News

January 8, 2007

Shiny and New?

By Staff

Tenants of Cedarwood Apartments, including over twenty families, were forced to vacate these premises by Dec. 1.

January 8, 2007

01/08/07

By Staff

'Full Metal Jacket' - Or Just 'Pants Full of Drugs' Saturday, Jan. 6, 9:28 p.m. - Officers patrolling the 6600 block of Picasso Road watched a 20-year-old man walking outside holding a red keg cup.

December 7, 2006

National Championship Sparks Rally

By David Ferry

When the final seconds ticked off the clock at the College Cup game in St. Louis, Gauchos across Isla Vista and Missouri erupted in a spontaneous series of "Ole's," celebrating the men's soccer team's victory over UCLA, ...

December 7, 2006

New IVFP Holding Tank To Be Built Near I.V. Theater

By Sonia Lucyga

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol received an early Christmas present this year - $1.8 million in funds to build a new station and holding cell behind I.V. Theater.

December 7, 2006

UC Staffers See Higher Wages

By Anastasia Alen

Minimum wage workers on campus will receive an additional $.75 per hour in their January paychecks, an increase that has many campus departments scrambling for money.

December 7, 2006

Students, Locals Take Action for Oaxaca

By Chris Stein

While the political upheaval in Oaxaca, Mexico seems to have calmed for the moment, UCSB students and community activists have continued this past week with passionate appeals, asking for help on a foreign issue they cla...

December 7, 2006

Parlor Provides Piercings, Parcels, Personal Ink

By Lauren Crecelius

Isla Vista residents interested in piercings, henna, body jewelry, ink-inspired paraphernalia, or perhaps just some stamps and mailing packages will jump for joy over the opening of Energy Tattoo at 955 Embarcadero Del M...

December 7, 2006

Former Japanese Envoy To Teach Politics

By Alexander Gorst

Some UCSB students studying politics or East Asian cultures will be beginning class next quarter with Kazuhiko Togo - Japan's former ambassador to the Netherlands - as their professor.

December 7, 2006

New Building To House Campus Services After Post-Break Relocation

By Valerie Tidwell

Just after Winter Break, several on-campus entities - some of which are currently relegated to WWII-era barracks - will be moving into their new headquarters in the Student Resource Building, scheduled to open in Februar...

December 7, 2006

Stories from the files of Isla Vista Foot Patrol

By Nikki Moore

Tree Terrorist Attack Plants Man in Jail Friday, Dec. 1, 1:34 a.m. - Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers were standing on the 900 block of Embarcadero del Mar, watching people exit Bill's Bus, which had just returned to I.V....

December 1, 2006

On The Menu

By Mark Batalla

The days leading up to Finals Week can leave many red-eyed and faded. Hazy study sessions that go on for hours at a time often lead to an altered state of mind and an unbearable hunger for munchies.

December 1, 2006

Students To Remember AIDS Victims

By Mackenzie Weinger

In observance of World AIDS Day today, students dressed in black are laying in the Arbor in silence in hopes of reminding passersby of the millions of people affected by the disease.

December 1, 2006

CHP Coordinates Toy Donations for Children in Need

By Chris Fitch

This holiday season, the California Highway Patrol will be playing Santa by bringing joy to Santa Barbara's less-fortunate families as they host their annual "CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive.

December 1, 2006

Finance Board Allocates New Budget to Groups

By Brandy Deminna

The Associated Students Finance Board held a workshop yesterday to distribute $62,500 in Students' Initiative funds among roughly 100 Office of Student Life organizations.

December 1, 2006

CCS Alumna Belcher To Host Seminar on Her Latest Research

By Lisette Arellano

Former Gaucho and current Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Angela Belcher is coming back to UCSB next week to present a seminar on her work regarding materials science and biological engineering.

December 1, 2006

I.V. Foot Patrol Reports Total of Six Thanksgiving Burglaries

By Staff

While the Daily Nexus reported a busy Thanksgiving weekend for crime in Isla Vista, the actual tally of break-ins came out to six: The 150 previously reported refers to the number of break-ins since January.