News

April 19, 2002

Earth Day Celebration Continues Tradition

By Cameron Balakhanpour

A Union Oil Co. platform stationed six miles off the coast of Summerland suffered a blowout that day. Oil workers struggled for 11 days to cap the rupture.

April 19, 2002

Kermit the Frog Speaks at Bren Grand Opening

By Sarah Gorback

Administrators and a celebrity puppet celebrated the opening of what has been deemed one of the "greenest" buildings in the U.S. and a model for future construction within the UC system at the official opening of the Bre...

April 19, 2002

A.S. Seeks Support to Raise Fees

By Traci Bank

Associated Students, which is $340,000 in debt and lost nearly $1 million in stock market investments over the last year, is asking students for an $8 per quarter tuition increase on the spring ballot.

April 19, 2002

Feature Photo: Baila!

By Staff

Members of Raices de Mi Tierra dance as part of a performance day to promote the lock-in fee for the MultiCultural Center and the Women's Center in Storke Plaza at noon on Thursday. Several different groups performed to...

April 18, 2002

UCSB Research Tops Rankings

By Lisa Cooper

Researchers at UCSB have scored yet another point in the continuing battle against the university's party school image. Several UCSB programs and departments were ranked highly by a U.S. News and World Report list releas...

April 18, 2002

Coming to a Head

By Diana Ray

From dealing with an influx of college applicants to changes in affirmative action to running their own respective industries, these UC Regents are busy. Frequently, too busy to answer the phone.

April 18, 2002

Graduate Files Appeal in Thesis Ban Suit

By Cara Boroda

The bench of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena heard arguments on April 8 from University of California lawyers and Christopher Brown, a former UCSB graduate student of material engineering who sued UCSB facul...

April 18, 2002

Men Against Rape Hold Penis Registration Drive

By Alexis Nelson Reporter

On Wednesday, men lined up at a card table in front of the Arbor to show their support for sexual assault victims by pledging not to be pricks with their penises.

April 18, 2002

UC May Extend Military Employees’ Supplement

By Alex Sohn

University of California employees that have been called to or volunteered for active military service may have to worry about defending their country, but they don't have to worry about pay.

April 18, 2002

UCSB Uses Satellite to Study Rainforest CO2

By Oliver Gunanto Reporter

A state-of-the-art Japanese satellite is helping UCSB researchers to study the Amazon rainforest from the comfort of their own offices.

April 18, 2002

Feature Photo: Isn’t Diversity Scrumptious?

By Staff

April 18, 2002

Feature Photo: A Sign of Protest

By Staff

April 17, 2002

Video Suspects Enter Plea

By Rebecca Turek

Seven of the eight suspects standing trial for the videotaped assault of a Santa Barbara City College freshman pleaded no contest on Tuesday to charges of misdemeanor battery and felony false imprisonment.

April 17, 2002

Alleged Attacker Must Stay in SB

By Cameron Balakhanpour

The Santa Barbara Superior Court denied a motion Tuesday to allow a UC San Diego student accused of stabbing three women with a tranquilizer-filled syringe to return to San Diego for his studies.

April 17, 2002

Delay of Signature Count Continues

By Elizabeth Lovero

Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Thomas Anderle rejected a motion to resume the counting of signatures gathered by the campaign to recall 3rd District Supervisor Gail Marshall on Tuesday.