News

January 23, 2009

Campus Cops Nab Phone Bomber

By Jessica Mullen

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol received a phone call earlier this month alerting authorities to the existence of a toxic bomb on the UCSB campus.

January 23, 2009

Police Blotter

By Staff

Bringing Down the House Fri., Jan. 16, 11:56 p.m. - Officers patrolling the 6500 block of Del Playa Drive witnessed two young men climb through the window into an abandoned house.

January 22, 2009

Pappas Subpoenas University

By David Ferry

Steve Pappas has subpoenaed the University for any and all information regarding the voter registration drives held on campus last fall.

January 22, 2009

With Cuts on the Horizon, UCSB Braces Itself

By Benjamin Gottlieb

As UC-wide budget cuts begin taking root at UCSB, departments and student services are bracing for the $16 million shortfall.

January 22, 2009

One Department Slashes Student Jobs and Programs to Stay Afloat

By Elliott Rosenfeld

UCSB's Educational Opportunity Program is preparing for the worst in the face of the University of California's budget woes.

January 22, 2009

Student Finds Prehistoric Tusk

By Lexi Pandell

A UCSB graduate student made a mammoth discovery earlier this month when she happened across the fossil remains of a woolly mammoth while doing survey work on Santa Cruz Island.

January 22, 2009

A.S. Examines D.R.E.A.M. Act

By Maane Khatchatourian

The Associated Students Legislative Council discussed issues ranging from federal legislation to student lock-in fees during last night's brief two-hour meeting.

January 22, 2009

Words of Peace

By Staff

January 21, 2009

Obama Ascends to Presidential Office

By Staff

A handful of UCSB students joined the millions that flocked to Washington D.C. yesterday to watch the inauguration of President Barack Obama while hundreds more gathered at the University Center to watch the historic eve...

January 21, 2009

Mister Pontius Goes to Washington, MLS

By John Greely

Move over Barack Obama, Washington, D.C. has an even newer face in town. In Major League Soccer's SuperDraft on Thursday, D.C. United selected Gaucho senior Chris Pontius with the seventh overall pick.

January 21, 2009

Guest Professor Presents New Book

By Sheila Ganjian

Paula Fredriksen made an appearance at Corwin Pavilion last night to tackle the subject of anti-Semitism.

January 21, 2009

SB Airport To Provide New Policy

By Jordan Lockey

In an effort to attract new airlines - and customers - the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport has created a new incentive program.

January 21, 2009

Local Bank Heists Puzzle Police

By Staff

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept. is currently investigating two separate armed bank robberies that took place within minutes of each other last Friday in Goleta.

January 21, 2009

UCSB Gets Free Lesson in Ethics

By Richard Lau

Over 2,500 free copies of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's book, Ethics for the New Millennium, will be distributed in the Davidson Library today to kick off the third annual UCSB Reads.

January 21, 2009

We Have a Dream…

By Staff

January 20, 2009

Project Predicts Deep Recession

By Evan Sherwood

If UCSB economists are right, California is in for a rough couple of years: Unemployment will hit double-digits, the economy will continue to deteriorate throughout 2009 and into 2010, and even immigration will fall.