News

October 22, 2004

I.V. Youth Benefit From SoCal Funds

By Andrea Bennett Reporter

The Southern California Gas Company provided a grant last week to the Isla Vista Youth Projects (IVYP) so children in I.V. can continue to enjoy after-school programs.

October 20, 2004

Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Olsen Case

By Matt Dozier

A Santa Barbara jury found Slava Olsen, the 20-year-old Isla Vista resident charged in the slaying of Santa Barbara City College student Bradley Jones last March, guilty on all counts after it concluded more than three h...

October 20, 2004

KCSB Honors Life of Late Programmer

By Dina Vainer

UCSB's radio station staff took a moment of silence Tuesday night to commemorate the life of long-time programmer and D.J. Michael Petrini, who died Aug. 30 in a landscaping-related accident.

October 20, 2004

Group Asks for 3-Day Halt on Rape, Assault

By Nick Durnhofer

The Rape Prevention Education Program (RPEP) is asking for a truce this weekend. The program is sponsoring the "I Want a Truce" campaign, which encourages students and community members to sign a pledge promising that th...

October 20, 2004

Leg Council Favors I.V. Community Center

By Kaitlin Pike

Associated Students Legislative Council endorsed a local ballot initiative and tabled campus business during Wednesday night's meeting. Council members consented to indefinitely table a bill updating A.S. Financial Polic...

October 20, 2004

UCSB Blotter: October 21, 2004

By system

Sunday, October 17, 5:03 p.m.: UCPD officers responded to reports of a naked man pleasuring himself on the dirt road by West Campus Family Student Housing. Officers did not immediately see anyone along the road.

October 19, 2004

Police Prepare for Howling I.V. Halloween

By Matt Dozier

Halloween revelers searching for a unique costume might want to avoid the cop outfits this year, as they will find the streets of Isla Vista teeming with real police officers this Oct. 31.

October 19, 2004

IVFP Grant Aims to Limit Minors’ Access to Booze

By Lindsey Clodfelter

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept. officially received a $100,000 grant yesterday to curb the availability of alcohol to minors in Isla Vista.

October 19, 2004

Committee Decides on Parking Restrictions for Holiday Weekend

By Jason La

Out of town party revelers coming to UCSB for Halloween this year will not find much welcome as the university gears up for the holiday celebration by imposing more restrictive parking policies and increasing police pres...

October 19, 2004

Finance Board Spends All for Fall

By Kaitlin Pike

Associated Students Finance Board allocated its entire remaining Fall Quarter budget to three student groups Monday afternoon, leaving the organization broke until winter.

October 19, 2004

Attackers Stab 2 Pool Players in Goleta Yard

By Matt Dozier

A pair of assailants armed with knives attacked two men at a Goleta residence Sunday evening, leaving both victims with stab wounds.

October 19, 2004

Keg Sales Tap Out as IVFP Cracks Down

By Max Rasovsky

Recently many I.V. residents have chosen to buy canned beer or bottled liquor rather than kegs, as those forms of alcohol are less likely to be traced back to the buyer, Lee Johnson, co-owner of the Isla Vista Market, sa...

October 19, 2004

DP Houses To Hang On Cliffs Uninhabited

By Kristina Ackermann Staff Writer Daniel Haier Staff Writer

Two Del Playa Drive buildings, vacated under orders by the county building inspector on Sept. 30, will remain empty until at least next summer after yesterday's meeting of the SB County Planning Dept. Appeals Board.

October 19, 2004

Attorney To Offer Legal Advice to I.V. Partygoers

By Isaac Dietz Reporter

In response to increasing enforcement of alcohol-related laws in Isla Vista, the Associated Students Legal Resource Center (LRC) will host a lecture tonight titled "Know Your Rights."

October 19, 2004

DLG Attracts Crowds; Ortega Starves

By Lauren Wolman Reporter

The long anticipated and newly restored De La Guerra (DLG) dining commons is luring a large number of students away from neighboring dining facilities, generating long lines at the facility and empty chairs at the Ortega...

October 19, 2004