News

October 22, 2001

Feature Photo: A Green House Effect

By Staff

October 19, 2001

Budget Cuts Influence UC Staff Wages

By Jennifer Bentley

University of California academic employees will be receiving a smaller living wage increase this year because of a downward trend in the economy, with the possibility of additional budget cuts in the near future.

October 19, 2001

ResNet, U-mail Take Anti-Virus Measures

By Lisa Cooper

Though computer viruses plague UCSB student computer networks on and off campus, network technicians are providing services to help students protect themselves.

October 19, 2001

UCSB Plans More Housing for Grad Students, Faculty

By Stephen Hall

Campus housing project plans are in the works as UCSB continues the struggle to accommodate faculty, graduate students and student families in need of inexpensive living quarters.

October 19, 2001

Feature Photo: Four-Car Fender Folly

By Staff

October 18, 2001

Task Force Debates Possible GE Changes

By Sarah Gorback

The Academic Senate is considering revising the university's general education requirements, which would narrow choices in some areas but allow students to take more electives.

October 18, 2001

UC To Face Budget Cut for ’02-’03

By Ted Andersen

After seven years without raising undergraduate student fees, the regents talked of fee hikes along with a host of possible cost-cutting methods Wednesday in their meeting at UC San Francisco.

October 18, 2001

UCSB Researchers Discover Island Off SB Coast

By Sarah Healy

Researchers at UCSB recently discovered a submerged island off the Santa Barbara coast, which has been named Isla Calafia after a mythical queen who once ruled a Utopian island of beautiful, warrior women.

October 18, 2001

Feature Photo: Laying It Out for Tibet

By Staff

October 17, 2001

Fight Breaks Out During Party at I.V. Fraternity

By Rebecca Turek

According to the Isla Vista Foot Patrol police report, officers found 19-year-old Ryan Smith sitting on the curb in front of the fraternity house holding a towel to his lower lip. An approximately two-inch-long laceratio...

October 17, 2001

Court Postpones Rape Suspect’s Arraignment

By Marisa Lagos

Rape and kidnapping suspect Luis Canseco will not be arraigned until Thursday, after a judge continued the hearing to allow the defendant time to consult with a public defender.

October 17, 2001

UCSB Considers Escort Service for Minority Students

By Rachel Wohlander

The Graduate Students Association (GSA) is proposing an escort service for Middle Eastern and minority students who feel threatened by backlash from the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pe...

October 17, 2001

Police Report

By Staff

A Cop’s “Intuition” At approximately 12:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 14, Isla Vista Foot Patrol deputies patrolling the 6600 block of Del Playa Drive observed an 18-year-old female staggering eastbound an...

October 17, 2001

Feature Photo: Dippity-Doo-Dah

By Staff

October 15, 2001

Detectives Arrest Rape Suspect

By Marisa Lagos

Luis Canseco, a 31-year-old Isla Vista resident, was arrested Friday, Oct. 12 on suspicion of rape and kidnapping, following a weeklong police investigation.