News

September 29, 2008

Lion Sightings Call for Concern

By Staff

With mountain lion sightings on the rise, the U.S. Forest Service is warning hikers to beware.

September 29, 2008

Newly Built “Collider” Suffers Breakdown

By Elliott Rosenfeld

Less than three weeks after it was first powered up, the world's largest particle accelerator ever built - the Large Hadron Collider - is already out of order.

September 29, 2008

Gun Violence Erupts on SB Street

By Staff

Shell castings and bloodstains littered the 400 block of De La Vina Street in Santa Barbara early Saturday morning after a gang-related incident escalated into gunfire.

September 29, 2008

Bills Aim to Trigger Economic Increase

By Staff

In the midst of discussions over the $700 billion bailout plan, Santa Barbara's local congresswoman, Lois Capps, voted for two bills that seek to spur economic development and create jobs.

September 29, 2008

UC Center To Study Impact of Nanotech

By Evan Sherwood

The US Environmental Protection Agency and the National Science Foundation have enlisted several UCSB faculty members to head key elements of a new $24 million dollar center on the environmental effects of engineered nan...

September 29, 2008

SB Senior Plugs In to Scooter Business

By Nader Heidari

A resident inventor has tapped into the blossoming alternative fuel market and created an electric scooter now available to the general public.

September 26, 2008

A.S. Welcomes Three 6 Mafia

By S.F.

Dirty South beats will dominate Storke Plaza on Saturday when Three 6 Mafia - the only rap group to ever win an Oscar - brings its Memphis sound to UCSB students. Three 6 Mafia - best known for the award-winning song "I...

September 26, 2008

Nader to Discuss Political Platform

By Rebecca Horrigan

Five-time presidential candidate and political activist Ralph Nader will speak at Corwin Pavilion this Sunday. Beginning at 3 p.m., Nader will discuss his political platform for the upcoming election, addressing issues ...

September 26, 2008

New Coating To Protect Scorched Hills

By Taylor Haggerty

In hopes of reversing the effects of this summer's Gap Fire, the U.S. Forest Service will be coating the burned hills above Goleta with an organic material aimed at promoting new growth. Over the next several weeks, a s...

September 26, 2008

Greeks Welcome Rushees

By Todd Prodanovich

With Rush Week drawing to a close, hundreds of potential UCSB greeks have nearly completed the process of gaining new brothers or sisters. This year's rush slogan - "Find Where You Fit" - sought to introduce those inter...

September 26, 2008

Police Blotter

By Travis Miller

Friday, Sept. 19, 11:14 p.m. - A man walking by a house at the corner of El Embarcadero and Del Playa Drive suddenly lost his balance and face-planted on the sidewalk, catching the eye of a patrolling officer.

September 25, 2008

UC System Copes With Same Budget

By Chris Stein

With the state's 2008-09 budget finally drafted and the University of California's funding left unchanged from the year before, UC officials are facing an awkward dilemma: How do you stretch 2007 dollars to work in the 2...

September 25, 2008

IVFP Upgrades to Safer, Spacious Station on Trigo

By Kristin Ferrell

Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers are busy outfitting their brand spanking new sheriff station on Trigo Road in preparation for the start of another school year.

September 25, 2008

Ordinance Slows Coastal Development

By Travis Miller

As development at Naples, the scenic stretch of coastline just a few miles north of Isla Vista, marches closer to fruition, the County Board of Supervisors voted last week to adopt a Transfer of Development Rights ordina...

September 25, 2008

Researchers Rake In Record Revenue

By Maane Khatchatourian

In between making discoveries on everything from dark matter to stem cells, UCSB researchers smashed their external funding record by attracting $194 million in grants.

September 25, 2008