News

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...

February 7, 2007

News-Press Layoffs Spark Protest

By David Ferry

The Santa Barbara News-Press continued making its own news yesterday, firing three more staff writers, bringing the toll up to six terminated employees in 48 hours.

February 7, 2007

Former Mexican Leader To Explore Mexico-U.S. Concerns, Immigration

By Anastasia Alen

Three-time Mexican presidential candidate Cuauhtemoc Cardenas Solorzano will speak in Campbell Hall tonight to address issues affecting U.S.-Mexico relations in the present and in the future.

February 7, 2007

Former PLO Member To Lecture

By Jessica Mullen

Self-proclaimed former terrorist from the Palestine Liberation Organization Walid Shoebat will speak on campus tonight about the current situation in the Middle East and his violent experiences involving the conflict.

February 7, 2007

Group Contests Land Approval

By Sonia Lucyga

The serene and scenic Las Positas Valley has recently become the fighting ground for a land dispute between the City of Santa Barbara and the local environmental group Citizens Planning Association.

February 7, 2007

Women To Perform Local Artist’s New V-Day Play

By Alex Stubbs

Santa Barbara theatergoers can look forward to seeing 13 women present heartfelt lectures about their vaginas on stage this year - in addition to the local annual performances of "The Vagina Monologues."