News

February 24, 2003

A Forest Fit for Monarchs

By Sarah Healy

The monarch butterflies at Ellwood may have had a tough year, having to weather a second year of drought conditions, less growth of a plant critical to their survival and unfavorable wind conditions that decreased their ...

February 24, 2003

IVFP Arrests Two Men After DP Fight

By Drew Mackie

A brawl on the 6700 block of Del Playa Drive on Saturday morning resulted in the incarceration of one man on a charge of battery and another for making criminal threats. The third man has yet to be identified by the IVFP...

February 24, 2003

Starbucks Gives A.S. More Than Caffeine Kick

By Travis Hunter

Starbucks Coffee has helped college students through all-night study sessions for years. Now the company is helping elementary school kids with their reading. Isla Vista Elementary School Principal Lisa Maglione said the...

February 24, 2003

Friends Never Forget

By system

February 21, 2003

CalPIRG To Call On EPA to Clean Air

By Daniel Haier

Volunteers from the California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG) will be providing cell phones in front of the UCen today for students to call the Environmental Protection Agency and voice their opposition to prop...

February 21, 2003

UCSB Students Focus on Food, Image

By Jono Szalay

A study conducted last spring by the Student Health Center found that eating disorders are not just a women's problem - one in five UCSB students has an eating disorder, including men.

February 21, 2003

SB Smokes Competition to Be Lung-Friendly

By Gillian Andres

Santa Barbara County was among seven other California counties honored Tuesday with the American Lung Association's Platinum Lung Public Health Award, recognizing communities that have achieved a 95 percent compliance ra...

February 21, 2003

Council Fishes For Way to Save U.S. Marine Life

By Staff

The National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council met Thursday to tackle the issues of preservation and the enhancement of marine life, in a two-day meeting of the 12 National Marine Sanctuaries chairs at the Chase Palm Par...

February 21, 2003

Sarah and Jose Sittin’ In a Tree, P-R-O-T-E-S-T

By system

February 20, 2003

Tree-lovers Branch Out

By Drew Mackie

The Santa Barbara County Public Works Dept. removed two trees last weekend from the walkway in front of Tapioca Express and Rosarito's on El Embarcadero because the trees' roots had rendered a once level sidewalk into a ...

February 20, 2003

Nonprofit Group Buys Local Radio Station

By Stephanie Tavares

Santa Barbara Foundation is in the process of finalizing the purchase of KDB radio station after waiting two years for while UCSB failed to raise enough money to purchase it. The current owners are donating or selling th...

February 20, 2003

Law Review Welcomes Student Submissions

By Jennifer B. Siverts

The Law and Society Dept. is accepting submissions for the second annual undergraduate Law and Society Review until Friday, Feb. 21. The review, initiated by Dept. Chair Eve Darian-Smith, is the nation's first online pub...

February 20, 2003

A.S. Debates Terror Attacks, Fees

By William Pham Staff Writer

During the council's public forum, UC Police Dept. Chief John MacPherson discussed possible terrorist threats to UCSB students. MacPherson said FBI Director Robert Mueller has identified universities as potential terrori...

February 19, 2003

Mother’s Gift Memorializes Slain Children

By Daniel Haier

Last week, almost a year after her four children were murdered by her ex-husband while she was on a morning jog, Dr. Christine McFadden made a $250,000 donation for additional construction on the planned UC Merced librar...

February 19, 2003

Campus Doves Cry Out Against War

By Daniel Haier

An anti-war rally on the steps of Storke Plaza drew the presence and voices of 150 to 200 students, faculty and community members who echoed in unison, "The people united will never be defeated."

February 19, 2003

County Drug Agency Seeks to Increase Services

By Brendan Kearns

The Alcohol and Drug Program, a division of SBCounty Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services, is currently seeking new organizations to sponsor in an effort to expand its substance abuse treatment and prevention program...