News

February 22, 2007

A.S. Requests Space in Building 434

By Mackenzie Weinger, Lindsey Miller

Associated Students Legislative Council and its executive officers kept busy with meetings yesterday, both in its weekly gathering and earlier in the day with Chancellor Henry T. Yang.

February 22, 2007

War Protesters Launch

By Benjamin Gottlieb

After a recent protest against the war in Iraq brought hundreds of demonstrators from the university community to UCSB, local activists are now organizing to further increase student opposition to the conflict.

February 22, 2007

Cycling Documentary Rolls in to SB

By Nikki Moore

A Santa Barbara local who hitchhiked along the Tour de France route in 2005 is now offering locals a chance to experience the ride for themselves - no passports or bicycles required.

February 22, 2007

Experts To Help New Renters in I.V. Housing Hunt

By Lee Desser

A panel of experts will present current and future Isla Vistans with the keys to housing at a Town Hall meeting slated for this coming Monday.

February 21, 2007

Authorities Arrest SB Soccer Player on Rape Charges

By Nikki Moore

Out on $100,000 bail, UCSB soccer player Eric Frimpong is now awaiting his first court appearance after allegedly raping a UCSB student on the beach by the 6500 block of Del Playa Drive early Saturday morning.

February 21, 2007

Beach Shelters Wildlife, Inspires Art

By Katie Miserany

Local legend has it that The Doors' frontman Jim Morrison spent an acid-addled evening on Sands Beach staring at the lights of nearby oil platform Holly, which inspired the song "Crystal Ship."

February 21, 2007

Man Burglarizes Local Apartment at Gunpoint

By Staff

Recently, two UCSB students were allegedly robbed at gunpoint after they invited a former roommate and another man, who is now in custody, into their apartment under the guise of a friendly visit.

February 21, 2007

Customer Drives Car Into Chicken Eatery

By Travis Miller

El Pollo Loco on Calle Real will be getting some minor remodeling done after a woman crashed her car through the restaurant's front windows Sunday evening.

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...