News

April 16, 2003

Man Dies From Drug Overdose

By Drew Mackie

Investigation into a death the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Dept. deputies had initially labeled as "mysterious" and "suspicious" has revealed that cocaine killed 36-year-old James Luna.

April 16, 2003

Campaigners Grapple With Sign Rules

By Jason La

Confusion over the number of campaign signs allowed per grass plot during Associated Students elections ended after the A.S. Elections Committee made its ruling Wednesday on the disagreement.

April 16, 2003

Supervisors Vote to Protect Oak Trees

By Daniel Haier

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to adopt new guidelines designed to protect local native oak trees by closely regulating their removal.

April 16, 2003

Researchers Check Quakes’ Irregular Pulses

By Travis Hunter

UCSB researchers using three-dimensional computer models have found that earthquakes work much differently than previously assumed.

April 16, 2003

Crime Stopper Helps Catch Local Robber

By Drew Mackie

The Santa Barbara County chapter of Crime Stoppers International program has allowed its first informant to safely supply the name and whereabouts of a wanted criminal.

April 16, 2003

Latino Cartoonist To Give Workshop, Lecture

By Jake Cadwell

Like its namesake insect, Lalo Alcarez's La Cucaracha comic has proven hard to kill. The sometimes controversial cartoonist Lalo Alcarez will spend the day at the UCSB MultiCultural Center for "Latino USA: A Cartoon His...

April 14, 2003

UCSB To Cut Funding to Teen Center

By Kristina Ackermann

Due to a severely reduced budget at UCSB, necessitated by statewide cuts passed by Gov. Gray Davis, the teen center will lose all of its university-sponsored funding, which accounts for one-third of the center's total re...

April 14, 2003

Anti-War Protests Continue

By Drew Mackie

Even as the image of soldiers toppling a statue of Saddam Hussein seemingly heralded the end of the American invasion of Iraq, Santa Barbarans opposed to the war protested for the 30th consecutive week.

April 14, 2003

Veterans Want Peace, Support for U.S. Troops

By Marisa Lagos

Is it possible to oppose a war and still support the men and women fighting in it? Can the same person thoughtfully attend both a peace vigil and a pro-troops rally? Dan Seidenberg and Lane Anderson, both Vietnam veteran...

April 14, 2003

Police Charge Vandal With 2 Felonies

By Daniel Haier

A UCSB student is facing charges of unlawful entry, felony vandalism and felony drunk driving in an April 6 incident that included the smashing of a computer screen with a pair of hedge clippers and a brief police pursui...

April 14, 2003

A.S. Hosts Week-long Events for Disability Awareness

By Caitlin Adams

Today kicks off UCSB's first Disability Awareness Week, organized through the Associated Students Commission on Disability Access and the A.S. Community Affairs Board. This week UCSB students will have the opportunity to...

April 14, 2003

Charity Walk Waits for Better Times

By Jessie Yurman

Those who signed up for Associated Students' Community Affairs Board's "Walk for Good Times" may have done so in the spirit of benevolence, but the weather on Sunday was not so charitable.

April 14, 2003

UCSB Students To Kick Off ‘Take Back the Night’ Week with Rally

By Alexis Adkins Reporter

UCSB women plan to take back the night every night this week. The on-campus student organization Take Back the Night is holding its annual week of events to try to bring an end to sexual assault.

April 14, 2003

Hillel To Provide Meals to Students During Passover

By Jason La

The Jewish holiday of Passover begins at sundown on Wednesday night and students will be offered a chance to participate in the celebrations at the Hillel Center on Embarcadero del Norte.

April 14, 2003

Cancer Walkathon Comes to UCSB

By Jenny Mayock

The Relay for Life, an all-day walkathon benefiting the American Cancer Society, will come to UCSB for the first time on the first weekend in May. Now practiced annually across the nation, the relay has become the Americ...

April 14, 2003

Christian Groups Unite to Hold Praise Night in Storke Plaza

By Christine Bai

People from several UCSB Christian groups and community churches will gather in front of Storke Plaza at 7 p.m. for the fourth "As One" praise night, an event for Evangelical Christians to unite in prayer and worship.