News

October 27, 2003

Piru Fire Remains Burning

By Daniel Haier

Smoke from wildfires burning out of control in Ventura County choked the Santa Barbara area Sunday as high temperatures, windy conditions and steep terrain plagued containment efforts.

October 27, 2003

Ceremony Dedicates Site for CNSI Building

By Dina Vainer

UCSB's newest big building will be a place where very small things are built. A groundbreaking ceremony was held last Friday at the site of what will become the $53 million 63,000-sq. ft. California NanoSystems Institute...

October 27, 2003

UCSB To Renovate Bike Path Markers

By Meghan Palma

Over Christmas break, the Physical Facilities and Maintenance Dept. plans to replace current strips of bump-covered tiles at intersections where bike paths meet pedestrian walkways with new sturdier concrete ones and add...

October 27, 2003

Arbor to Face Redesign, Expansion

By Louis Shi Reporter

The Arbor is getting more than a facelift - it's getting a full-body replacement. A 4,200-square foot convenience center will appear in the area where the current Arbor store now resides.

October 27, 2003

March for ‘Truce’ Draws Mixed Reactions on DP

By Ashley Brown

A group of 20 students, three-fourths of which were female, marched on Del Playa Drive supporting the "I Want A Truce" campaign on Friday and Saturday nights. The demonstrators chanted, "We want a truce; end sexual assau...

October 27, 2003

UC Briefs: October 27, 2003

By Travis Hunter

UC Berkeley scientists Yoram Rubin and Susan Hubbard have developed a radar system that caters specifically to winemakers. The ground-penetrating radar can accurately map soil moisture over multiple acres.

October 24, 2003

Man Jerks Off at Women’s Center Fair

By Jason La

An unidentified man allegedly spotted masturbating in front of the Women's Center evaded capture Thursday after Women's Center staff members called the Community Service Organization and UC Police Dept. to report him.

October 24, 2003

Physicists Ponder Nature of Universe

By Ben Krasnow

This week the very big and the very small collided at UCSB. UCSB's Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) hosted a conference for prominent cosmologists and string theorists from around the world, including Steph...

October 24, 2003

Deconstructionist Offers Ideas for ‘Living Together’

By John Snow Reporter

Arguably the most prominent living French philosopher spoke to an initially full Campbell Hall on Thursday night. Audience members came from all over the country to hear Jacques Derrida's two-hour lecture on the idea of ...

October 24, 2003

SHS, County Offer Low-Cost Flu Shots

By Fran Linkin

With the flu season fast approaching, the virus-savvy can take preventative measures with the help of the Santa Barbara County Public Health Dept. and UCSB's Student Health Services.

October 24, 2003

County Knows How to Use Recycling Bins

By Jerry Whitehead

Santa Barbara County and its residents are doing their share of recycling to ensure that California, in addition to being a golden state, is also a clean one.

October 24, 2003

Marine Sanctuary Acquires Oil Lease

By Kristina Ackermann

Venoco Inc. has transferred one of its oil leases to the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Lease 208 covers 1,920 acres off the coast of Naples Ranch, between Goleta and Gaviota. The area was originally leased t...

October 24, 2003

I.V. Hears Halloween Security Plans

By Matt Dozier

With a raucous Friday night Halloween just around the corner, UCSB students and administrators, Isla Vista residents and law enforcement congregated at last night's town hall meeting to discuss I.V.'s 2003 Halloween.

October 24, 2003

Next Stop: MOMA

By Staff

A group of Fillmore High School students attempt to build a shelter out of newspaper and masking tape in Storke Plaza on Wednesday afternoon.

October 23, 2003

Videotaping of MCC Lecture Raises Issues

By Travis Hunter

It was not against the rules when a UCSB student videotaped an event at the MultiCultural Center Theater without prior permission on Oct. 3, but the UC legal office said it soon will be.

October 23, 2003

Bookmobile Shows Art, Zines Near UCen

By Brent Hagata

Observant students may have noticed a large silver vintage Airstream trailer stationed prominently in front of the UCen earlier this week. The Mobilivre Bookmobile stopped at UCSB as one of its last visits in its interna...