News

October 26, 2007

Event To Educate Locals About Safety

By Tom Standifer

The Santa Barbara City Fire Dept. and various other service providers will host the sixth annual Safety Fair to educate families about emergency procedures.

October 26, 2007

Capoeira

By Staff

October 25, 2007

President Grants Relief Funding for SoCal Fire Victims

By Dana Olsen

President George W. Bush issued a major disaster declaration for the state of California yesterday in response to wildfires that continue to ravage Southern California.

October 25, 2007

Capps Discusses Birth-Related Deaths

By Zacile Rosette Reporter

Joining over 1,500 world leaders, 23rd District Congresswoman Lois Capps went to London last weekend to examine the world's high maternal death rate, in which one in 16 mothers die per year during childbirth.

October 25, 2007

Conservative Radio Show Host To Lecture on Defeating Islamo-Fascism

By Allison Bailey

Concluding Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, conservative talk radio host Dennis Prager will bring his controversial views to campus tonight.

October 25, 2007

A.S. Seeks Solution for On-Campus Parking Fee

By Mackenzie Weinger

In a brief meeting yesterday, Associated Students Legislative Council discussed possible parking fee increases and the upcoming Halloween weekend.

October 24, 2007

Controversial Film Provokes Debate

By Marie V. Recalde

As part of a larger week centered on radical Islam and terrorism, several students gathered in Corwin Pavilion last night to watch a film that some campus community members have denounced for its allegedly hateful messag...

October 24, 2007

Forest Service Closes National Park After Fire

By Dana Olsen

Although the Sedgwick Reserve fire in the Santa Ynez Valley was officially contained on Monday, air quality warnings and forest closures still remain in effect.

October 24, 2007

Online Game Fosters Learning

By Mackenzie Weinger

Rita Raley is a UCSB English professor, but in her second life, she's known to the world as her online avatar, Gorgon Medusa.

October 24, 2007

County To Repair Beach Access Stairs

By Travis Miller

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors put the final stamp on the Isla Vista Beach Access Stairway Repair Project yesterday - allocating $200,000 to the stair-fixing program.

October 24, 2007

Campus Coalition, UCSA Encourage Voter Registration With Annual Drive

By Richard Lau

The registration deadline for the 2008 presidential primaries is approaching fast, and various campus groups have begun drives to maximize student participation.

October 24, 2007

Web Site Provides Lease Advantage

By Jamie Ryan

Prospective tenants hoping to get a step ahead in the Isla Vista renter's rush can now take an online training course offered by local organization Alcohol Community Tools to become preferred lease applicants.

October 24, 2007

Fish Stick

By Staff

October 23, 2007

SoCal Blazes Continue to Pose Threat

By Dana Olsen

As of 5 p.m. yesterday, authorities officially contained the Sedgwick Reserve Fire in Santa Ynez Valley.

October 23, 2007

Doctor Starts Series of Holocaust Lectures

By Nadia Ismail

Today marks the first in a series of lectures addressing the Holocaust by honoring noted Nazi opposition leader and Santa Barbara resident George J. Wittenstein.

October 23, 2007

Isla Vista To Get Crash Course in Legal Procedure

By Bianca Licata

In response to past Halloweens, including last year's festivities, which saw 333 people arrested, local lawyers and police deputies will give UCSB students and Isla Vistans a quick legal tutorial this week regarding poli...