News

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.

October 15, 2001

Suspicious Powder Causes Santa Maria Anthrax Scare

By Curtis Brainard

County Fire and Hazardous Materials personnel and Public Health officials responded to a potential anthrax scare in Santa Maria and Orcutt on Monday afternoon.

October 15, 2001

Goleta Council Candidates Discuss I.V. Annexation at City Incorporation Meeting

By Kirk Hawkins Reporter

On Nov. 6, residents in the 93117 zip code - excluding eastern Goleta and Isla Vista - will be voting on the future of Goleta, Isla Vista and UCSB.

October 15, 2001

Drive Attracts Marrow Donors

By Melissa Booth Reporter

Caucasians have a one in 100 chance of finding a marrow donor match, Latinos one in 100,000, and African-Americans one in 500,000," said Senior global studies major and Nu Alpha Kappa member Felipe Infante.

October 15, 2001

Towers To Increase Cell Phone Reception

By Mike Huffaker Reporter

Workers finished installing a new cell base station on Sunday night that will improve cell phone reception for some students on campus.

October 15, 2001

A.S. Allocates Funding for Children, Discusses Pledge of Allegiance Bill

By Elizabeth Van Dyke

In the last two weeks, Associated Students has given blood and money, and debated God and country.

October 15, 2001

Protestors Gather at Vandenberg AFB

By Elizabeth Lovero

Approximately 50 people gathered in front of Vandenburg Air Force Base on Saturday, Oct. 13, to commemorate the second annual International Day of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space.

October 15, 2001

Author Delivers Speech on Life of Italian Revolutionary

By David Klein Reporter

"If beating up professors was not what Negri had in mind when he had the idea of mass illegality, he should have said so," author and journalist Alexander Stille said.

October 15, 2001

UCSB Briefs

By Staff

UCSB Professor To Help With Trauma Victims Education and psychology professor Larry Beutler will provide training next week for American Red Cross workers who will counsel survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York an...

October 15, 2001

Settlement To Fund Marine Restoration

By Medea Torres

Damage caused to the Channel Islands environment over 30 years ago - when 1,800 metric tons of industrial waste were discharged into coastal waters - is now being addressed in the form of a multi-million dollar settlemen...