News

February 21, 2007

Students Find Fault in EAP’s Overly Competitive Programs

By Jessica Mullen

Following January and February application deadlines, the UCSB Education Abroad Program has received criticism from some students for failing to provide information regarding the competitive nature of certain programs.

February 21, 2007

Show Us Your Beads!

By Staff

February 20, 2007

Author To Delve Into Motherhood for Men in Campus Lecture

By Katie Miserany

According to one scholar speaking on campus tonight, modern science may soon give would-be fathers a new reproductive role: childbearing.

February 20, 2007

Coastal Cycling Tour Races Into SB

By Dana Olsen

Local enthusiasts of tandem transportation will soon be able to watch professional bike riding at its best, as cyclists from the Amgen Tour of California are set to race through two Santa Barbara County cities this weeke...

February 20, 2007

Study Couples Kin Detection System to Incest Aversion

By Staff

UCSB husband and wife research team John Tooby and Leda Cosmides know that if they were siblings, they wouldn't be so hot for each other.

February 20, 2007

Rack ’em and Stack ’em

By Staff

February 20, 2007

Stories from the files of Isla Vista Foot Patrol

By Nikki Moore

Assault on Precinct 6500 Thursday, Feb. 15, 10:55 p.m. -I.V. Foot Patrol officers stopped on the corner of Del Playa Drive and Camino Pescadero observed a group of pedestrians arguing with a 20-year-old man.

February 16, 2007

Activists March Across Campus to Protest War

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Protesting the war in Iraq, between 700 and 1,000 UCSB students, faculty, staff and community members marched through campus and onto Highway 217 yesterday, ending their demonstration by demanding the release of fellow a...

February 16, 2007

UC Workers Push for Pay Increase

By Chris Stein

Nine UCSB staff members and students traveled to Oakland yesterday to join some 600 unionized UC service workers and their supporters in their protest outside UC President Robert C. Dynes' office to ask for higher wages.

February 16, 2007

Ventury, SB County Residents Oppose Plans for Mines

By Travis Miller

The grumbling growl of gravel trucks is posed to drown out the peaceful sounds of nature along scenic Highway 33 near Ojai, pending protests from local community members.

February 16, 2007

New Bar Draws Wine, Film Enthusiasts

By Ben Markham

The town of Solvang recently rolled out the red carpet for the opening of the Sideways wine bar, named after the Academy Award-winning film.

February 15, 2007

News-Press Strikes Back Against Claims Made by Protestors

By David Ferry

The Santa Barbara News-Press launched an even more aggressive counter-assault against its detractors this week, lambasting former employees and local politicians alike.

February 15, 2007

Students Take Action Against Fees

By Allison Bailey

As part of a National Day of Action, two student lobby groups will combine their efforts to curtail proposed college fee increases and education budget cuts by holding a call-in and a postcard petition.

February 15, 2007

Group Tracks Gray Whales’ Migration

By Geoff Skelton

Every winter, gray whales migrate to Alaska from their Baja California breeding grounds in Mexico.

February 15, 2007

Leggies Ask for Digital Editing Lab Improvements

By Mackenzie Weinger

The Associated Students Legislative Council approved one bill and two resolutions at its meeting yesterday, discussed honoraria procedures and tabled a bill to add duties for council members.

February 15, 2007