News

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.

March 4, 2009

UC Students Act To Retain Affordability

By Casey Capachi

Over 300 University of California students lobbied Assembly members to pass the College Affordability Act at the state capital this weekend.

March 4, 2009

Award Recognizes Sociology Professor

By Staff

UCSB professor Denise Segura was named the 'Outstanding Latina Faculty' member of 2009.

March 4, 2009

UC Briefs

By Staff

Police are intensifying their search for a man who has sexually assaulted 19 women near the Berkeley campus.

March 4, 2009

Blotter

By Staff

Fri., Feb. 27, 7:09 p.m. - Officers gearing up for a Friday night patrol were dispatched to 6663 Sueño Road on reports of fighting. When the deputies arrived, they found a group of 10 individuals standing in the fr...

March 3, 2009