News

November 27, 2007

Victim of Alleged Assault Speaks in First Day of Trial

By Travis Miller

Jurors listened to opening statements as well as testimony from an alleged sexual assault victim yesterday during the first trial date of former UCSB soccer player Eric Frimpong.

November 27, 2007

Winter Shelter Project To Help Local Homeless

By Tom Standifer

In an effort to prepare local transients for the upcoming winter months, community members from many different professions are coming together this week to conduct the 3rd annual Project Healthy Neighbors.

November 27, 2007

MCC To Supply HIV Swab Test

By Staff Report

In the kickoff event leading up to World AIDS Day, the UCSB MultiCultural Center is offering free, fast and anonymous HIV testing today.

November 27, 2007

A.S. Funds Rec Sports in Last Fall Meeting

By Allison Bailey

In the final meeting of the quarter, Associated Students Finance Board allocated $14,187.20 to five groups, leaving $9,048.92 in unallocated funds from the money set aside for Fall Quarter.

November 27, 2007

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By Staff

November 26, 2007

UCPD Investigates Symbolic Graffiti on Campus Walls

By Staff Report

Vandals tagged the UCSB campus and parts of Isla Vista over Thanksgiving break, making use of a symbol found in the 1966 Thomas Pynchon novel The Crying of Lot 49.

November 26, 2007

Smoking Turkey Causes House Fire

By Staff Report

Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to a house fire in Goleta on Thanksgiving after residents reported a cooking accident.

November 26, 2007

Grant To Create Database of Reserve’s Wildlife

By Nadia Ismail

Student birdwatchers and university ecologists alike will soon receive a more in-depth account of the local estuary thanks to a recent allocation of $4,000 to the Devereux Slough Monitoring Program.

November 26, 2007

UC Application Includes Additional Ethnic Groups

By Staff Report

Asian and Pacific Islander students applying to the University of California now have the option of 23 different categories to mark for ethnicity.

November 26, 2007

SB County Accepts Leadership Award

By Staff Report

In recognition of its recently implemented Leadership Project, the County of Santa Barbara was one of three organizations in the world to receive the 2007 Strategic HR Leadership Award.

November 26, 2007

DA To Protect Elderly With Bill Implementation

By Staff Report

Aiming to prevent financial abuse of the elderly and dependent adults, the Santa Barbara District Attorney's Office announced last week its intention to strictly enforce a state law while educating local financial instit...

November 26, 2007

Ron Paul

By Staff

November 21, 2007

SB Independent Fights Court Over Evidence Request

By Staff Report

A ruling in the Santa Barbara County Superior Court this Monday has ordered the Santa Barbara Independent to relinquish over 300 photographs taken of a murder scene in March or face charges of contempt.

November 21, 2007

UCSB Employees Ask for Higher Wages

By Chris Stein

Union members and their supporters held a rally in front of Cheadle Hall yesterday and delivered a petition to Chancellor Henry T. Yang's office demanding higher wages.

November 21, 2007

Group Proposes Suicide Prevention Cameras

By Travis Miller

A local citizen-based group, Friends of the Bridge, along with former UCSB environmental studies professor Marc McGinnes, have submitted an alternative to the California Dept. of Transportation's ...

November 21, 2007