News

May 9, 2006

Professor Speaks on Link Between Wages, Education

By Max Kitaj

Working with a task force of mayors from across the country, a UCSB professor is hoping to curb the detrimental effects of poverty on students' education.

May 9, 2006

Specialist To Lecture on Kurds

By Aria Miran

Pulitzer Prize-nominated photojournalist and noted Kurd expert Kevin McKiernan will speak about the similarities between the repression of ethnic Kurds and of Native Americans tonight at 8 in Campbell Hall.

May 8, 2006

Governor Pushes for Infrastructure Bond Amid Protest

By Nick Durnhofer

While protesters paced outside, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promoted his $37.3 billion bond measure in UCSB's Davidson Library on Saturday morning, just a day after state legislators approved the proposal. The measure - t...

May 8, 2006

Del Playa Crowd Flips Over Car

By Max Kitaj

Between 100 and 200 onlookers were treated to a strange spectacle Saturday afternoon, as they watched about a dozen unidentified individuals overturn a car and roll it into the middle of Del Playa Drive for no apparent r...

May 8, 2006

Tourney Nets Over $2,000 for Families of Shooting Victims

By Matthew Weisner

Cloudy skies did not stop the bikini-clad masses from flocking to Greek Park this weekend, as over 500 people attended the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity's AllThe event, which raised over $2,000 for the families of the victi...

May 8, 2006

Wedding Espouses Queers, Allies

By David Schachner

About 30 couples - and sometimes more than two people at time - exchanged vows in Storke Plaza on Friday afternoon, marking the 16th annual Queer Wedding at UCSB.

May 8, 2006

Holiday Festival Highlights Latino Culture

By Ryan Grandov

Santa Barbara's Cinco de Mayo celebrations outlasted the fifth of May this year, as hundreds of Santa Barbara residents gathered at De la Guerra Plaza in downtown Santa Barbara to celebrate the weekend-long, 15th annual ...

May 8, 2006

I.V. Foot Patrol Blotter: May 8, 2006

By system

Renouncing Her Possessions… and Her Sobriety Friday, May 5, 12:45 p.m. – Deputies patrolling the 6500 block of Del Playa Drive watched an 18-year-old woman stagger out of a party, step over a low wall and fal...

May 5, 2006

Retirement Changes UC Regents’ Lineup

By Aria Miran

UCSB alumnus George Thurlow will take the job of assistant vice chancellor for alumni affairs and executive director of the UCSB Alumni Association in the wake of Peter Steiner's retirement, relinquishing his newly acqui...

May 5, 2006

Sororities To Volley in Annual ATO Event

By David Ferry

Eighteen sorority teams and hundreds of onlookers are expected to attend the charity event, which runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Greek Park. Matches will also take place at the volleyball pits at the Phi Sigma Kappa and K...

May 5, 2006

UCSB Opens New Nanotechnology Center

By Brian Van Wyk

Several scholars gathered in the Engineering Science Building last night for the public launch of the UCSB Center for Nanotechnology in Society - a national education and research base. The CNS is funded by the National ...

May 5, 2006

Board Grants Eight-Hour Permit for Festival

By Ryan Grandov

Despite their concerns about combining a day of live music and educational activities with alcohol, the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District voted yesterday to allow the organizers of the upcoming Chilla Vista festiva...

May 5, 2006

Free to Eat Good Food

By system

May 4, 2006

Tower To Improve Cell Service

By Lauren Crecelius

Isla Vista residents who are angry over dropped calls should see their cell phone service picking up once construction is finished on a new cell phone tower located next to the Korean Methodist Church in I.V. The new tow...

May 4, 2006

UC Research Receives Most Patents in Nation

By Stephanie Horii

Aside from the royalties and extra bragging rights, recent news that the University of California once again beat out other U.S. universities for the most patents in a year has UCSB researchers and students pushing for e...

May 4, 2006