News

April 28, 2006

Voters Elect New A.S. Executives

By Nick Durnhofer Staff Writer Megan Snedden Staff Writer

The Associated Students election season has ended with a near split down party lines for the executive officers, but a near landslide victory for Students' Party Legislative Council candidates. Open People's Party candid...

April 28, 2006

Initiatives Return Mixed Results

By Kaitlin Pike

This year's spring election saw emotional responses from supporters on all sides, as all reaffirmations passed, all Associated Students fee initiatives failed, both campus initiatives passed and both A.S. constitutional ...

April 28, 2006

Benefit Concert To Aid Postal Victims’ Families

By Dana Olsen

Three Santa Barbara County organizations are hosting a benefit concert on Saturday for the families of the seven people killed in a shooting at the Goleta Postal Processing Center in January.

April 28, 2006

Road Repairs To Begin Monday

By Chris Wilcox

Some residents living on the 6800 block of Fortuna Road and Fortuna Lane in Isla Vista may get a rude awakening if they sleep in on Monday morning - the sound of their cars being towed.

April 28, 2006

Peace Festival To Hold Concert, Raffle

By Lindsay Theel Reporter

Over 200 people are expected to turn out on the grass in Anisq' Oyo' Park this weekend to listen to music and learn about the peace movement at UCSB during the Isla Vista Peace Festival concert.

April 28, 2006

Nobel Prize Winner To Lecture

By Lizzie Blumenthal

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai will recount her struggle to bring peace to her homeland of Africa tonight in a speech entitled "Sustainable Development, Democracy and Peace."

April 28, 2006

SB Opinions To Be Voiced in Video

By Taylor Ward Staff Writer

Local residents will have the chance to tell one congresswoman, two senators and the entire audience of Santa Barbara's public access television station how they feel about the United States' policy on Iran this week, as...

April 28, 2006

The Right To Not Be Afraid

By system

April 27, 2006

I.V. Plan Discusses Housing Expansion, Area Improvements

By Daniel Haier

Local property owners, residents and students focused on the future development of Isla Vista and the UCSB campus at last night's meeting of the Project Area Committee and General Plan Advisory Committee.

April 27, 2006

PIKE Ring Girls Get Ready to Rumble

By David Schachner

This year's annual Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) Fight Night ring girls - the highlight of the event for some spectators - are getting a new look designed to please not only the authorities, but the fans as well. Like last year,...

April 27, 2006

Financial Difficulties Influence Upcoming Closure of Devereux

By Matthew Weisner

Two of Devereux Santa Barbara's programs for developmentally disabled children will close this summer, leaving 200 staff members without jobs and 87 children in need of new accommodations.

April 27, 2006

Geology Class To Research Faults, Volcanoes on Trip

By Lizzie Blumenthal

This fall, the UCSB Earth Science Dept. plans to send several students on an academic excursion to several areas, including the Mammoth Mountain volcanic sites where UCSB researcher Charles Walter Rosenthal died just thr...

April 27, 2006

Immigration Protests Gain A.S. Support

By Megan Snedden

After roughly 40 student protesters marched earlier in the day to support immigration rights, the Associated Students Legislative Council passed a resolution last night allowing A.S. staff to miss work on Monday, May 1, ...

April 26, 2006

Q’s Hosts Fight Night Weigh-In

By Sabrina Ricci

Boxers participating in Pi Kappa Alpha's (PIKE) 15th annual Fight Night had a chance to scope out their competition at the pre-fight weigh-in last night, held at Q's Sushi-a-Go-Go on State Street.

April 26, 2006

Group Awaits Response to Financial Aid Lawsuit

By Patricia Bobek

While it still has until next month, the U.S. Dept. of Education has yet to respond to a lawsuit challenging its policy of withholding financial aid from students with prior drug convictions.