By Erika Martin / Friday, November 21st, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: What’s ‘right’ and what’s ‘left’ in national political scene
Bloomberg View’s Cass Sunstein reports on research showing that “partyism” is now an even deeper social division in American society than racism. Political commentator Jonathan Chait thinks that’s just fine: He wouldn’t want his child to marry a Republican.
By Editorial Board / Friday, November 21st, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Tuition hike won’t end calls for reform at UC
A not-so-stealthy issue in the debate over the University of California’s proposed tuition hikes is the growing economic gap between the system’s 10 campuses and the communities they serve.
Resident Kevin Rice announced recently that he is organizing a committee and seeking contributions to support a referendum election to overturn any future city council vote overruling the Airport Land Use Commission’s charge that the General Plan’s Land Use and Circulation Element doesn’t fit the Airport Land Use Plan.
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, November 21st, 2014 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Dubroff: Isla Vista study takes a first crack at changing community culture
Nearly six months after the tragic killings that left seven people dead in Isla Vista, UC Santa Barbara has taken the initial, tentative steps toward re-examining how to better integrate the off-campus community into the rest of the South Coast.
Sitting in public-company-listing limbo with a listing deadline on its current stock price, Thousand Oaks-based energy crop producer Ceres will attempt to continue its numerous pricey research projects by balancing them with new revenue streams.
