News

January 23, 2003

Aunt Flo Faces Unending Flow

By Twyla Johnson Staff Writer

Every woman on campus has had it happen: that special time comes a little early and you need a certain something to stop the imminent flood. Never fear, Aunt Flo is here - but she's a little swamped and needs some help.

January 23, 2003

Marshall Plans Goals for 2003

By Blake Buford

With the recall a distant memory from 2002, 3rd District Supervisor Gail Marshall is now focused on plans for the remainder of her term.

January 23, 2003

UC Prepares to Construct New Campus

By Melissa Thomas-Anderson

Today, it is a muddy cow pasture. By summer, it will be home to $85 million in facilities for the new UC Merced campus. Preliminary construction planning is underway for the new campus, scheduled to open its doors in the...

January 23, 2003

A.S. Meeting Focuses on Bluffs, Finances

By William Pham Staff Writer

A position paper about repairs to the West Campus bluff path was the focus of yesterday's Leg Council meeting, although A.S. budget issues related to spring elections were also addressed.

January 23, 2003

January 23, 2003

By Kristina Ackermann

Officers patrolling the 6600 block of DP saw a 19-year-old man walk out from behind a dumpster holding a paint marker. Since there was no hopscotch court in sight, the officers assumed the paint marker was not used for b...

January 23, 2003

Make Way for Seaweed and Soy Sauce

By system

January 22, 2003

Campus Mourns Lecturer

By Stephanie Tavares

Dr. Shirley Kennedy, UCSB alumna and lecturer, died Monday at 8:00 a.m. of complications associated with cancer at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital. She was 76.

January 22, 2003

Fugitive Evades Trial, Not Verdict

By the Associated Press

The Ventura County Superior Court jury found the millionaire great-grandson of Max Factor guilty of 86 counts, which included rape, sodomy, drug and weapons possession, and poisoning. The jury deadlocked on one count of ...

January 22, 2003

NBC May Feature Solvang in Sitcom

By Missy Maynarich

The lights! The glamour! The... Danish butter cookies? Comedian D.L. Hughley and NBC Studios are in talks to develop a sitcom set in the Danish-themed village of Solvang.

January 22, 2003

Developers Bring Suit Against Goleta

By Drew Mackie

Goleta has had its first mayor, its first city council and its first city manager. Now it's facing a less pleasant milestone: its first multimillion-dollar major lawsuit.

January 22, 2003

Gross Receives Real Chair at Theoretical Physics Institute

By Josh Braun

Fred Gluck, the former head of McKinsey & Co., recently donated $1 million to UCSB's Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics to endow a chair. A ceremony was held over Winter Break to commemorate the occasion and include...

January 22, 2003

March Salutes Lives, Work of King, Kennedy

By Christine Bai

The sixth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Silent March began in front of Cheadle Hall where between 80 and 100 marchers showed up to silently reflect upon the life of Dr. King and pay respect to the legacy he's left be...

January 22, 2003

Student Regent Fields Questions at MCC Forum

By Travis Hunter

As a member of the University of California Board of Regents, UC Berkeley senior and student Regent Dexter Ligot-Gordon works alongside the aforementioned billionaires crafting the policy of the entire UC system.

January 22, 2003

UCSB Wins Grant for Ecology Research

By Kimberly Wong Reporter

The Dept. of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering at UCSB has been awarded $1.2 million from the W.M. Keck Foundation to take a novel, nanotechnological approach to preserving the ecological environment.

January 22, 2003

Supervisors, Advocates Push for Comprehensive Report

By Kristina Ackermann

A motion by 3rd District Supervisor Gail Marshall to accept one - and only one - environmental impact report (EIR) for the pending development of the Naples area of the Gaviota Coast was unanimously supported by the rest...