News

November 27, 2000

State Official Declares Bush as Florida Victor

By Staff

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.(AP) - Florida's secretary of state certified George W. Bush the winner over Al Gore Sunday night in the state's near-deadlocked presidential vote - but court challenges left in doubt which man will be t...

November 27, 2000

Passenger Train Kills Local Pedestrian

By Staff

A Hispanic male was hit and killed by an Amtrak train Saturday morning while walking on train tracks in Montecito.

November 27, 2000

Editor of ‘Chicken Soup’ Book Series Encourages Students to Explore Life

By Elizabeth Werhane Staff Writer

Though he now lives in Santa Barbara, Jack Canfield grew up in Ohio and West Virginia, later attending Harvard University on a scholarship.

November 27, 2000

UC Campuses Consider Changes to Traditional Summer Schedule

By Ben Ebyam Reporter

In anticipation of Tidal Wave II, UCSB administrators are trying to move more students from beaches to classrooms for future summer sessions.

November 22, 2000

Blood Sample Helps Uncover Cause of Recent Deer Deaths

By Yasmine Abbasov Reporter

Deer have a new enemy: Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease. The virus has already killed more than half of the 300 blacktailed deer in UCSB's Sedgwick Reserve.

November 22, 2000

Online Company Closes as New State Law Bans Sale of Unauthorized Notes

By Christine Bai

The California legislature has decided that lectures are the property of the professors who give them, putting an end to the attempts of some online companies to offer students class notes.

November 22, 2000

Seeing the Light

By Staff

Feature photo

November 22, 2000

Police Blotter

By Staff

From the Reports of the Isla Vista Foot Patrol

November 21, 2000

Faculty Member Faces Scrutiny in Book

By Marisa Lagos

Allegations that anthropologists, including one former UCSB professor, deliberately infected a South American Indian tribe with an epidemic and falsified evidence of violence among the group have sparked fierce debate in...

November 21, 2000

Salvation Army Santas: Eat Your Hearts Out

By Ted Andersen

Pessimists often say one person can't make a difference. Twenty-one-year-old UCSB junior Gabriel Scherger knows he can. The geography and pre-med major's holiday ideology revolves around the notion that one person can ma...

November 21, 2000

Internet Bookseller Goes Under After Facing Fierce Competition

By Curtis Hisayasu

BigWords.com, an online college textbook vendor, shut down on Oct. 20 after laying off close to 100 workers, leaving employees and competitors to ponder the reasons for their demise and the financial promise of selling c...

November 21, 2000

Ambassador Discuses Border Policy

By Katherine Spiers

Mexico's improving economy warrants an open-border policy with the United States, Mexican economist and ambassador Dr. Cassio Luiselli Fernandez told an audience in the Chicano studies conference room yesterday.

November 21, 2000

Tis the Season

By Staff

Feature photo - Students from CalPIRG's hunger and homeless division, including Jennifer Dyball, Tim Poulin, and Lori La Riva, packed almost 300 lunches for the homeless Monday in front of the UCen.

November 20, 2000

University Negotiates Nuclear Labs Contract

By Diana Ray

Debate over the extension and revision of nuclear laboratory management contracts between the University of California and the Dept. of Energy (DOE) has stoked a fire under UCSB professors, who have historically opposed ...

November 20, 2000

Local Charity Raises Record-High amount for Relief Efforts Abroad

By Nallely Campos

Despite tremendous worldwide need for medical equipment, Direct Relief International is working to fill in the gaps for 47 different countries through efforts from its Santa Barbara headquarters.

November 20, 2000

UCSB Men’s Group Sponsors Breast Resource Center’s Cancer Seminar

By Ladan Moeenziai

Determined to undo negative male stereotypes, a group of Latino men helped orchestrate a workshop last weekend designed to teach women the value of preventive care.