News

November 17, 2004

Center Hopefuls Hunt for Funds After ‘Yes’ Vote

By Lindsey Clodfelter

When Measure D passed in the Nov. 2 election, it gave the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) authorization to build a new community center in I.V.

November 17, 2004

Meeting To Review DP Open Space

By Dina Vainer

At tomorrow's Isla Vista Project Area Committee/General Plan Advisory Committee (PAC/GPAC) meeting, committee members will discuss a proposal to buy portions of Del Playa Drive for the creation of a public recreation are...

November 17, 2004

CalPIRG Drive Pines for UCSB Student Pledges

By Ronnie Choi

Students can help the UCSB chapter of California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG) work to lower textbook costs, clean up the environment and support student activism by pledging to the organization this week.

November 17, 2004

‘Pop’ Goes the I.V. Priest to Carnegie Hall

By Patricia Bobek

The Rev. Norman R. Freeman, chaplain at Isla Vista's St. Michael's University Church, recently graced the stage of Carnegie Hall, performing a solo concert in his capacity as a timpani player for the New York Pops orches...

November 17, 2004

Site Lets Cyber Spenders Donate Dough

By Max Rasovsky

After more than a year of planning, FundIt.org, a Web site which helps fund nonprofit organizations in Santa Barbara, was launched Wednesday, Nov. 10.

November 17, 2004

Not Facing the Music

By Staff

November 16, 2004

New Details Emerge in Arrest of A.S. President

By Matt Dozier

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol released a police report yesterday detailing the incident that resulted in the arrest of Associated Students President Cervin Morris on Friday, Nov. 12.

November 16, 2004

Bulbs Give Dorms Greener Glow

By Ronnie Choi

By distributing energy-saving light bulbs, the Green Campus Council (GCC) has found a way to make late-night studying more efficient for students living in on-campus residence halls.

November 16, 2004

Group Visits Prize-winning Spacecraft

By Ben Krasnow

A group of engineering students traveled to the Mojave Desert on Friday to see the spaceship that made history by winning the Ansari X Prize last month.

November 16, 2004

Police Probe Possible Murder-Suicide of Pair

By Kristina Ackermann

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept. is investigating a suspected murder-suicide that occurred Monday afternoon in Goleta. At approximately 4:20 p.m., deputies from the Goleta station responded to 363 Moreton Bay Lan...

November 16, 2004

Holiday Meal To Have Family Feel, Turkey

By Jason La Staff Writer Kaitlin Pike Staff Writer

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will host its seventh annual Thanksgiving dinner Thursday night for students not able to head home for the holiday.

November 15, 2004

IVFP Arrests A.S. President

By Matt Dozier

Associated Students President Cervin Morris, 20, was arrested Friday night for allegedly hitting another man in the head with a beer bottle during a fight at his apartment.

November 15, 2004

Gauchos Push and Pull Swinging Ohio

By Drew Mackie

Standing at the intersection of Conant Street and Anthony Wayne Trail in the Toledo, Ohio suburb of Maumee, UCSB senior anthropology major Merritt Gurley leapt in the air and flung her limbs into an acrobatic position sh...

November 15, 2004

Groups Hope for ‘Yes’ Vote on A.S. Initiative

By Lindsey Clodfelter

With voting for the Associated Students Initiative beginning Tuesday, representatives from several campus organizations said they are supporting the $10.40 base fee increase, anticipating the financial benefits such an i...

November 15, 2004

Copwatch Program Aims to Keep IVFP Officers in Check

By Max Rasovsky

To kick off their Copwatch program, Associated Students members set up a table on Del Playa Drive on Friday night to pass out complaint forms and informational fliers to Isla Vista residents.

November 15, 2004