California mudslides leave 13 dead, hundreds trapped in Montecito
Incredible mudslides in Southern California slammed everything in sight, leaving a death toll of 13 as of Wednesday morning with over 160 listed as injured. Hundreds of first responders in Santa Barbara County waded More...
University of California-Santa Barbara offers students graphic lessons on oral sex
The University of California-Santa Barbara offers its 24,000-plus students many lessons, including step-by-step instructions on how to master “deep-throating during oral sex.” College Fix chronicled the shocking More...
New Study: Most of Arctic ice loss is due to natural processes, not man made global warming, CO2 levels
While there has been ice loss at the Arctic circle, the role of man, particularly carbon emissions, appears to be less than previously reported. In fact, “between 30-50 percent of the arctic melting is due More...
UC Santa Barbara sets ‘support’ for students distressed by ‘white student union’
UC Santa Barbara has scheduled a meeting for Saturday afternoon meant to allow students distressed by the newly created “UCSB White Student Union” Facebook page “to talk, get support, or express their feelings.” That More...
Global warming blamed for ‘less sex’ and ‘low birth rates’
“It is well documented that global warming poses one of the greatest threats to humanity due to rising sea levels, floods and droughts” begins the analysis posted by the UK’s Independent. Of course, More...
California minimum wage hike won’t help many students, exclude 20 hour week and lower employees
The University of California has been praised for leading the way with a plan to raise the minimum wage of their staff to $15 per hour over the next couple of years. Sadly, most students won’t benefit from More...
California professor, Mireille Miller-Young, pleads ‘no contest’ in assault of pro-life students
Mireille Miller-Young, an associate professor of feminist studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara, entered a plea of nolo contendere (no contest) onThursday to the criminal charges resulting from More...
Princeton student’s possible adverse reaction to Bexsero: What is Rhabdomyolysis?
Just one week after Princeton University administered the second dose of the unlicensed meningococcal meningitis vaccine, Bexsero, and the week the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) began giving the More...
UC Santa Barbara will be offering the meningitis B vaccine, Bexsero, starting Feb. 24
In a follow-up to a story one month ago, The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), who has experienced four cases of meningococcal meningitis group B during a three week time frame in Nov. 2013, will More...
UC Santa Barbara reports fourth case of meningococcal disease
A fourth University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) undergraduate student has been confirmed positive for meningococcal disease, according to a Santa Barbara County Public Health Department (PHD) press release More...
UC Santa Barbara freshman, Aaron Loy, has feet amputated due to meningococcal disease
The University of California, Santa Barbara meningitis outbreak affected three students in recent weeks, in which two have recovered and returned to school. However, one student, a lacrosse player from Carlsbad, More...
Third UC Santa Barbara undergrad confirmed positive for meningococcal meningitis
In a follow-up to a report Wednesday, the Santa Barbara County Health Department announced Thursday the confirmation of a third case of meningococcal meningitis in a UC Santa Barbara undergraduate student. Microbiology More...
UC Santa Barbara reports two cases of meningococcal meningitis
The Santa Barbara County Health Department and the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) issued health advisories this week concerning two confirmed cases of meningococcal meningitis in two UCSB students. Neisseria More...
Early Release Date Announced for Eminem’s new album, Recovery
SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire/ — In an effort to put the eagerly-awaited, officially released new album from Eminem into the hands of fans as soon as possible, the release date for Recovery (Interscope/Aftermath/Shady) More...