News

March 3, 2008

UC L.E.A.D.S. Students Display Scientific Studies

By Elliott Rosenfeld

Undergraduates from each University of California campus descended on UCSB this weekend to present their scientific research projects, with topics ranging from the "Effects of Cocaine, Amphetamine and Ethanol on Zebrafis...

March 3, 2008

Let’s Talk Sustainability

By Staff

February 29, 2008

Students Receive Warning of Threat Via Alert System

By Staff

A campuswide alert was issued last night when police became aware of a threatening e-mail delivered to a UCSB chemistry professor.

February 29, 2008

Motion for Retrial Delays Frimpong’s Sentencing

By Travis Miller

Postponing sentencing once again, a Santa Barbara judge moved to hold an evidentiary hearing yesterday to decide whether or not former UCSB soccer player Eric Frimpong deserves a retrial.

February 29, 2008

V-Day Festival, Monologues To Educate Campus

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Pussy cookies, T-shirts and jewelry making are part of the festivities of Vagina Day, which climaxes in Storke Plaza today.

February 29, 2008

Bren School To Search for New Dean

By Elliott Rosenfeld

The Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management faces changes in the future with Dean Ernst von Weizsäcker's announcement of his plans to step down from the position.

February 29, 2008

We Be Jammin’

By Staff

February 29, 2008

CA Objects to Forest Policy Violations

By Staff

The state of California filed suit against the United States Forest Service yesterday over federal plans that would allow road construction and oil drilling in some of the state's largest national forests, including Los ...

February 29, 2008

It Keeps Going and Going and Going…

By Staff

February 28, 2008

Michael Jackson’s Unpaid Loans May Result in Auctioned House

By Staff

Michael Jackson's amusement park themed-home, Neverland Ranch, will go up for sale at a public auction next month unless the singer can pay the over-$24 million he owes on the property.

February 28, 2008

Officers Suggest Caution Against Increased Theft

By Tom Standifer

In response to a string of recent thefts, local officers are reminding locals that leaving iPods, laptops and electronics in front of unlocked sliding glass doors is not advisable.

February 28, 2008

Capps Helps Pass Green Energy Act

By Travis Miller

Lois Capps, 23rd District congresswoman, played a leading role in pushing new legislation through the House of Representatives yesterday that aims to aims to cut tax incentives to large oil companies and then invest the ...

February 28, 2008

UCSB Greeks Fundraise to Fight AIDS in Africa

By S.F.

In a "Legends of the Hidden Temple"-style obstacle course - and other events of UCSB's Greek Week - fraternities and sororities will compete to raise money to help ease Africa's AIDS pandemic and provide clean water.

February 27, 2008

Campus Screens Banff Festival Films

By Maane Khatchatourian

Students seeking an adrenaline rush can live vicariously through the B.A.S.E. jumpers, skiers, mountain bikers, rock climbers, speedfliers and unicyclists featured in the Best of the 32nd Annual Banff Mountain Film Festi...

February 27, 2008

Greka Faces Further Compliance Problems Following Santa Maria Line Rupture

By Kristin Ferrell

Yet another oil leak at a Greka Energy Corp. facility in Santa Maria last Wednesday is fueling already heated public scrutiny of the company's maintenance and management practices in Santa Barbara County.

February 27, 2008

Weeklong Events Promote Healthy Body Image

By Nadia Ismail

"It was a game for me to see how little I could eat, to see how long I could go before I couldn't resist food anymore. It was a personal challenge. I never saw myself as anorexic," said one UCSB first-year student who wi...