of Santa Barbara on behalf of the homeless population, claiming city officials have committed "unconscionable" violations in prosecuting transients.

March 9, 2009

Officials Prepare for Future District Race

By Katie Tullsen

With November's election a few months past, some local politicians are already looking to 2010 and the next statewide election.

March 9, 2009

UCSB Revises Plan to Suit Environment

By Staff Report

As required by state law, a second draft of the Environmental Impact Report that accompanies UCSB's Long Range Development Plan has been released for public review and comment.

March 9, 2009

Campus Media Loses Funds

By Staff

Just as Storke Tower celebrated its 40th birthday, the campus icon essentially had its health insurance revoked.

March 9, 2009

Student Initiates Business Apparel Clothing Drive

By Nadia Ismail

As the California unemployment rate climbs, one UCSB student has launched an initiative to get the jobless citizens of Santa Barbara back on their feet.

March 5, 2009

County Board Denies Naples Ranch Amendement

By Travis Miller

The County Board of Supervisors voted this week to reject a controversial amendment to the 71-home Santa Barbara Ranch project at Naples.

March 5, 2009

Wall Street Journal Hosts Gore at Bacara

By Staff

Al Gore spoke at the second ECO:nomics conference at the Bacara hotel in Goleta yesterday.

March 5, 2009

Dark Matter Physicist To Hold Enlightened Discussion

By Matt Matejcek

Pressing the common conceptions of the universe, assistant professor Tommaso Treu will speak next Thursday, March 12 about his research on dark matter and black holes.

March 5, 2009

Authorities Investigate Man’s Death

By Staff

A 20-year-old male UCSB student died in Isla Vista Tuesday night. Officials say it appears the individual committed suicide.

March 5, 2009

Roger Crona (Or Was it Jason von Straussenburg?) Dies at 62

By Lexi Pandell

One of Michigan's most wanted fugitives, a man who evaded law enforcement for three and a half decades and worked at a UCSB lab under a false name for 14 of those years, passed away recently at the age of 62.

March 5, 2009

Sun-Fueled Car Travels Across North America

By Nico Kiefer

Carried on the wheels of a futuristic, solar-powered vehicle, a team of motorists stopped in Isla Vista this week near the end of their record-breaking road trip through the Arctic Circle and down the coast of California...

March 5, 2009

State Neglects UCSB Elevators

By Evan Sherwood

One half of UCSB's 87 elevators are operating on expired safety permits and the other half are set to expire in the next few months.

March 5, 2009

UCPD Expels Man for Odd Acts in Library

By Jessica Mullen

Police ordered Mark Johnson, 41, to leave campus last month after subjecting a series of female victims to an inappropriate document expressing his desire to make love to women.

March 5, 2009

TV Journalist Debates Politics on Campus

By Rebecca Bratburd

CBS Senior Political Correspondent Jeff Greenfield will critically analyze the media coverage that accompanied the 2008 presidential elections in Corwin Pavilion today.

March 5, 2009

A.S. Examines Finances, Health

By Maane Khatchatourian

Associated Students Legislative Council assembled last night for the final time this quarter, discussing topics ranging from finances to student health.

March 4, 2009

Gays, Allies Protest Prop 8

By Niree Perian

UCSB activists and queer rights advocates from across the state are en route to San Francisco today as part of a unified movement to overturn Proposition 8.