News

April 18, 2001

SBRCC Raises Flags for Awareness

By Jennifer B. Siverts

On Tuesday, the Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center lined State Street - from Victoria Street to Cabrillo Boulevard - with purple and black flags in celebration of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

April 18, 2001

Center To Offer Landlord Critiques Online

By Staff

UCSB students and faculty can rate their landlords online this year on the Associated Students Legal Resource Center evaluation web page.

April 18, 2001

Feature Photo: Take Back the Mic

By Staff

Musician Gillian Harwin plays guitar and sings Tuesday at the MCC Theater during a performance for Take Back the Night, which included an open mic.

April 16, 2001

Students Begin Campus, IV Bike Sharing Program

By Medea Torres

Craig Collins spent Monday giving away bicycles on Del Playa Drive and Sabado Tarde Road."A lot of people I ask are like, 'Oh God, this guy is crazy,' " Collins said.

April 16, 2001

San Francisco Group Donates Flag To SB’s Gay Community

By Ladan Moeenziai

Members and supporters of Gay Santa Barbara gathered Saturday to raise one of California's original rainbow gay pride flags in De La Guerra Plaza.

April 16, 2001

‘Broida Expressway’ Future Is Uncertain, Delayed Indefinitely

By Brenda Castillo

A proposed bikepath connecting the Engineering building to Broida Hall will not be completed for five or six more years, if ever, as plans work through the university, a member of the campus bicycle safety committee said...

April 16, 2001

Workers File For Bonuses Today, Bargain In May

By Christine Bai

The Coalition of University Employees (CUE) will begin negotiating its next contract with the University of California in May.

April 16, 2001

Week Highlights Rape Awareness

By Kate Shaw

Students and faculty began to take back the night Monday with a noon rally in Storke Plaza, kicking off a week of sexual assault awareness.

April 16, 2001

Biking on Pedestrian Walkways Will Now Cost Violators $77

By Staff

The fine for riding a bike on sidewalks has gone up $22, from $55 to $77 in the last month.

April 16, 2001

Feature Photo: Up Next on VH1 Divas …

By Staff

Musician Veena Jayanthi thanks the audience during her instrumental veena performance Sunday night in the MCC Theater.

April 16, 2001

Real Stories of the Isla Vista Foot Patrol

By Staff

Your weekly round up of only the best drunken encounters in Isla Vista.

April 13, 2001

Party System Draws Varying Responses From A.S. Hopefuls

By Diana Ray

The new political parties in Associated Students are under attack - by candidates inside and outside the party system.

April 13, 2001

The Volunteer Job That Calls at 4:03 a.m.

By Erin James

The girl is curled up on a sofa much too small to lie down on. The room seems much too small to fit us all in, or at least, much too small to fit me in. Immediately I feel like a voyeur, a spectator in the most painful m...

April 13, 2001

Friends, Family Mourn Loss of UCSB Lecturer

By Alex Sohn

On Friday, April 14, students, friends and family gathered in memory of the 42-year-old Murray at the RecCen Garden Court. Murray died in an auto accident along Highway 154 on March 20.

April 13, 2001

Rally To Begin ‘Take Back the Night’ Week

By Ladan Moeenziai

Multiple Santa Barbara groups will unite next week to bring the crimes of rape and sexual assault to the community's attention.

April 13, 2001

Judge Orders Enron to Stay With UC Contract

By Staff

A federal judge in San Francisco issued an injunction against Enron Energy Services on Wednesday to keep the company from altering an energy-billing contract with the University of California.