News

January 14, 2002

Panel To Display Design for I.V. Peace Memorial

By Shannon Steiner Reporter

After six years of planning, the design for a monument honoring peaceful protestors will be exhibited at a discussion panel today at noon in Corwin Pavilion.

January 14, 2002

Feature Photo: Take Me to Your Weeder

By Staff

Jeff and Lise Goddard from UCSB's Marine Science Institute document the frequency of sargassum muticum, or strangleweed, which was introduced to the area through Japanese oyster shipments in the 1940s.

January 11, 2002

Students Gather for Memorial

By Sarah Healy

Although Leo Lydon had only attended UCSB for about three months, the approximately 250 students who showed up for his memorial Thursday night proved the positive affect one person can have on others in a short time.

January 11, 2002

Family Members Remember Vibrant Spirit of Leo Lydon

By Angela Potter

Leo Lydon is remembered by those who knew him as a funny, witty and positive guy who above all else, loved life. Lydon, a freshman communications major, died Jan. 7 due to natural causes.

January 11, 2002

Leo Lydon’s Letter

By Staff

If I am not here then you are too late, I am gone and as you read this I do not want you to reflect on my last actions, but reflect upon any joy that I have brought you.

January 11, 2002

Libertarians File Suit Over Secret IVRPD Meeting

By Victoria Hassid

The Libertarian Party of Santa Barbara allege that several members of the board and 3rd District Supervisor Gail Marshall held a secret meeting in IVRPD Chairman Ariana Katovich's backyard.

January 11, 2002

California Begins Year With New State Laws

By Lana Burrows

The new year rang in with 948 new California State laws, effective Jan. 1, that deal with labor, guns, civil rights, health, education, taxes and public safety.

January 11, 2002

Four Vie for SB County Sheriff Position

By Michael Porzucki

As the March election nears, four candidates have stepped up to fill the position of Santa Barbara County Sheriff in a hard-fought campaign amidst contentious endorsements.

January 11, 2002

UCSB Briefs

By Sarah Gorback, Angela Potter

UCSB Nobel Prize Winner Awarded Top Engineering Medal UCSB professor and Nobel Prize winner Herbert Kroemer has been awarded the 2002 Medal of Honor by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Kroemer was g...

January 10, 2002

UCSB Cuts Available Parking

By Diana Ray

Parking services restricted 218 parking spaces previously available to C permit holders - mostly students - to staff (S) and faculty (A) permit holders during Winter Break.

January 10, 2002

Plover Researchers To Request Fence Funding

By Eric Simons Staff Writer Rebecca Turek Staff Writer

UCSB's Coal Oil Point Reserve will turn in an application for a grant this Friday to pay for permanent fencing around the habitat of endangered western snowy plovers on Sands Beach.

January 10, 2002

Capps Advocates Support for International Students

By Drew Atkins

Capps said foreign students were important to America's diversity and progress, and their rights needed to be respected as security measures increase.

January 10, 2002

New Pump House Improves EEMB Seawater Access

By Stephanie Tavares

After 18 months of construction and $9.2 million in state money, the Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology Department now has access to some of the freshest water for research - freshest salt water that is.

January 10, 2002

SB Youth Arrested For Possession of Illegal Explosives

By Ladan Moeenziai

A Santa Barbara High School student was booked into juvenile hall on Monday, after Sheriff's deputies found enough materials at his home to make at least four pipe bombs.

January 9, 2002

North Couty Group Seeks Redisticting

By Elizabeth Lovero

Citizens for County Organization (CCO) is seeking to create a new county north of the Santa Ynez Mountains as a solution to increasing population and what it perceives to be cultural differences in the rural area and a m...

January 9, 2002

City Council Debates Zoning

By Kirk Hawkins Staff Writer

One month away from incorporation, the new city of Goleta is tackling development right off the bat: a proposed housing project, called the Village at Los Carneros.