News

April 21, 2005

Leg Council Finalizes 2005-06 Budget

By Nick Durnhofer

The Associated Students Legislative Council approved the 2005-06 overall student government's budget at its meeting Wednesday night, with little opposition from council members or the public.

April 21, 2005

IVRPD Flips Fees, Kicks Up Park Plan

By Mollie Vandor

The Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) Finance Committee recommended Wednesday that the district fund a new project that will make bored local skaters super-stoked. Brah.

April 20, 2005

Tension Mounts as Final Voting Days Draw Near

By Jason La

As the final two days of the Associated Students (A.S.) online election approach, the two major parties running for student government seats are accusing each other of foul play - such as tearing down opponents' signs or...

April 20, 2005

Residence Hall Dishes Out 17 Eviction Notices

By Kaitlin Pike

Seventeen residents of the Santa Cruz Residence Hall received eviction notices Wednesday afternoon after university officials said the group caused hundreds of dollars in damage to the hall's 1300 wing and continually ha...

April 20, 2005

Deficit Fuels Energy Conversation

By Lindsey Miller

With funding too low and utility bills too high, the UCSB Physical Facilities Dept. is doing everything in its power to conserve the energy used by existing structures while trying to shore up its maintenance budget.

April 20, 2005

UC Welcomes Latest Crop of High Achievers

By Lindsey Miller

With an average GPA of nearly 4.0, the high school seniors admitted to UCSB's 2005 freshman class are the highest academically performing class to enter UCSB in school history.

April 20, 2005

Cops Detain Man on Drug, Banned Weapon Charges

By Matt Dozier

Santa Barbara police seized a cache of illegal firearms and martial arts weapons from within a fortified compound Friday after arresting the owner of the residence for using methamphetamine.

April 20, 2005

New Bike Project To Begin in June

By Aly Yount

After almost two decades of discussion, plans are finally underway for the construction of the Broida Expressway bike path, which university planners said will be completed in October.

April 20, 2005

Farmer Harvests Fellowship Honor

By Lulwa Bordcosh

Sharon Farmer, a longtime UCSB history professor, was one of a prestigious few in the nation who received the Guggenheim Award last week. Farmer was awarded a $37,000 stipend and is one of 186 artists, scholars and scien...

April 19, 2005

New Buildings Suck Up Power, Drain Budget

By Lindsey Miller

The influx of new research buildings on campus - most recently the Engineering Sciences Building - coupled with state budget cuts and the increase in the cost of utilities, has left the university's utilities budget in t...

April 19, 2005

Local Provider Brings Wi-Fi to I.V. Businesses

By Michelle Chandra

Downtown Isla Vista has just become the area's newest surfing spot, thanks to the recent addition of wireless Internet hot spots at many of the businesses around the Embarcadero loop.

April 19, 2005

Venoco To Check Warning System

By Dina Vainer

Don't worry about that loud siren that might be heard across Goleta and Isla Vista this morning; it's just an annual test of the warning system at an oil facility near Ellwood Mesa.

April 19, 2005

Truck Accidents Slow 101 Traffic

By Kristen Richer

Local emergency crews responded to two separate incidents involving truck accidents Monday, both of which involved diesel spills and hazardous materials cleanup.

April 19, 2005

Lit Professor Acquires Laureate Appointment

By Erin-Kaye Flor

Visiting literature professor Barry Spacks was recently appointed Santa Barbara's first poet laureate, giving him the opportunity to spend the next stanza of his life elevating the role of the arts in the community.

April 19, 2005

Rocks Draw Attention to Exhibit

By Andrew Levine

Call it an avalanche of artistic design - four boulders, installed last May by landscape designer Isabelle Greene, mark the entrance to the University Art Museum as a gateway to a new landscape exhibit.

April 18, 2005

Sheriff’s Dept. Arrests Ex-Wife of Slain Student

By Kristen Richer

Santa Barbara County Sheriff's deputies have arrested another suspect in the ongoing investigation into the death of Jarrod Blake Davidson, the UCSB graduate student who was murdered in front of his Goleta apartment in J...