News

May 3, 2002

Feature Photo: Ready to Rumble

By Staff

Two-time champion Alex Osante and Dustin Graybell weigh in at Woodstock's for Pi Kappa Alpha's Fight Night XI. The event is tonight in the Thunderdome.

May 3, 2002

Feature Photo: The Partridge Family, Revisioned

By Staff

Hal Kopeikon, a professor in the UCSB Psychology Dept., plays bass in the I.V. garage band K, which includes his two sons Zak (middle) and Mason (left), with family friend Aaron on drums. The band, played Thursday at Gio...

May 3, 2002

UCSB Briefs: May 3, 2002

By Staff

Gov. Gray Davis authorized an education bond package April 26 that will allocate $23.35 billion to improving physical facilities of public schools throughout the state; it is the largest such package in California histor...

May 3, 2002

Saturday Night Block Party Offers Alcohol-Free Alternative

By Alissa Anderson Staff Writer

For those looking to party on a block other than 6600 Del Playa Drive, the second annual Isla Vista Block Party will take place Saturday night to provide an alcohol-free event for the community.

May 3, 2002

Board Supports Need for Admissions Exams

By Alexis Adkins Reporter

The UCSB division of the Academic Senate unanimously endorsed a proposal to continue the use of standardized tests in the University of California admissions process on Thursday.

May 1, 2002

Naked as a Jaybird … and Sounding Twice as Sweet

By Angela Potter

People like to sing naked. In the shower, in bed ... you get my point. So it seems only natural that some of the best singers at UCSB should be in Naked Voices, the a cappella student group at UCSB.

May 1, 2002

D.A. Expects to Charge 2 Grad Students

By Diana Ray

The Santa Barbara County District Attorney expects to file felony charges today against two graduate students in the Chemistry Dept. for possession of an illegal substance suspected to be Ecstasy.

May 1, 2002

Parking Fees Could Rise

By Justin Scott

If Chancellor Henry Yang listens to his advisory committee, undergraduate students will have to pay for weekend and nighttime parking starting July 1 in order to generate funding for the expansion of on-campus parking fa...

May 1, 2002

UC Unions Unite for May Day Protest

By Sarah Healy

University of California union representatives and students gathered in Storke Plaza on the first of the month to celebrate International Workers Day, or May Day.

May 1, 2002

Homeless Ignore Ordinance

By Elizabeth Lovero

A new ordinance that prohibits sleeping and camping in Isla Vista parks hasn't persuaded local homeless to take down their tents.

May 1, 2002

Overhaul of Los Carneros Bridge To Start in 2003

By Kirk Hawkins Staff Writer

The Los Carneros Road overpass will be rebuilt in the next year - as soon as the Goleta City Council determines whether or not it is responsible for overseeing the task.

May 1, 2002

GSA Confirms Elections, New Constitution

By Monica Berletti

The Graduate Students Association met Wednesday to unanimously instate its newly revised constitution, although changes to the graduate health insurance plan were postponed.

May 1, 2002

State to Consider Bill to Track Oil

By Kristina Ackermann

The State Assembly Appropriations Committee passed a bill last Wednesday that will allow the state to more closely monitor the marine transport of petroleum and refined oil off the coast of California.

May 1, 2002

By Ladan Moeenziai

The suspect looked at the officers and yelled, "Fuck yeah! Woo-hoo!" and ran along the side of a parked car, where he slipped and fell.

May 1, 2002

Feature Photo: As Good As it Gets?

By Staff

A student peddles past the steps of Physical Sciences South along a mock Broida Expressway laid out with Duct Tape. The path appeared two days ago and runs from Broida Hall to Engineering II.

April 30, 2002

State To Vote on Privacy

By Cameron Balakhanpour

A proposal by UC Regent Ward Connerly that would eliminate "race" check-boxes on employment forms, police records and UC applications by 2005 has drawn criticism.