News

UCSB Junior Found Dead in Bedroom

March 7, 2003 by

Junior pre-psychology major Chris David Becker passed away Monday morning of unknown causes. He was 23 years old. UC police responded to a call that a male resident was found not breathing in his room...
read more

Woman Reports Assault in Parking Lot

March 7, 2003 by

A sexual assault in broad daylight has the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept. investigating potential leads and asking the residents of Santa Barbara County for assistance.
read more

Campus To Restore Beach Trail

March 7, 2003 by

The path to Sands Beach should be a little less treacherous by next school year. A committee of university administrators met this week to begin plans for the restoration of the trail along West Campu...
read more

Goleta Water District Cleans Out Its System

March 7, 2003 by

The city has completed its cleansing of local water mains, having flushed water out of its fire hydrants at a high velocity to rid the pipes of accumulated sediment .
read more

UCSB Filmmakers Show Their Stuff in I.V. Theater

March 7, 2003 by

Thirteen films by UCSB students and alumni will be featured at the Santa Barbara Film Society's second annual Student Film Night tomorrow night in Isla Vista. The show will start at 7:30 p.m. in the I...
read more

KCSB Sale Offers Sound Deals

March 7, 2003 by

Staffers and disc jockeys from KCSB 91.9 FM carted hundreds of archaic, rejected or duplicate CDs and vinyl records from their collection out to Storke Plaza on Thursday and sold them at bargain price...
read more

UC Professors Look to Fish Ears for Answers

March 7, 2003 by

Two UCSB researchers have figured out where babies come from and are publishing a book about it.The majority of their research has been an attempt to answer the question, "Where do the babies go?" ref...
read more

‘Books Not Bombs’ Draws Students

March 6, 2003 by

Almost a thousand antiwar protesters marched through UCSB Wednesday as part of a national student peace rally. Between 900 and 1,000 students, staff and faculty members skipped classes and marched fro...
read more

Developers To Give Goleta Building a Facelift

March 6, 2003 by

On Tuesday, the City of Goleta Design Review Board gave preliminary approval to Sares-Regis Group, an Irvine-based developer, for its plan to refurbish the former Applied Magnetics building. Once appr...
read more

Oil Transportation Bill Aims to Reduce Spills

March 6, 2003 by

On Monday, the bill AB 16, authored by Assemblywoman Hannah-Beth Jackson, passed with an eight-to-four vote by the Assembly Natural Resources Committee. The bill would require oil companies to transpo...
read more

Funding Cutbacks May Leave Ballet Group Paralyzed

March 6, 2003 by

The ballerinas and cavaliers of Channel Islands Ballet are hoping for $150,000 dollars in donations this month in order for the company to keep dancing. A severe shortage of funding since Dec. 1 cause...
read more

Father of Columbine Victim Lectures

March 6, 2003 by

Darrell Scott received a standing ovation after giving a presentation of his daughter's life, Rachel Joy Scott - one of 12 victims killed at Columbine High School in 1999. Scott spoke to a packed hous...
read more

Leg Council Reviews Member Attendance Resolution, Funds

March 6, 2003 by

The possible removal of eight Leg Council members because of unexcused absences dominated the agenda of the last meeting of the quarter last night. Representative-at-large Ginger Gonzaga and Off-campu...
read more

March 5, 2003

March 6, 2003 by

An officer patrolling the 6700 block of Del Playa Drive observed a 19-year-old man urinating in a public space approximately 100 feet from the edge of a cliff. The officer noticed a strong odor of alc...
read more

Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust

March 6, 2003 by


read more