News

November 21, 2002

Staples Turns Over a New Leaf

By Bonnie Holladay

In a step for forest conservation, the national office supply chain Staples, Inc. unveiled its new policy of handling and advocating the use of forest-friendly paper.

November 21, 2002

Geography 135 Makes List of ‘Dirty’ Courses

By Haichi Fuerman Reporter

A national group of young conservatives says a class on clean air is dirty with liberal bias, but the UCSB professors in charge of the course say that's just hot air.

November 21, 2002

Gauchos Fail to Beat the Geeks

By Nathan Clarke

Over 330 fans of Comedy Central's "Beat the Geeks" game show came to Campbell Hall on Tuesday night to see "The Geeks Live." The show gave audience members a chance to become contestants and win prizes including $500, DV...

November 21, 2002

Leg Council Funds Rape Crisis Center Benefit

By Jason La

An emergency action item was added to the agenda of the meeting to include a request from Sigma Phi Epsilon for $500 to host a charity event that would benefit the Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center.

November 21, 2002

GPAC, PAC Discuss Campus-I.V. Border

By Lauren Eardensohn

The I.V.-UCSB interface project design, part of I.V.'s Master Plan, was the main topic of discussion last night at the Project Area Committee (PAC) and the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) meeting.

November 20, 2002

Tenet Health Care Agency Gets Checkup

By Alison Tearnen

Tenet Healthcare Corp., based out of Santa Barbara, received a notice of audit on Nov. 5, due to the unusually high number of outlier payments the company's hospitals requested.

November 20, 2002

VW Bug Joyride Ends on UCSB Lawn

By Travis Hunter

A man suspected of stealing a new Volkswagen Beetle found out Tuesday that the middle of a campus lawn may not be the best place to hide.

November 20, 2002

Biologist’s Love of Fish Bubbles Over

By Michelle Kuhn

UCSB research biologist Milton Love of the Marine Sciences Institute has continued his streak of funny but factual books with his latest, The Rockfishes of the Northeast Pacific.

November 20, 2002

Project Aims to Create DP Blufftop Park

By Blake Buford

The Isla Vista Blufftop Parcels Acquisition Project is aiming to purchase the seven remaining privately owned blocks of land along the 6700 and 6800 blocks of DP.

November 19, 2002

UC Asks for Mediation in C.U.E. Talks

By Stephanie Tavares

UC has sent a formal declaration of impasse to the state Pubic Employment Relations Board (PERB) to which both parties have filed several bad-faith bargaining complaints.

November 19, 2002

Amtrak Stuffs Trains Early for Thanksgiving

By Jennifer B. Siverts

Amtrak has announced that the Pacific Surfliner, which travels between Santa Barbara and San Diego, will offer all-reserved runs during this Thanksgiving holiday period for the first time.

November 19, 2002

UCSB Students To Face Off Against TV’s Geeks

By Marcile Vadell-Strickland

To mark the beginning of their nationwide college tour, cast members of Comedy Central's television show, "Beat the Geeks," have chosen UCSB as one of the first schools to host their game show, "The Geeks Live," on Tuesd...

November 19, 2002

Finance Board Allocates Funds

By Stephanie Tavares

In its final meeting of the quarter, Associated Students Finance Board allocated over $2,000 to campus groups, including $1,700 to reinstate Campus Point, and rolled over its remaining funds to its Winter and Spring Quar...

November 19, 2002

A.S. Organizes Book Drive for Friendship Manor

By Drew Mackie

The Associated Students Community Affairs Board is asking UCSB students to drop off their books at the CAB office in room 2523 of the UCen, above the MultiCultural Center.

November 19, 2002

HIV-Affected Kids To Benefit From Toy Drive

By Jennifer B. Siverts

Macy's, in conjunction with the Pacific Pride Foundation, is now holding its annual Giving Tree Toy Drive. The drive is affiliated with AIDS Central Coast, an organization under the umbrella of PPF, and will benefit over...

November 19, 2002

UC Briefs: November 19, 2002

By Staff

A new study by two UCSB professors says that, when it comes to the age, gender and ethnicity of those responsible for dreaming up the stories we see in movies and television, it's still the same old story.