News

March 9, 2001

UC Berkeley Rally Calls for Affirmative Action

By Eric Simons

Thousands of students filled Berkeley's Sproul Plaza on Thursday to call for the return of Affirmative Action in California.

March 9, 2001

’70s Pro-Choice Plaintiff in Roe v. Wade To Speak on New Pro-Life Stance

By Ladan Moeenziai

Norma McCorvey, "Jane Roe" in the 1973 United States Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, will speak in Isla Vista Theater on Sunday at 7:30 p.m.

March 8, 2001

Campus Mourns by Candlelight

By Brendan Buhler

Miyaka Geh died last month. Wednesday night, under the first clear sky in days, over 100 friends gathered around the Reflecting Pool to remember a woman they said was remarkably beautiful, outgoing and kind.

March 8, 2001

County Revokes Lease Due to Boy Scout Policy

By Ladan Moeenziai

After being granted the privilege to refuse membership to homosexuals, the Santa Barbara Boy Scouts hope the county will not discriminate against their group.

March 8, 2001

Leg Council Covers Future Fee Increases, SP-1 Debate

By Angela Potter

In their final meeting of the quarter, Associated Students Legislative Council prepared for the Spring Elections by placing a measure for more money on the ballot.

March 7, 2001

Attias Pleads Not Guilty to 15 Charges at Arraignment

By Marisa Lagos

UCSB freshman David Attias pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning to four counts of murder, four counts of vehicular manslaughter, five counts of felony driving under the influence with injuries and two counts of assault.

March 7, 2001

UC Berkeley Paper Apologizes for Running Controversial Ad

By Staff

The UC Berkeley Daily Californian is under fire from student groups objecting to a recent full-page advertisement titled "Ten Reasons Why Reparations for Slavery is a Bad Idea - And Racist Too."

March 7, 2001

A.S. To Request Increase in Students’ Fees

By Brendan Buhler

Money can't buy everything, but Associated Students Legislative Council is preparing to ask the campus for more financial flexibility tonight.

March 7, 2001

UC Briefs

By Staff

Investigators are still trying to determine if UC Davis student Andrew V. Wieman was murdered or committed suicide.

March 5, 2001

SB Fire Chief Cites Inadequate Preparations on UCSB Campus

By Brendan Buhler

Fire Chief John Scherri said the university has expressed little interest in helping to pay $1 million for a new fire truck and another full-time firefighter - measures he said are necessary to potentially save student l...

March 5, 2001

DP Fall Victim Named; SBCC Student Dies in ‘Saltwater Drowning’

By Marisa Lagos and Jennifer B. Siverts Staff Writers

The victim who fell from a Del Playa Drive balcony Saturday night has been positively identified as 20-year-old Clint McDonnell.

March 5, 2001

FAFSA: My Anti-Drug; Removal of Aid Sparks Congress Battle

By David Downs

Drug War promoter Mark Souder, R-Ind., has leveled his legislative guns at the financial aid of hundreds of thousands of college students, but anti-drug war activists nationwide are taking their own potshots and mounting...

March 5, 2001

Environmental Group Helps Homeless, Local Shoreline

By Eric Simons

Alan Hunterman says he'd clean up the beach below Del Playa Drive whether he got paid or not.

March 5, 2001

Party-Goer Accidentally Falls to Death During Party at Del Playa Residence

By Jennifer B. Siverts

An unidentified male was pronounced dead on the scene Sunday morning after falling from a Del Playa Road balcony.

March 5, 2001

Conference Is Held in Honor of UCSB Physicist

By Eric Simons

The weekend meeting, called "Heterototic Dreams and Asymptotic Visions: The 60th Birthday Celebration for David Gross," featured speakers on topics such as black holes, string theory, M-theory and inflation theory.

March 2, 2001

Community Grieves Together at Campus Memorial

By Jennifer B. Siverts

Thursday was a day of remembrance for approximately 5,000 people who gathered to celebrate the lives of the four victims of Friday night's fatal incident.