News

April 22, 2008

UCPD Launches Search for Stolen Mammal Models

By Jessica Mullen

University police are currently investigating a crime that some may deem un-fur-givable: Someone has stolen a mounted lynx and polar bear head.

April 22, 2008

Parties in the Street

By Rowan Byers

Green and blue T-shirts take over the entry to Pardall Tunnel as advocates for Student Voice and O.P.P. campaign to passing students at booths Monday. Voting on GOLD for both the campus and Associated Students elections ...

April 22, 2008

Limits, Taxes on Wheat Increase; SB Prices Rise

By Staff

Local restaurants and on-campus eateries are feeling the crunch from growing grain prices and, as a result, many are being forced to pass the cost onto consumers.

April 22, 2008

Experts Project Slow CA Economy

By Jeanette Barnard

Californians should expect to clutch their checkbooks more tightly this year, as recent UCSB research indicates that the state is entering into an economic decline that exceeds the national average.

April 22, 2008

SB Community Increases County Recycling Rate

By Ingrid Hernandez Reporter

Efforts to improve green practices in Santa Barbara have borne fruit, indicated by new statistics that rank Santa Barbara County in the top 10 percent of California counties in terms of recycling efficiency.

April 22, 2008

Tubular

By Staff

April 21, 2008

Locals, Musicians Get Down to Earth

By Rachel Pollard and Evan Wagstaff Reporter and Staff Writer

Although Earth Day does not officially take place until tomorrow, over 200 people gathered in Anisq' Oyo' Park on Saturday to celebrate the blue and green planet while listening to live music and browsing local wares.

April 21, 2008

Candidates for Office Release Platform Plans

By Kristen Ferrell

Responding to the possibility of a redistricted Santa Barbara County, candidates vying for the position of Isla Vista's only elected representative issued varying statements over the future of the small town - some of wh...

April 21, 2008

Gauchos Hold Fundraiser for Children Affected by Malaria

By Elliott Rosenfeld

While shouting phrases like "Malaria sucks!" the UCSB men and women's swim teams took to the Rec Cen pool on Saturday, swimming a combined 5,000 meters as part of a fundraiser aimed at purchasing anti-malarial mosquito n...

April 21, 2008

Lambda Chi Alpha Awaits Approval to Reinstate

By Nader Heidari

Following a five-year absence that stemmed from a series of alcohol violations and low recruitment years, one former campus fraternity is prepared to make its comeback in 2009.

April 21, 2008

UCSB Greeks Get Wet, Wild With Water Wars

By Brooke Elliott

Moments after Alpha Tau Omega President Andrew Crummey and three of his fellow fraternity brothers left the Rec Cen and headed toward their chapter house, they were bombarded by a squadron of approximately 40 water gun-t...

April 18, 2008

UCPD Apprehends Armed Student in San Miguel Dorm

By Jessica Mullen

A UCSB student carrying knives and an expandable baton was arrested in the San Miguel Residence Hall yesterday morning.

April 18, 2008

Newsletter Tampering Troubles A.S.

By Mackenzie Weinger

Allegations of Associated Students election violations rocked the residence halls yesterday as copies of The Flush were ripped down from bathroom stalls and replaced with Student Voice party posters.

April 18, 2008

Navy Lecture To Focus on Sonar Effects

By Sean Kelly Reporter

Amid environmental groups' vocal opposition towards the U.S. Navy's sonar use in the Santa Barbara Channel, Rear Admiral Lawrence Rice will discuss the navigation tool's effects on marine mammals this afternoon.

April 18, 2008

Blotter

By Staff

One Thing Leads to Another Sat., April 12, 12:12 a.m. - A man strolling the 6600 block of Del Playa Drive attracted the attention of the Isla Vista Foot Patrol when he was spotted carrying everyone's favorite police beac...

April 18, 2008