News

February 12, 2007

Sigma Chi Loses Recognition, Place in University-Led Rush

By Linzay Logan

UCSB Greek Affairs is still awaiting reply from the Sigma Chi Fraternity International Headquarters, after asking the organization last month to revoke the local chapter's charter.

February 12, 2007

Construction Begins on Repairs, Addition to Baseball Stadium

By Allison Bailey

To comply with a new Big West Conference rule as well as to improve facilities for baseball and softball teams, the UCSB Athletics Dept. has announced plans to replace two old batting cages and expand a third.

February 12, 2007

Green Campus Program Gives Out Light Bulbs

By Dana Olsen

It took Isla Vista residents less than seven days to bring light to their worlds this Saturday - and no rest was required the next day because of it.

February 12, 2007

Stories from the files of Isla Vista Foot Patrol

By Staff

Gripped (to a Staircase) with Fear Friday, Feb. 9, 8:48 p.m. - Two deputies responded to a call from a woman on the 6500 block of Cordoba Road.

February 9, 2007

Lecture Focuses on Young Votes, Informed Debate

By Rebecca Horrigan

As part of a tour of college campuses, former presidential speechwriter David Halperin addressed a packed MultiCultural Center Theater audience last night about what they can do to be the change they want to see.

February 9, 2007

Spending Bill Raises Student Grant Amount

By Chris Stein

The newly empowered, Democratic-led Congress and President George W. Bush upped the ante against each other this week, debating the level of funding for Pell Grants in the federal budget.

February 9, 2007

Film Festival Wraps Up After 11 Days

By Daniel Cooper

Downtown Santa Barbara will be a lot quieter and hotels will be less packed this weekend than they have been in a while, now that the 22nd Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival has rolled up its red carpet.

February 9, 2007

Precautions to Guard Personal Data

By Benjamin Gottlieb

UCSB information and technology department is launching a campus-wide initiative to reset UCSBnetID passwords in order to make students' personal information more secure.

February 9, 2007

Fire Dept. To Provide Disaster Tips to Locals

By Laura Wiesenberg

This weekend, Santa Barbara firefighters are offering local residents a chance to relearn how to stop, drop and roll.

February 9, 2007

CSNI Freshmen Course To Focus on Big Brother

By Marie V. Recalde

A new course will soon offer students a three-point perspective on public surveillance by fusing science, sociology and engineering.

February 9, 2007

Take Me to Your Leader

By Staff

February 8, 2007

Former Terrorist Sparks Debate During Lecture

By Jessica Mullen

Moderator to last night's Walid Shoebat lecture, Professor Robert Rauchhaus, opened the presentation by urging audience members to respect the speaker's freedom of speech and refrain from disrupting open discourse.

February 8, 2007

Cleanup Stops Contamination of Local Forest Contamination

By Casey Ibbetson

Last night, as a crew of more than 80 people worked to clean up a recent 210-gallon oil spill at Tar Creek, a second 20-gallon leak was detected in the same pipeline running through the Los Padres National Forest.

February 8, 2007

Leg Council Votes To Support Anti-War Strike

By Mackenzie Weinger

At a lengthy four-hour meeting, Associated Students Legislative Council passed one bill and approved three resolutions, including two concerning the war in Iraq.

February 8, 2007

Capps To Assist Crippled Agriculture

By Nikki Moore

After a streak of abnormally cold winter weather caused more than one billion dollars in crop damage across the state last month, local politicians are now working on a disaster relief bill to provide aid to the agricult...