News

March 2, 2007

Vaginas Run Wild at V-Day Festivities

By Benjamin Gottlieb

During yesterday's Victory Over Violence Day celebration, a vagina danced through Storke Plaza as students munched on pussy cookies and better-than-sex cake.

March 2, 2007

Contenders Look to Youth Voters in 2008 Election

By Megan Snedden

In preparation for the 2008 General Election, presidential candidates like Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. are modernizing their campaign techniques to attract attention from college students.

March 2, 2007

Court Dismisses Restraining Order; Student Posts Bail

By Nikki Moore

Eric Frimpong's lawyer was back in court today, while the soccer player was back on campus after posting $250,000 bail.

March 2, 2007

UCSB Forum To Discuss Effects of Neoliberalism

By Lindsey Miller

The seemingly unconnected protests of the war in Iraq, resident evictions in Isla Vista, and rising student fees have all been provoked, this weekend's conference postulates, by an invisible force outside the typical pol...

March 2, 2007

Environmentally Friendly Fuel To Replace Diesel in SB Buses

By Natalie Rehkopf

The Santa Barbara Municipal Transit District is going green this May, as they make the switch from traditional petroleum to biodiesel fuel for their buses.

March 2, 2007

Proposed Bill Aims to Protect Cyclists on Road

By Laura Wiesenberg

Assemblyman Pedro Nava is peddling his way through an uphill battle to pass a new bicycle safety law in response to last year's death of UCSB student Kendra Payne.

March 2, 2007

Disease Research To Receive Funds

By Allison Bailey

The National Institutes of Health has given a UCSB chemistry professor nearly $2 million in funding to study a new approach to Alzheimer's disease.

March 2, 2007

The Lion, the Whip and the Irony

By Staff

March 1, 2007

TPS To Pursue Parking Rate Increase

By Valerie Tidwell

Four years after receiving its lock-in fee, Transportation & Parking Services is now asking students to increase the rate they pay - despite resistance from its oversight board.

March 1, 2007

Bond Measure 1B Funds To Expand U.S. Highway 101

By Daniel Cooper

Southbound commuters frustrated by Highway 101 congestion may soon see some relief, but their northbound counterparts will not be so lucky.

March 1, 2007

Club Re-requests Katrina Travel Funds

By Chris Stein

After a few weeks of bureaucratic ping pong, the UCSB chapter of Habitat for Humanity will reapply for funding from Associated Students Finance Board to pay for its Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.

March 1, 2007

Leg Council Tables Bill on New Hub Position

By Mackenzie Weinger

Associated Students Legislative Council heard reports from several A.S. committees, discussed future plans and tabled one bill at its meeting yesterday.

February 28, 2007

Nuclear Test Facility Avoids Penalties for Radiation Exposure

By Staff

The UC-affiliated Los Alamos National Laboratory will not have to pay the $1.1 million in safety fines it was facing, due to its previously held non-profit contractor exemption status.

February 28, 2007

UCSB Plans Campuswide Keyless Dorm Keys

By Jessica Mullen

Residence Hall officials are currently looking to replace all existing keyed entries with e-chips that would open doors and monitor student activity.

February 28, 2007

District Attorney Seeks Order in Frimpong Case

By Staff Report

District Attorney Mary Barron surprised the courtroom during Eric Frimpong's hearing yesterday by requesting a restraining order against second-year UCSB student Pat Monahan.