News

March 6, 2007

Campus To Gain Three New Buildings

By Chris Stein, Valerie Tidwell

Construction crews broke ground last week on the new Education and Social Sciences Buildings, which will provide new facilities for the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, as well as several Letters and Science departm...

March 6, 2007

UCSB Considers Bid to Finish Manzanita Complex

By Anastasia Alen

UCSB is in the process of choosing a construction company to build Loma Paloma - a proposed multipurpose building that was originally scheduled to open as part of the Manzanita Village complex in 2002.

March 5, 2007

DNA Evidence Links Local Man to Rape Cases

By David Ferry

Sheriff's officials arrested an Isla Vista man on Friday in connection with a pair of 2002 rapes that occurred over 200 miles apart - one on a Goleta beach and the other on the slopes of Mammoth Lakes.

March 5, 2007

Cartoon Voice Actor Speaks on U.S. Politics

By Jessica Mullen

The man behind over a dozen "The Simpsons" characters - including Ned Flanders and Mr. Burns - spoke on campus last night about the U.S. government's current political policies.

March 5, 2007

Kids Brush Up on Dental Hygiene at Free Annual Event

By Koren Thal

UCSB Student Health partnered with charity organization Direct Relief International this past Saturday to provide free dental care to 20 low-income, uninsured children in Isla Vista.

March 5, 2007

New Student Loan Bill Awaits Vote of Approval in House

By Chris Stein

With supporters citing lower costs to taxpayers and opponents alleging the start of an inefficient government monopoly, the Student Aid Reward Act (STAR) must garner more bipartisan partners if it is to dance through Con...

March 5, 2007

The Lesser-Known Red Man Group

By Staff

March 5, 2007

Stories from the files of Isla Vista Foot Patrol

By Staff

Saturday, March 3, 12:26 a.m. - Two deputies were walking on the pathway through a small open space at the intersection of El Embarcadero and Del Playa Drive to a beach accessway when they heard a voice yell, "Watch out,...

March 5, 2007

UC Briefs

By Staff

UCPD Says Hallucinogenic Mushrooms May Have Had Role in Freshman's Fall From Window

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