News

February 2, 2009

UC Offers Service Workers Pay Increase

By Evan Sherwood

After over a year of bitter wage disputes and gridlocked negotiations, the UC and the America Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees have reached a tentative agreement over the future contracts of more than...

February 2, 2009

KCSB To Resume Drive

By Casey Capachi

When news of November's Tea Fire reached KCSB 91.9's newsroom, the local radio station abandoned its annual fundraiser and instead devoted the airtime to covering the devastating blaze.

February 2, 2009

Gauchos Get Swindled

By Staff

January 29, 2009

FDA Approves UCI Scientist Stem Cell Therapy

By Nader Heidari

Irvine - On Jan. 23, the first treatment derived from embryonic stem cells was approved for human clinical trials. The treatment, discovered by a group of researchers at UC Irvine, may be able to heal acute spinal cord i...

January 29, 2009

UCSB Researchers Delve Into Retinal Disorder

By Marie V. Recalde

Thanks to a $240,000, three-year research grant, UCSB scientists will now have the opportunity to examine a degenerative retinal disease - central serous chorioretinopathy.

January 29, 2009

Pricey Paving Project Presses On

By Travis West Staff Writer

Despite the current economic crunch, the $53 million construction project along Highway 101 between Milpas and Hot Springs Roads will continue as scheduled -- at least for now.

January 29, 2009

Protesters Rally for Services

By Diana Martinez

Over 70 protesters rallied across campus yesterday to urge the university to spare student resource programs from the budget cut chopping block.

January 29, 2009

Officials Capture UCen Perpetrator

By Jessica Mullen

Police arrested the man behind the University Center knifing yesterday. UCSB Police Dept. Sgt. Matt Bowman said his office received word that Umberto Castellanos-Alvarez, a former UCen employee, was assaulting a current...

January 29, 2009

Pappas Asks for Evidence

By Kristin Ferrell

The UCSB student body was notified yesterday via e-mail that defeated 3rd District Supervisor candidate Steve Pappas has subpoenaed the university for the "names, resident addresses, dates of birth and citizenship of all...

January 29, 2009

Educator Talks Economics

By Rebecca Bratburd

With the recession wreaking havoc on the national housing and credit markets, professor Morris A. Davis traveled to UCSB yesterday to breakdown the key components of the economic meltdown.

January 29, 2009

A.S. Weighs Options Left by Court Order

By Maane Khatchatourian

Council members discussed at length possible approaches Associated Students can take in response to a subpoena issued by Steve Pappas' legal team during last night's A.S. Legislative Council meeting.

January 28, 2009

40 Years Later

By Travis Miller

Forty years after workers on Union Oil's Platform A caused a crack to open in the floor of the Santa Barbara Channel - a rift that released an estimated 3 million gallons of crude oil into the Pacific and eventually onto...

January 28, 2009

Officials Pause Ocean Road Proposal

By S.F.

Plans to demolish Ocean Road this year have been postponed amid mounting public pressure to halt the housing project's rapid progression.

January 28, 2009

UC Workers Protest for Better Wages

By Evan Sherwood

A swarm of over 70 protesters marched to a campus administrator's doorstep yesterday, demanding wage increases for UC service workers system-wide

January 28, 2009

UC Briefs

By Staff

UCLA Students Celebrate Peace Pole Planning On Jan. 23, about 100 spectators witnessed the dedication of a peace pole in UCLA's Meyerhoff Park. Engraved with the words "May peace prevail on Earth" in 14 languages, the l...