News

April 10, 2008

A.S. Orders Red Cross Club Move to New Location

By S.F.

After holding its meeting in the same room for the past five years, the UCSB Red Cross Club was recently forced by Associated Students to relocate.

April 10, 2008

SB Police Resume 1968 Unsolved Murder Case

By Kristin Ferrell

Forty years after the case went cold, the Santa Barbara Police Dept. has reopened the investigation into a local 1968 double-homicide.

April 10, 2008

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By Staff

April 9, 2008

UCSB, Davis Await Clinton’s Payments

By Aria Miran

Nearly 80 days after Hillary Clinton first came to campus, the $11,112 owed from her campaign to UCSB has yet to be paid.

April 9, 2008

A.S. Campaigners Discuss Qualifications, Platforms at Forum

By Maane Khatchatourian

The three Associated Students presidential hopefuls and the unopposed candidate for the student advocate general met yesterday at a forum to discuss their plans for the upcoming year.

April 9, 2008

Bargain Hunters Hung Up by Call Center Closure

By Nick Kennedy

Trying to reach Bargain Network call center in Goleta? Please hold while they relocate to Houston. Bargain Network, a provider of pricing services including lists of home foreclosures and repossessed goods, is preparing ...

April 9, 2008

Candidates Kick Off A.S. Elections

By Mackenzie Weinger

With Associated Students election season in full swing, the candidates for the three vice presidential positions will campaign actively around campus, whether in debates or at your door in the hopes of snagging a spot in...

April 8, 2008

Student To Face Charges After Recent Incident

By Evan Wagstaff

Following a call from his girlfriend, who alleged domestic violence, a UCSB student was apprehended Saturday on charges that included resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer with spit.

April 8, 2008

Police Arrest Suspected Laptop Thief

By Tom Standifer

Following eyewitness accounts of a Trigo Road burglary on Saturday night, police have arrested a suspect.

April 8, 2008

SB DA’s Office To Soften Drunk in Public Sentences

By David Ferry

After nearly a year of experimenting with a harsher policy for underage public intoxication violators, the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's office is taking a step back and easing up on the county's younger drink...

April 8, 2008

Campus Election Nears; A.S. Hopefuls To Begin Debates

By Mackenzie Weinger

Monday morning, students were greeted with a flurry of campaign signs signaling the beginning of three weeks of posters dotting the campus, T-shirts declaring party affiliations and fellow students pleading for votes - t...

April 8, 2008

Groups Hand Out Anti-Rape T-Shirts

By Rebecca Horrigan

A sea of students sporting "It Affects Me" T-shirts marks the start of the annual campaign designed to educate the campus community about the effects of sexual violence and encourage students to take action against rape.

April 7, 2008

Locals Get Wet and Wild at Floatopia

By Taylor Haggerty

Hundreds of people descended upon the beach below the 6500 block of Del Playa Drive on Saturday to participate in Floatopia, Isla Vista's very own bleary-eyed vision of utopia.

April 7, 2008

EMT Program To Begin Hiring for Coming Year

By Benjamin Gottlieb

UCSB's student emergency medical technicians are extremely tuned in to their jobs. In fact, Iris Gonzalez sleeps with her Motorola MTS2000 radio by her side.

April 7, 2008

Teen Pop Group Films Video in I.V.

By Evan Wagstaff

Crowds gathered in and around Sweet Jane clothing store yesterday to witness the filming of the first G-Girlz music video, "G-Girl Purze."

April 7, 2008

UCSB, County Agree to Expand Road

By Marie V. Recalde

In an effort to alleviate an expected influx of traffic along El Colegio Road, UCSB and county officials have commissioned its expansion, with construction set to begin this summer.