News

May 25, 2001

Advisory Board Endorses Overnight Parking Plan

By Kim Sadler

As housing prices in Santa Barbara County continue to skyrocket, two local organizations are lobbying local government to allow the homeless to use their cars as makeshift motels.

May 25, 2001

Feature Photo: Lady of the Lake

By Staff

Senior dance major Alyssia Hook performs her final dance project in a wet suit, swim cap and goggles in the Reflecting Pool in Stork Plaza on Thursday afternoon.

May 25, 2001

Feature Photo: Little Drummer Boys

By Staff

Members of Kapatirang Pilipino Julius Sambajon and Josh Riturban perform Balangbang to approximately 400 people at the Lantern Festival on Thursday afternoon in Corwin Pavilion in culmination of Asian Culture Week.

May 24, 2001

Leg Council Passes the Torch

By Angela Potter

It was out with the old and in with the new last night at the first meeting of the 2001-02 Associated Students Legislative Council.

May 24, 2001

New Plans for Sewage To Keep Coast Cleaner

By Ian White

The State Water Resources Control Board approved a $425,600 grant May 18 to fund an environmental impact report for a sewer system in the Carpinteria area.

May 24, 2001

Local Officials Arrest Santa Maria Woman for Abandoning Newborn

By Marisa Lagos

A newborn baby found in a trashcan at about 5 a.m. Wednesday in a Santa Maria apartment complex is in good condition at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.

May 24, 2001

Council Reviews Marine Sanctuary Changes

By Ted Andersen

After two years of attempted collaboration between local environmentalists and fishermen, plans to extend the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary are still floundering.

May 24, 2001

New UCSB Website Acts As Sex Reference for Viewers

By Alison Dougherty

Students have been working on a virtual "sex encyclopedia" for the past two quarters with Sociology professors John and Janice Baldwin.

May 23, 2001

Activists Protest UC Investment in Petroleum Company

By Angela Potter

Community members and Students for a Free Tibet protested the University of California Board of Regents' investment in BP Amoco Tuesday.

May 23, 2001

‘IVTV’ Airing Stalled Due to ‘Obscene’ Fellatio in New Episode

By Ladan Moeenziai

An IVTV episode originally scheduled to air May 9, and postponed after Channel 17 questioned its graphic nature, will be broadcast this evening.

May 23, 2001

Feature Photo: One Dildo at a Time

By Staff

Sophomore psychology major Nancy Jones demonstrates condom application techniques at the Annual Safe Sex Fair on Tuesday afternoon in Storke Plaza.

May 22, 2001

‘Paper Bullets’ Rip Through Campus, Kip Fulbeck Discusses Hapa Culture

By Jennifer Bentley

Kip Fulbeck, a UCSB professor and award-winning author, will read tonight at 7 in the MultiCultural Center from his book Paper Bullets, a novel based loosely on his own life.

May 22, 2001

Woman Disappears Camping

By Staff

Lanora Sue Loyd, a 49-year-old Goleta resident, has been missing since Thursday, May 17, when she was last seen leaving the Upper Oso campground alone.

May 22, 2001

Res Hall Restroom Re-Opens After Long Week for Students

By Stephen Hall

UCSB maintenance re-opened a bathroom in Santa Rosa Residence Hall after a week with the door locked in response to vandalism.

May 22, 2001

Feature Photo: A Flying Piece of History

By Staff

Curious visitors, young and old, come to the Santa Barbara Airfield to climb aboard Sentimental Journey, a World War II-era B-17 bomber.

May 22, 2001

Feature Photo: I’ve Got the Hippie-Hippie Shake

By Staff

Robyn Bachini, a member of Iaorana Te Otea, performs a traditional Polynesian dance in Storke Plaza on Monday at noon as part of several performances to mark the start of Asian/Pacific Islander Culture Week.