News

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

Welcome (Back) Students

By Staff

September 25, 2008

SB County Fire Dept. Chief To Retire in January of 2009

By Taylor Haggerty

After serving as the Santa Barbara County Fire Chief for nine years, John Scherrei has announced his plans to retire from the department early next year.

September 25, 2008

Air Force Base Tests Missile for Defense Research

By Staff

A rocket blasted off into the sky Tuesday night from Vandenberg Air Force Base as part of a test of the U.S. missile defense system.

September 25, 2008

University Workers Continue to Fight for Higher Wages

By Chris Stein

Despite the ongoing stalemate between the University of California and UC union members over wages, officials hope a newly proposed contract may thaw the frozen bargaining process.

September 18, 2008

MCP Ensures Full State Funding

By Benjamin Gottlieb

UCSB will begin cracking the whip on students who fail to average 15 units per quarter this academic year, as the university implements the Minimum Cumulative Progress policy.

September 18, 2008

Gap Fire Damage Still Threatens SB

By Taylor Haggerty

The Gap Fire - which burned 9,554 acres in the mountains above Goleta and forced thousands of residents to evacuate this July - will continue affecting the county's landscape in the months, and even years, to come.

September 18, 2008

SB Officials Split Over Oil Issue

By Travis Miller

Citing record-high gas prices and a state economy strapped for cash, a divided Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted in support of expanded offshore oil drilling late August.

September 18, 2008

Anti-Harrassment Bill To Protect UC Scientists

By Jessica Mullen

In response to a string of increasingly vicious anti-animal research attacks on University of California employees, the California State Assembly has passed legislation to legally shelter UC researchers from future haras...

September 18, 2008

Candidates Vie for 3rd District

By Kristin Ferrell

As Isla Vista's student population floods back into town for the new school year, candidates for the 3rd District supervisor -- the community's only elected official -- are starting to heat up their campaigns once more.

September 18, 2008

UCSB Helps Make Scientific History

By Elliott Rosenfeld

In one of the largest international scientific collaborations the world has seen, over 1,500 scientists from around the globe -- including 40 individuals from UCSB -- have completed construction of a machine designed to ...