News

November 14, 2002

Capps Advocates Bill to Fund Mission Preservation

By Tiye Baldwin

Newly re-elected Congresswoman Lois Capps is wasting no time getting to work and is already pushing a restoration fund for the missions of Santa Barbara County.

November 14, 2002

Californians Protest Weapon Development

By Cameron Balakhanpour

Approximately 200 protesters from all across California gathered in Livermore on Monday to protest the development of weapons at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

November 14, 2002

Accountants Recommend A.S. Cut Spending, Endorsing

By Jason La

Auditors for Associated Students presented their findings of the A.S. Audit report at Wednesday night's Legislative Council meeting and warned that A.S. was overspending their resources.

November 13, 2002

Inspectors Rate I.V. Food

By Travis Hunter

A review of Santa Barbara County Food Facility inspection reports for nine I.V. restaurants revealed no major health violations, but numerous infractions categorized as "minor."

November 13, 2002

Hate Incidents Add Fuel to G.E. Requirements Fire

By Michelle Kuhn

Angered by racially charged incidents on campus and proposed changes to the non-Western and ethnicity general education requirements, a group of students are demanding action from the university.

November 13, 2002

Man May Be Tried for Clowning Around

By Drew Mackie

The fate of a clown-suit-wearing Isla Vista man is in the hands of the District Attorney's office after a slapstick incident in which he allegedly severely beat a UCSB student.

November 13, 2002

Cingular Phone Station Makes Waves

By Justin Scott

A temporary Cingular Wireless cell phone base station located on campus adjacent to the Campus Learning Assistance Services building has caused concern among members of the UCSB community who are concerned that there mig...

November 13, 2002

IVRPD Hopes to Finish Peace Monument in ’03

By Daniel Haier

Two out of five members of the Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District met last night to discuss fund raising for the Perfect Park monument to anti-war protesters.

November 13, 2002

Science Briefs: November 13, 2002

By Staff

New Materials from Bloodworms: Researchers from UCSB's Biological Sciences and Chemistry depts. recently discovered that bloodworms incorporate copper into the skeletal structure of their jaws.

November 12, 2002

Rescue Workers Extricate Dudes

By Jennifer B. Siverts

At 10:15 on Friday morning, a resident on the 6700 block of Del Playa Drive called 911 to report a surfer trapped among the large swells and waves near the cliff. Minutes later, dispatch received a second call that anoth...

November 12, 2002

First UC Vice President of Lab Management Quits

By Josh Braun

John McTague, the first vice president of laboratory management for the University of California's national labs, announced plans to resign the position last Friday.

November 12, 2002

Fire Department Announces End of Fire Season Due to Rain

By Drew Mackie

Santa Barbara County Fire Dept. Capt. Charlie Johnson said the amount of rain that fell this weekend was more than the minimum necessary to declare the 2002 fire season officially over.

November 8, 2002

Thefts Spark Investigation of FT Woman

By Drew Mackie

A UCSB freshman's fate is now in the hands of the District Attorney after allegedly stealing approximately $1,631 worth of items from her roommates.

November 8, 2002

UCSB Recovers From Power Outage

By Stephanie Tavares

Power went out on campus for nearly two hours Wednesday night after a capacitor bank switch in the top level of the campus power grid in lot 14 failed, creating a spark in one of the transmitters which exploded, showerin...

November 8, 2002

Pool Indefinitely a Puddle

By Travis Hunter

Despite the torrential downpour Thursday, the reflecting pool will remain empty for quite a while. A broken water pipe leading into the pool forced university maintenance officials to drain it prior to the beginning of F...

November 8, 2002

Unions Reject UC’s Latest Offers

By Chris Seabock

After a year of deliberation, three days of strikes and dozens of complaints to the state's labor board, two unions and the University of California have not agreed on contracts.