News

June 26, 2002

Court Sends Attias to Mental Hospital

By Drew Mackie

David Attias, the former UCSB student who was convicted of murdering four people when he struck them with his car, will spend at least the next 180 days in Patton State Hospital.

June 26, 2002

7 Video Assailants Face Jail Time

By Rebecca Turek

Superior Court Judge Frank Ochoa sentenced the remaining seven defendants on June 17 in the videotaped assault case involving a Santa Barbara City College freshman.

June 26, 2002

Nagel Resigns, Regents Agree to Legal Terms

By Sarah Healy

Three top administrators from the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and the Office of Academic Personnel are leaving their positions in July.

June 26, 2002

Congress To Review Bush Plan for UC Labs

By Staff

President Bush proposed the creation of a national research center at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory dedicated to protecting Americans from biological weapons.

June 26, 2002

UCSB Expands 2002 Class Offerings

By Alexis Adkins Reporter

In the second year of state-sponsored Summer Sessions, UCSB is seeing more students, more classes and a new program for incoming freshmen.

June 26, 2002

Marshall Recall Election Likely in November

By Drew Mackie

The campaign working against the recall of 3rd District Supervisor Gail Marshall achieved a critical victory that will likely put the recall election on the November ballot.

June 26, 2002

Careless Co-op Smoker Causes Damaging Fire

By Drew Mackie

The Isla Vista Cooperative will begin reconstruction today after a fire on June 7 caused excessive smoke damage and filled the streets of I.V. with the scent of smoking granola.

June 26, 2002

UC Deliberates Settlement for SAASB Repairs

By Stephanie Tavares

The University of California Regents are tying up litigation with the architectural company responsible for the faulty design of UCSB's Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building.

June 26, 2002

Goleta Files Suit Against Airport Extension Plans

By Kristina Ackermann

The city of Goleta and Santa Barbara ChannelKeeper filed a lawsuit Thursday, June 6 in an attempt to overturn the April 9 decision to expand Santa Barbara Municipal Airport.

June 26, 2002

Students Take Advantage of EMT Experience

By Sarah Gorback

Some students prepare for medical school by studying organic chemistry, taking a Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) prep course or interning at a doctor's office. Others, like the 16 UCSB student emergency medical tec...

June 26, 2002

Prospective Vice Chancellor Awaits UC Approval

By Jason La

The University of California Santa Barbara named an Oregon administrator the new permanent vice chancellor of administrative services earlier this month.

June 26, 2002

Goleta’s New Paper Hits Newstands

By Brendan Buhler

The South Coast Beacon is two issues old today. Tom Bolton and William Macfadyen, the two top editors at a paper of 18, try to explain why they started a 20,000-circulation paper for the new city of Goleta.

June 26, 2002

UC Briefs: June 26, 2002

By Staff

The spoof issue of UC Davis' student-run California Aggie has provoked an outcry that may send the incoming editor in chief searching for a new job.

June 6, 2002

Jury Finds Attias Guilty of Murder

By Marisa Lagos

David Attias showed little emotion on Wednesday afternoon as Judge Thomas Adams read guilty verdicts for all four second-degree murder charges to the former UCSB student and a packed courtroom.

June 6, 2002

Defense Rests Case in Sanity Phase

By Marisa Lagos

David Attias was legally insane when he murdered four people and almost killed a fifth last year, according to two psychiatrists who have testified for the defense.

June 6, 2002