News

September 25, 2003

UCSB Acquires Frank Chin Collection

By Samantha Morgan

UCSB's California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives (CEMA) has recently acquired an extensive collection of the work of Frank Chin, one of America's best known Asian-American authors.

September 25, 2003

Campus Construction Stays on Track

By Travis Hunter

When school starts two years from now there will be a half dozen major additions to campus if current construction projects remain as they are now-"on time and on budget."

September 25, 2003

Leg Council Resumes Meeting, Discussing

By Jenny Mayock

Student government began the year Wednesday night with an optimistic tone at the first meeting of Associated Students Legislative Council.The meeting consisted of updates from the executive director and executive officer...

September 25, 2003

Parking, Booze Form Agenda at PAC Meeting

By Seth Pritchard Reporter

The Project Area Committee (PAC) met yesterday to discuss the master plan for the redevelopment of Isla Vista. A major issue on the agenda was whether to ban alcohol in Pelican Park.

September 25, 2003

Lawn Seating Only

By Staff

September 24, 2003

Freshmen Get Greedy at Bookstore

By Jason La

Over the past week and a half 14 freshmen have been caught attempting to steal items from the UCSB Bookstore. The items range from textbooks and mechanical pencils to guitar strings.

September 24, 2003

Land Trust Gives Funds to Ellwood Mesa

By Kristina Ackermann

With three months left before the deadline, a recent donation put local conservationists closer to their fundraising goal for saving the Ellwood bluffs.

September 24, 2003

Grad To Face Hearing for Threat to TA

By Travis Hunter

A UCSB graduate will face a student conduct hearing after allegedly threatening a teaching assistant with bodily harm after failing a course.

September 24, 2003

Work Begins To Rid Theater of Old Divisions

By Kristina Ackermann

A historic Santa Barbara landmark is on its way to restoration. The Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts (SBCPA), a nonprofit organization, hosted a wall-breaking ceremony Tuesday morning in front of the Granada...

September 24, 2003

Everybody Conga!

By Staff

September 23, 2003

Professor, Former Provost Dies

By Travis Hunter

The university lost a passionate teacher and valued administrator with the passing of professor Everett Zimmerman on Monday. Zimmerman died at his home in Santa Barbara, four months after being diagnosed with brain cance...

September 23, 2003

County Aims to Reduce Trash With Mandate

By Kristina Ackermann

Over the summer, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously decided to implement mandatory recycling programs in all unincorporated areas of the county, including I.V. The decision is an effort to divert s...

September 23, 2003

Local Volunteers Clean Trashy Shorelines

By Tiye Baldwin

While it may be common in Santa Barbara County to find bottles, cans and the occasional lost partygoer washed up on the beach, a crack pipe is not your typical beach debris.

September 23, 2003

Cops Suspect Suicide With Train Victim

By Caitlin Adams, Daniel Haier

A man seen standing on the train tracks near the Santa Barbara Zoo was struck by a train and killed Sunday night. Police identified the victim as Jess Scaggs, a 21-year-old transient.

September 23, 2003

Now Open!

By Staff

September 22, 2003

Budget Crisis Hits Home for UC Students

By Jenny Mayock

The California Legislature passed $410 million in budget cuts for the University of California this summer. In response, the UC Board of Regents agreed last July to raise student fees 30 percent from last year.