News

January 17, 2002

Winter Olympics 2002 Torch

By Ashley Chapman

Yesterday two members of the UCSB community represented themselves, their university and their country as they served as torchbearers in the Olympic Torch Relay.

January 17, 2002

Ordinance Wins Initial County Vote

By Ladan Moeenziai

In a victory for renters, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors passed the first reading of the renters' rights ordinance by a 3-2 vote on Tuesday.

January 17, 2002

Architects Outline I.V. Redesign Plan for PAC

By Jesse Jardim

At the meeting, Envision Design - the Berkeley-based architectural firm hired by Santa Barbara County to head I.V.'s redevelopment plan -proposed an outline for the future of I.V.

January 17, 2002

Laser Provides New Way to Locate Star

By Josh Braun

The first hydrogen bomb, developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, was many times brighter than the sun. Now LLNL has introduced a new phenomenon: a virtual star.

January 17, 2002

A.S. Reimburses Republican Group

By Traci Bank

The College Republicans have been allocated $1,250 for a lecture last November, after Associated Students Legislative Council and A.S. Finance Board debated the issue over the past two weeks.

January 17, 2002

CalEng Seeks Satellite Office On SB Campus

By Rachel Wohlander

Representatives of an undergraduate engineering journal at UC Berkeley are looking to UCSB as a possible satellite office and contributor for their quarterly publication.

January 17, 2002

Plans for UC Merced Need Regents Approval

By Diana Ray

Two regent committees recommended approval of several key planning and development items for the new UC Merced campus, scheduled to open in fall 2004, during the University of California Board of Regents meeting yesterda...

January 17, 2002

Feature Photo: Take the Torch and Run

By Staff

January 16, 2002

DA Did Not OK Wiretap on Campus

By Sarah Healy

If Executive Chancellor Ilene Nagel's office phone was interfered with, as she claims it was last year, it could only have been done illegally by a person familiar with the UCSB phone system.

January 16, 2002

Cottage May Cut Goleta Hospital Care

By Kirk Hawkins Staff Writer

Cottage Health System, which owns and operates the Cottage Hospitals in Goleta, Santa Ynez and Santa Barbara, is predicting a $4 million loss in the coming year at the Goleta Valley location due to a low use of inpatient...

January 16, 2002

Tutoring Program Assists Local Elementary Students

By William Paisley Reporter

With 130 volunteers going into Isla Vista and Goleta homes to tutor children every week, the Community Affairs Board (CAB) Family Literacy Program is now enjoying the highest rate of success in its history.

January 16, 2002

Court Sentences Tyler for Burglary, Assault

By Rebecca Turek

Twenty-year-old Lompoc resident Ted Tyler was sentenced to five years and four months in state prison after pleading guilty to two felony charges in superior court on Dec. 3.

January 16, 2002

UC Cuts Will Not Impact Professors’ Grants

By Traci Bank

Although Gov. Gray Davis' recently proposed budget would cut UC research funding, the UCSB Research Department is confident that grant money for professors will not be affected.

January 16, 2002

Feature Photo: Wok Rock

By Staff

Justin Badger, the lead singer of the band Stir Fry, serves up some ska and modern rock for a crowd of around a hundred Tuesday afternoon in Storke Plaza.

January 15, 2002

Police Investigate Murder

By Marisa Lagos

Jacqueline High, a 56-year-old woman, was found dead at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Sunday at Diamonds and Rust Bijoux Etc., a thrift shop on Haley Street in downtown Santa Barbara.

January 15, 2002

New Tobacco Law Limits Smoking Space

By Drew Mackie

Smokers who want to enjoy their tobacco while maintaining compliance with county law will now find themselves barely within shouting distance of their favorite bar or restaurant.