News

January 17, 2007

House To Consider Bill Designed to Cut Loan Interest Rates

By Chris Stein

The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a proposal today that could halve the interest rates on federal need-based Stafford loans over the next six years.

January 17, 2007

Recent Company Purchase of Local Coastline to Affect Surfing, Wildlife

By David Ferry

Nearly 25,000 acres of pristine coastal uplands and a fair share of surf spots were sold last week when a Los Angeles-based corporation purchased the Jalama and Cojo ranches.

January 17, 2007

SB Board Authorizes DP Family Housing

By Evan Wagstaff

The Santa Barbara County Board of Architectural Design has given its final approval over the construction of two single-family dwellings at 6631 Del Playa Dr., a currently undeveloped space.

January 17, 2007

Did you file those TPS reports?

By Staff

January 16, 2007

New Station To Traffic Cleaner Fuel

By Dana Olsen

Musician Jack Johnson, local government officials and environmentalists attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony at USA Gas Station this past Friday to mark the opening of Santa Barbara's first biodiesel filling station, a mov...

January 16, 2007

Snail Harbors Sea Parasites, Harms Local Ecosystem

By Linzay Logan

UCSB Marine Biology researchers have just solved a mystery with potentially life-saving implications - why West Coast beaches are plagued with non-native mud snails and parasitic flatworms.

January 16, 2007

Sigma Alpha Mu Opens at UCSB

By Brianna Neal

Jewish men interested in joining a Jewish fraternity will have a second option to choose from this quarter, as Sigma Alpha Mu opens its first rush season.

January 16, 2007

UCSB Plans Earth Day Program

By Lisette Arellano

As many local organizations are putting the finishing touches on their own projects and Earth Day celebrations, a coalition of campus groups is making its own eco-conscious efforts to commemorate the holiday by launching...

January 16, 2007

UCSB may be doomed in event of World War III

By Matt Koerber

The following story came from the January 16, 1973 edition of the Daily Nexus. In the article, writer Matt Koerber describes what would happen to UCSB should a nuclear war break out.

January 12, 2007

Memorial Service To Honor Students

By Katie Miserany

In the wake of a tragic car accident that killed UCSB third-year students Angela Nguyen and Jonathan Kendall, the couple's family and friends are coming together in both Santa Barbara and San Jose to grieve.

January 12, 2007

SB News-Press Saga Continues, Charges Paterno With Libel

By Lauren Crecelius

While students went home to relax for the break, the Santa Barbara News-Press pushed through the holiday season with more claims against others, less claims against themselves and the same claim surrounding staff unioniz...

January 12, 2007

Attitudes Toward Gays in Military Shift

By Lizzie Blumenthal

The U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, which prohibits openly homosexual people from serving in the military, is facing opposition according to evidence from a UCSB poll.

January 12, 2007

UCSB To Offer Women’s Studies PH.D.

By Jessica Mullen

UCSB could soon become the 11th school in the nation and the second in California to boast a graduate program in women's studies, pending a formal approval from a university council.

January 11, 2007

SB Sheriff’s Council Ends Fiscal Lawsuit After Resignations

By Daniel Cooper

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Council agreed at a meeting Wednesday morning to settle a lawsuit filed by four of its former presidents that could result in fiscal transparency of the non-profit organization and forc...