News

May 1, 2008

Rec Cen Pool To Shut Down Next School Year for Repairs

By Allison Bailey

Next Fall and Winter Quarters, the Recreation Center pool will close for major repairs, leaving only Campus Pool to serve students and the UCSB swim and water polo teams.

May 1, 2008

MTD, Children’s Center Fees Pass in Elections

By Staff

All four of the campuswide and Associated Students reaffirmations passed, following the announcement of the results for the UCSB/MTD Superticket Bus Program and the University Children's Center student fees yesterday.

May 1, 2008

Fraternities To Battle in the Ring at Fight Night

By Staff

Pi Kappa Alpha's Fight Night is tomorrow - and this year the ring girls are back.

May 1, 2008

Rope Me In

By Staff

April 30, 2008

Future President of UC Discusses Costs, Diversity

By Chris Stein

With just over a month left until he assumes the position of President of the University of California system, Mark G. Yudof will take the helm during a state budget deficit of $14.5 billion and a looming threat of stude...

April 30, 2008

Rising Gas Prices Fuel Frustration for Students, Businesses

By Kristin Ferrell

As local gas prices continue to exceed the historically high national average of $3.50 per gallon, Santa Barbara residents and businesses alike are increasingly feeling pinched at the pump.

April 30, 2008

Judicial Council Deliberates Over Fairness Issues

By Staff Report

Following allegations of unfair campaign tactics during last week's Associated Students election, three cases were presented to A.S. Judicial Council in the hopes of securing a hearing.

April 30, 2008

SB Readies for Looming Fire Season

By Elliott Rosenfeld

On the Fourth of July last year, the second largest inferno in California history ignited 35 miles northwest of Santa Barbara. Over the course of the following 117 days, the Zaca Fire consumed 240,207 acres of the Los Pa...

April 30, 2008

Science Professors Receive National Recognition

By Staff Report

UC Santa Barbara's budding reputation as a powerhouse research university got another boost yesterday, as two professors were elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences.

April 30, 2008

Former Nexus Artist Captures Movie, Novel Deals

By Nader Heidari

Former Gaucho Kazuhiro "Kazu" Kibuishi has turned newsroom experience into a series of successful graphic novels and a possible movie deal.

April 30, 2008

Defending Homeless Rights

By Staff

April 29, 2008

Cancer Takes Life of Honored UCSB Professor

By Jeanette Barnard

UCSB English professor Richard Helgerson passed away this weekend at the age of 67 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

April 29, 2008

Friends Defend Arrestee’s Character

By Jessica Mullen

James Fovell, the UCSB student arrested a little over a week ago for carrying knives and an expandable baton in a campus dorm, is currently out on bail and awaiting an arraignment scheduled for next week.

April 29, 2008

Green Nonprofit To Restore, Refit Historic Building

By Tom Standifer

In an effort to paint the town "green," local contractors will begin retrofitting a historical Santa Barbara School of Arts building tomorrow with the hope of creating a more energy-efficient edifice.

April 29, 2008

Stories From the Files of the I.V. Foot Patrol

By Staff

Informed by numerous people of a man lying in the grass at Sea Outlook Park, located on the 6800 block of Del Playa Drive, a bicycle patrol officer made his way to the area.