News

February 8, 2005

Protection Work Earns Professor Coveted Grant

By Dina Vainer

UCSB associate professor Shankar Aswani became the first anthropologist to win the world's most prestigious award for marine conservation yesterday, as the Pew Fellows Program named him one of the five most innovative sc...

February 8, 2005

Students Lobby Against Mounting Fees

By Nick Durnhofer

About 250 University of California students assembled at UC Davis this past weekend and in Sacramento to voice their concern over the rising cost of higher education.

February 8, 2005

Students Suspected in Assault Case

By Lindsey Miller

The UC Police Dept. is investigating an on-campus incident that occurred last week in which a Santa Barbara man was allegedly physically assaulted and his 17-year-old girlfriend was allegedly sexually assaulted.

February 8, 2005

Skeletal Remains Spark Investigation

By Drew Mackie

The Santa Barbara County Sherriff's Dept. is investigating human bones found near Gaviota Creek yesterday morning.

February 8, 2005

High Five

By Staff

February 7, 2005

UC Decides Not to Sue ‘Darkside’ Website Creator

By Jason La

Following a complaint and threat of litigation from a civil liberties group, the University of California has chosen not to pursue a legal battle against a website critical of UCSB.

February 7, 2005

Students Survive Rogue Wave in Semester at Sea

By Lulwa Bordcosh

Five UCSB students were studying aboard a Semester at Sea ship last week when a 50-foot-tall wave slammed the vessel during a night of stormy seas, crippling the ship's navigation systems and shutting down three of its e...

February 7, 2005

Worms To Turn I.V. Food Waste Into Fertilizer for Parks

By Ashley Ratcliff

With bins full of slimy red worms, Associated Students Environmental Affairs Board plans to digest wasted food from Isla Vista restaurants and turn it into fertile soil.

February 7, 2005

Surfrider Campaigns to Reopen DP Open Space Negotiations

By Matt Dozier

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors put an end to plans for a new coastal park in Isla Vista last week, but I.V. Surfrider is refusing to give up the fight.

February 7, 2005

Work To Begin on New 1,052-Spot Parking Structure

By Nexus Staff Report

Construction begins today on a new six-story campus parking structure to be located in Lot 22, adjacent to the Events Center.

February 7, 2005

A.S. Hopes to Make More Readers, Money

By Jessica Gonzalez

Associated Students is hoping to better its financial condition by urging professors to use the A.S. Notetaking and Publications Service to print class readers instead of off-campus companies like Grafikart and the Alter...

February 7, 2005

DJs To Spin for Tsunami, Mudslide Aid

By James Hill

Tonight, patrons of Q's bar downtown can party with a purpose at the "Benefit From the Beats," where every penny the club makes will be donated to disaster relief efforts.

February 4, 2005

Burst Pipeline Redirects Flow of UCSB Traffic

By Jason La

Crews from the Goleta Water District are working to isolate and repair the source of a water leak that caused street closures and detours at the corner of Ocean Road and Mesa Road in front of the Rec Cen.

February 4, 2005

San Luis Launches Campaign Against Wild Mardi Gras

By Kristina Ackermann

The city of San Luis Obispo is bracing itself for Mardi Gras weekend by sending a message to Cal Poly students very similar to the one sent to UCSB students before Halloween 2003: the party is over.

February 4, 2005

IVRPD Hears Pitch to Put Pardall Park Up for Sale

By Katie Vance

The Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) considered a proposal Thursday night to label Pardall Gardens as surplus property, making the park available for future sale.