News

February 1, 2006

Leg Council Adapts Framework Changes for Nearing Election

By Brian Van Wyk

The Associated Students Legislative Council endorsed a new draft of its constitution last night to present at the upcoming A.S. Constitutional Convention.

January 31, 2006

Seven Die in Goleta Post Office Shooting

By Mollie Vandor

An unidentified female opened fire at a local mail sorting facility last night, killing six people and seriously wounding at least one other before turning the gun on herself. Santa Barbara Sheriff's Dept. spokesman Sgt....

January 31, 2006

Forum To Focus on Cycling Safety

By Kari Neal

Students and local residents will get the chance to win a new bicycle and learn how to stay safe while riding it, at a town hall meeting hosted by local law enforcement officers, politicians and professors in Embarcadero...

January 31, 2006

Town Hall Meeting to Address UC Student Financial Issues

By Scott Yensen

Students and faculty will gather to discuss the rising costs of a University education tonight at a town hall meeting sponsored by the University of California Students Association (UCSA).

January 31, 2006

Housing Application Period To Start

By Brittany Farmer

Tomorrow morning, returning UCSB students will get their opportunity to vie for a spot in university-owned housing for next year, as UCSB Housing and Residential Services opens its online housing application process.

January 31, 2006

Board Funds Legislative Conference

By Brian Van Wyk

The Associated Students Finance Board distributed the remainder of its general funds for Winter Quarter last night while allocating $1,000 to the same United States Student Association (USSA) event that received $6,873 a...

January 30, 2006

Student To Face Felony Charges for Hit-and-Run

By Tori Mason

A 23-year-old UCSB student was still being held in Santa Barbara County Jail Sunday afternoon after he drove his car into a group of pedestrians on the 6500 block of Sabado Tarde Road early Friday morning, and then fled ...

January 30, 2006

Cannabis Competitors Roll to Victory

By Ryan Grandov

Approximately 400 people gathered on the grass in Anisq'Oyo' Park on Saturday afternoon to celebrate the skills of Isla Vista's best blunt and joint rollers at the 2nd Annual Joint Rolling Contest, nearly tripling the ev...

January 30, 2006

Research Exposes Lack of Quantitative Literacy Among College Students

By Patricia Bobek

According to a recent study published by the American Institute for Research (AIR), nearly one-fifth of the nation's college students have deficient literacy skills. The AIR study tested 1,827 students from across the co...

January 30, 2006

Application Deadline Approaches for UC Student Regent Position

By Gibran Maciel

Students in the University of California system have until Feb. 23 to submit applications for a position on the UC Board of Regents. The UC Regents have appointed a Student Regent every year since 1975, when Californians...

January 27, 2006

NORML Participants To Roll in Grass Revolution

By Lizzie Blumenthal

Locals will be looking to smoke the competition as the Kottonmouth Kings weed out the amateurs from the experts at the 2nd annual Isla Vista Joint Rolling Contest this Saturday.

January 27, 2006

Diplomacy Experts To Discuss U.N.

By David Ferry

War and peace will be the topics of discussion tomorrow morning, as a former U.N. official and the author of an internationally renowned book about peacemaking team up to teach locals about the diplomatic potential for "...

January 27, 2006

Fire Alarm Empties North Hall

By Kaitlin Pike

With the exception of a few careless students walking inside to empty classrooms, most people left North Hall on Thursday afternoon, as a 45-minute fire alarm caused the building's three wings to be evacuated. At about 1...

January 27, 2006

Aslan, Miles To Address Understanding of Islam

By Kaitlin Pike

Countering and perhaps shifting the paradigms that the Western world holds toward the Islamic world, religious scholar Reza Aslan will give a Santa Barbara audience this Sunday a closer look into the War on Terror.

January 27, 2006