News

May 22, 2002

“I Was Never Afraid David Would Hurt Other People”

By Drew Mackie

Diana Attias, the mother of David Attias, testified in court on Tuesday that the ordeal of raising her son, whom she characterized as "sickly" and "inconsolable," wore on her patience and tested her skill as a mother.

May 22, 2002

SB Judge To Rule on Validity of Signatures

By Ladan Moeenziai

Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Thomas Anderle is expected to deliver a final ruling Wednesday on the legality of the signatures gathered for the recall effort against 3rd District Supervisor Gail Marshall.

May 22, 2002

Oceanic Toxin May Be Killing Marine Life

By Cara Boroda

The animals may have become sick by eating schooling fish or shellfish contaminated with domoic acid, a naturally occurring toxin that may also cause human illness.

May 22, 2002

Non-profit Group To Help Preserve Ellwood Mesa

By Kirk Hawkins Staff Writer

At its meeting last night, the council unanimously selected the Trust for Public Lands, a national non-profit land conservation organization, to help negotiate tax credits that would facilitate the transition of Ellwood ...

May 22, 2002

Three IVFP Officers To Receive Guerry Award

By Marisa Lagos

Three Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers will receive the distinguished H. Thomas Guerry Award this afternoon. Officer Mark Signa, one of six officers assigned to the Foot Patrol from the University of California Police Dep...

May 22, 2002

Feature Photo: You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out

By Staff

Sophomore sociology major John Borncamp learns the correct method for condom application at the Safer Sex Fair on Tuesday afternoon in Storke Plaza. The UCSB Sexual Health Peers organized the event, which featured free c...

May 21, 2002

Defense Begins Case

By Marisa Lagos

David Attias' defense team began to lay out their case Monday with testimony from Matthew State, a psychiatrist who treated the defendant when he was 13.

May 21, 2002

UC EAP Attracts More Students for 2002-03

By Angela Potter

More University of California students are going abroad next year than ever before.

May 21, 2002

UCs Collaborate on Survey to Examine Students’ Experiences

By Beth Van Dyke

The University of California has received approximately 17,000 responses from students participating in a survey that could potentially impact future undergraduate education and is the first general survey and largest we...

May 21, 2002

By Staff

The officers arrested her for public intoxication and asked for her name and birthdate. She told the officers that her birthdate was "none of your business."

May 21, 2002

Feature Photo: You Gonna Report This?

By Staff

Grafitti exclaiming, "Tops to UCSB: No Reporting Misdemeanors," appears on the roof level of HSSB.

May 20, 2002

Supervisors To Vote on Public Nuisance Ordinance May 28

By Blake Buford

If the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Dept. gets its way, Del Playa Drive parties may become invitation-only.

May 20, 2002

Police Warn UCSB Campus to Keep an Eye Out for Former Student

By Marisa Lagos

Samuel Strelitz, a former UCSB student, was convicted on May 16 of interfering with, delaying and obstructing a peace officer and for trespassing on the UCSB campus, according to campus police.

May 20, 2002

Culture Week Unites Asian Ethnicities

By Jessica Jardine

Roughly 45 different ethnicities fall under the continental designation Asian, including Filipinos, Vietnamese, Indian, Tibetan, Chinese, Korean and Japanese peoples.

May 20, 2002