News

October 3, 2001

Women Should Take Precautions at Night

By Ladan Moeenziai

There have been 14 total reported sexual assaults this year, and two of the latest incidents involved the predator attacking the victim while the victim was sleeping.

October 3, 2001

Inspector Urges Tenants to Report Poor Housing

By David Downs

Ron Mowlett is the new inspector for the Isla Vista Housing Inspection Program. Since Mowlett started in June, he has handled over 250 cases, ranging from simple permit approval to fining landlords for ignoring substanda...

October 3, 2001

Ordinance Calls for Increased Wages

By Kirk Hawkins Reporter

The proposal calls for an increase in the hourly pay of city workers to either $11 per hour with benefits or $12.25 without benefits.

October 3, 2001

Panel Speaks on Terrorist Attack

By Angela Potter

"A lot of people look to Israel as a model for dealing with terrorism," she said. "If they had the answer, Israel would be a very safe and secure place, which it's not."

October 3, 2001

Lack of Funding Causes Delay in Dual Admissions Program

By Ashley Chapman

A program designed to expand the University of California admissions process and create another option for high-performing California community college students to gain admittance to the UC has been delayed due to a lack...

October 3, 2001

Feature Photo: Lasting Wounds

By Staff

Sophomore environmental studies major Sarah Crowley hangs up a shirt made by a victim of sexual assault as part of the Clothesline Project.

October 2, 2001

A.S. Unable To Satisfy Demands for Funding

By Beth Van Dyke

Associated Students Finance Board started the year with a lot less money than usual, and, in its first meeting of the year, gave away a lot less money than usual.

October 2, 2001

Repairs to I.V. Streets Continue

By Drew Mackie

Dimly-lit, skateboard-mangling sidewalks and uneven, pothole-dotted road surfaces may soon be a distant memory for Isla Vista residents.

October 2, 2001

SB County Receives Money for Ocean Clean-Up

By Lindsay Asbury Reporter

The purity of many Santa Barbara County beaches will soon be refined by two state-funded proposals. Santa Barbara County’s Project Clean Water received $2.5 million from the state this summer for the Clean Beaches ...

October 2, 2001

New Ordinance Would Keep Smokers at 20-Ft. Distance

By Ian McAvoy Reporter

If the ordinance passes at the second hearing on Nov. 20, it will change the county code to prohibit smoking within 20 feet of any area or building where smoking is prohibited, and would go into effect Dec. 20.

October 2, 2001

UC Briefs

By Staff

Residence Hall Elevator Traps Student Makiko Kosaka, a Japanese exchange student, was trapped in a San Rafael elevator late at night on September 25 after the elevator door jammed. She was rescued at approximately 12:45 ...

October 1, 2001

Police Report Second Rape In Two Weeks

By Staff

A 19-year-old Santa Barbara resident was arrested Saturday after allegedly raping a 20-year-old UCSB student.

October 1, 2001

Weekend Accident Kills Bicyclist

By Marisa Lagos

A 17-year-old male was arrested for striking and killing a bicyclist in a stolen car at approximately 5:45 a.m. on Saturday in Goleta.

October 1, 2001

Historical Santa Barbara Bowl Begins Face-Lift

By Michael Russell

"Everything we've known is gone," said Eric Lassen, an architect and the volunteer chair of the Santa Barbara Bowl Facilities Committee.

October 1, 2001

Suspect Robs Local K-Mart, Makes Off With About $300

By Staff

The suspect went through the gardening center entrance and informed the cashier that he had a gun and demanded the money in the cash register.

September 26, 2001

County Requires Cliff Fences

By Rebecca Turek

"I'd like to see somebody there like a designated driver who could monitor the keg and keep an eye out. With free beer, kids can wander into just about any backyard."