News

October 16, 2002

I.V. Recycling Rate Increases, Fails to Match Rest of County

By Sara Smith

Santa Barbara County currently recycles 59 percent of its solid waste according to the most recent annual report from 2000. However, the report also states that the rate of recycling in Isla Vista is still significantly ...

October 16, 2002

Isla Vista Gears up for Halloween

By Marisa Lagos

The I.V. Foot Patrol historically steps up enforcement at the start of the school year, during what it calls the "Fall Education Period," and makes its presence felt even more on the days before and after Halloween.

October 16, 2002

Marshall Asks for Input on Park Restroom

By Jennifer B. Siverts

Tonight's Isla Vista town hall meeting has on its agenda a discussion on the placement of a proposed public restroom to alleviate problems of public urination and defecation.

October 16, 2002

Local Wildlife Reserve Also Welcomes People

By Katie Sowell

The thrills of Isla Vista attract most UCSB students, but some choose to venture beyond Del Playa Drive and Sands Beach to explore the Coal Oil Point Reserve.

October 16, 2002

Tenacious Tar Sticks Around

By Courtney Weaver

Due to the high presence of tar, walking on Santa Barbara beaches can quickly become a sticky situation. But before you call the Environmental Protection Agency and start protesting oil drilling off the coast, there are ...

October 16, 2002

October 16, 2002

By Staff

On Friday, Oct. 11 at 10:39 a.m., IVFP officers responded to a report that someone was spitting in customers' food at Burger King on the 900 block of Embarcadero Del Mar.

October 15, 2002

MCC Fee Wins; A.S. Fails

By Stephanie Tavares

In UCSB's first-ever online election, students reaffirmed their support for the MultiCultural Center lock-in fee, but were less supportive of the Associated Students' base fee increase, which failed.

October 15, 2002

Employees Walk Out on UCSB

By Nathan Clarke

As offices around campus shut down and cars honked to support strikers Monday, UCSB made it through the first of three days without many of its clerical workers and lecturers.

October 15, 2002

UCSB Smokers May Have to Step Back

By Missy Maynarich

The Tobacco Control Ordinance, which bans smoking within 20 feet of businesses in Isla Vista and other unincorporated areas of Santa Barbara County, was passed in November 2001.

October 15, 2002

A.S., Marshall Approve New Blue Phones

By Kristina Ackermann

Third District County Supervisor Gail Marshall is working with the Associated Students Safety Committee to identify appropriate locations for blue light emergency phones.

October 15, 2002

Police Cite Eight at DUI Checkpoint

By Jennifer B. Siverts

The UCSB Police Dept. and California Highway Patrol set up the Driving Under the Influence checkpoint on El Colegio Road between Stadium Road and Ocean Road from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m.

October 15, 2002

Robot ‘Judy’ Center of Futuristic Theater Piece

By Travis Cannell

As computers continue to become faster, smaller and cheaper, some cognitive scientists wonder if tomorrow's computers will ever match human intelligence and become self-aware.

October 15, 2002

Pentagon Thrusts Missile into Pacific Sky

By Josh Braun

The strange lights in the Santa Barbara sky last night were not indicative of the second coming. They were, however, the latest in a series of missile defense tests held at Vandenberg Air Force Base in north Santa Barbar...

October 14, 2002

C.U.E., UC-AFT To Begin Strike

By Cara Boroda

The Coalition of University Employees and the University Council-American Federation of Teachers will begin a systemwide strike this week after recent negotiations with the University of California failed.

October 14, 2002

Plover Summer of Love Yields 14 Hatchlings

By Drew Mackie

The endangered western snowy plovers of Isla Vista's Sands Beach hatched 16 chicks from nine nests between the months of March and July. Of the 16 chicks, 14 survived to adulthood.

October 14, 2002

Downtown Celebrates Coming Out Day

By Sara Smith

Approximately 20 people celebrated National Coming Out Day on Friday at 5:30 p.m. at Plaza Del Mar Park in downtown Santa Barbara to support each other and reach out to those still in the closet.