GOVERNMENTAL OPTIONS IVCEC ID IVCEC RECOMMENDATIONS UCSB’s PROGRESS/ACTIONS TAKEN NUMBER RESPONSE GO01 A governmental options study to examine the A No action taken. feasibility of cityhood and other governmental forms available to the community and to explore mechanisms available for safeguarding meaningful representation of various community groups. GO02 Development of structures for grassroots AM ♦The university participated in several grass-roots groups that addressed major education and participation in Isla Vista: community issues: the monthly Project Area Committee meetings and charrettes, the Landlord/Tenant Advisory Committee and Isla Vista Alcohol and Other Drug Council, the Isla Vista Children and Family Tenants’ Union, Public Safety Commission, Collaborative, and various town meetings on specific issues, such as community Human Needs Board and Governing Board, safety. In 2004-05, UCSB provided $20,000 in support of IV Master Plan. This was Arts Commission, and Transportation the final payment of a $390,000 commitment. Committee. The Community Housing Office (CHO) held a meeting for property providers in ♦ fall quarter 2004 with 30 people in attendance. The meeting provided a forum for managers and owners to gain current information from the university and the county on housing issues as well as update attendees on CHO’s services. ♦The Isla Vista Tenants Union (IVTU) continued to work in the community providing services to UCSB students who are tenants in Isla Vista, as well as other IV tenants. In addition to educating tenants on their rights and responsibilities, the Tenants Union worked to raise awareness on community issues and served as a community resource. In 2000, UCSB students passed a $1 per quarter lock-in fee which provides operating funds for the IVTU’s educational activities. Projects in 2004-2005 included:
•Participation with local families and students in a campaign to pass Measure D to
create an IV community center during fall 2004. •Participation in the Isla Vista owner/managers meeting on October 20, 2004, that
covered a wide variety of issues such as pre-move-out inspections, Halloween, the Community Housing Office, new model lease, educational programs, and listing
packets for the rental season.
•A membership recruitment drive in fall 2004 by tabling in the Arbor Corridor.
• “The Tenants Speak,” a tenants’ rights workshop was held April 4, 2005, in the
Isla Vista Theatre. Free pizza and sandwiches were served.
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GO02 Development of structures for grassroots AM grassroots organizing strategy, an activist video-making workshop, and an internal education and participation in Isla Vista: election to determine IVTU priorities and commitments. Landlord/Tenant Advisory Committee and •An open house reception held at the IVTU office on May 3, 2005, to revitalize Tenants’ Union, Public Safety Commission, community awareness about the IVTU and present upcoming campaigns, projects Human Needs Board and Governing Board, and commitments. Local residents addressed rent prices, evictions and housing Arts Commission, and Transportation inspection. Committee. •Co-sponsorship of “Co-Opula,” an May 14, 2005, event to bring awareness about the Isla Vista co-operatives such as the Student Housing Co-Op and the Food Co- Op, as well as other alternative and intentional community living for sustainability. •IVTU worked with People United for Economic Justice Building Leadership through Organizing (PUEBLO) to initiate new cooperative projects including a petition to the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors to mandate a “just cause” ordinance in Isla Vista which would require local landlords to provide documented reasoning for evicting a tenant. •A radio PSA informing people of the IVTU resources available to community members to be better informed of their rights. •“Futbol Fiesta” held on July 24, 2005, to enhance visibility between IVTU and Spanish-speaking families living in Isla Vista through soccer games. Tenant’s rights materials were distributed. •Distribution of free disposable cameras to tenants for the purpose of documenting the condition of their apartments upon move-in for security deposit return.
GO03 Full-time community organizer position. AM ♦For the eleventh year in a row, several UCSB staff and student community organizers were employed through the ENLACE project at UCSB and the Isla Vista/UCSB Liaison office. They undertook a number of independent projects and had numerous responsibilities pertaining to Isla Vista, including: •Collaborating with Isla Vista Elementary School to coordinate monthly Latino
Parent Night meetings, arrange for guest speakers, provide outreach and publicity
to the Latino community, and secure business sponsorships of meetings. (See CE12 for complete description of Latino Parent Night meetings.)
•Assisting with the organization of the annual Dia de los Muertos festival. (Please see CE08 for a complete description of Dia de los Muertos activities.) •Participating with other community agencies in providing services to the Latino community in Isla Vista, including the Isla Vista Medical Clinic, Isla Vista Youth
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GO03 Full-time community organizer position. AM Projects and the Isla Vista Teen Center. •Providing information about services and community activities by making home visits and attending parent meetings. Approximately 300 residents benefited from door-to-door visitation. •Providing information to Latino residents and encouraging their attendance at public meetings including the Isla Vista Master Plan meetings. GO04 An administrative position at the University AM ♦In the late 1980s the university created the position of Isla Vista liaison whose dedicated to oversight of Enhancement programmatic duties include helping to connect university resources with community implementations. needs. In 1993 a permanent administrative position was created to assist in the coordination of the university’s interface with Isla Vista; subsequently, these community responsibilities were incorporated into the dean of students’ position. In the past five years, three associate deans of students have been added to the roster of staff members who have responsibilities for aspects of IV life formally included in
their job duties. Additionally, the campus physician and the director of Student Health Service’s Alcohol and Drug Program devote a significant portion of their jobs to the issue of alcohol abuse among students living in IV. ♦In November of 2003 the chancellor established the Isla Vista Action Group (IVAG), whose membership comprised UCSB students, staff, administrators, and faculty as well as Santa Barbara City College and Santa Barbara County government representatives. Under the leadership of Professors Walter Yuen (Academic Senate chair), Catherine Cole, and Harry Nelson, IVAG continued its regular weekly or bi- weekly meeting schedule in 2004-2005. The group sustained efforts undertaken the previous year in support of better communication with Santa Barbara County government officials, Santa Barbara City College leaders, and Isla Vista property owners, merchants, and residents. It also continued its support of two recent initiatives, IV Live and the Magic Lantern Film series, and intensified its focus on the 2004 Halloween weekend in Isla Vista, assuming a central role in the management of the annual event. (Please see PS14.) Most notably, IVAG worked closely with the Major Events Committee to help coordinate a new parking plan that restricted on- campus parking to university-authorized vehicles only over the Halloween weekend. In the spirit of “keeping it local,” the parking plan was adopted in an effort to discourage out-of-town visitors to Isla Vista during Halloween. ♦IVAG also identified and discussed issues relating to Isla Vista that the university could or should address through the creation of a permanent Isla Vista Commission
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that would succeed the more ad hoc IV Action Group. These issues included not just Halloween but also the IV Master Plan, housing stock in IV, community infrastructure, law enforcement, alcohol use, community center, community demographics, commerce, faculty involvement, and arts and cultural programming. The commission was created by the Chancellor on June 10, 2005. GO05 Funding support for any structures that would R ♦The Isla Vista/UCSB Liaison office provided translating and interpreting services enhance community participation in decision for the Spanish-speaking population throughout the year. Translators distributed making and grassroots projects. information and facilitated meetings that covered issues pertaining to the IV community. This program helped the Spanish-speaking population better understand the structure and function of various organizations and services in the community. Over 3,000 community members benefited from these services. (Please see CE12 and GO03 for information on Latino Parent Night.)
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and staff. Students also find roommates through the service. The CHO Web site
had approximately 2300 visits per month. There were about 1350 listings from the community and approximately 4000 students submitted listings during the 2004- 2005 school year. •In 2004-2005, CHO added several features to its on-line rental listing service to increase efficiency, users gained access to pay for their listing on-line using a credit card; features were installed to permit users to upload pictures of their A = Accept AM = Accept With Modifications(s) 2004-05 Enhancement Update (Page 5) R = Reject IVCEC ID IVCEC RECOMMENDATIONS UCSB’s PROGRESS/ACTIONS TAKEN NUMBER RESPONSE
HO03 A comprehensive set of programs to inform A rentals making them available as part of the ad; and a MapQuest service was and educate students on responsibilities, rights added, allowing those searching for housing to find the exact location of the rental and opportunities for renters. by clicking a button. •CHO published its annual Rental Housing Survival Guide that details tenant’s rights and responsibilities as well as resources in the community. A complete copy of the guide was also made available on-line in 2004-05. •CHO provided low-cost move-in and move-out videotaping of rental units for students and property providers. Videotapes serve as legal documents of the condition of a rental unit. More than 145 students and/or property providers signed up for the service between June 2004 and June 2005. CHO worked with property providers to give tenants vouchers for free video taping. •On a quarterly basis, CHO facilitated educational programs on renters’ rights and responsibilities to more than 950 students. Topics included understanding and signing a lease, selecting roommates, being informed about available housing options, budgeting, sub-leasing, getting a deposit back, and more. •CHO continued to participate in Orientation Programs’ workshops and in Parents’ Weekend activities. •On January 25, 2005, CHO held a rental faire for Isla Vista property providers and UCSB students to meet each other. Sixteen property providers participated in the tabling event located in the campus Arbor Corridor. •The Community Housing Office distributed a newsletter to 110 property providers on a quarterly basis. The newsletter included CHO information and happenings, average rental costs, university enrollment figures, legal updates, and current activities and trends in the rental community. ♦As a result of a 2001 Associated Student Legal Resource Center (ASLRC) fee initiative, students had access to free legal consultation for those experiencing disputes with landlords or other legal issues. During the 2004-2005 academic year, two LRC attorneys held regular office hours Monday through Thursday, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., on the second floor of the University Center to assist students with landlord-related issues. The ASLRC attorneys assisted students with reviewing refunds of security deposits, writing letters to landlords regarding disputed issues, preparing for mediations and small claims actions, and educating the students on their rights and responsibilities as tenants. Workshops regarding tenants’ rights during move-in and move-out of apartments were also presented. ♦In November 2004, ASLRC held an emergency informational meeting for students
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to address an overwhelming number of questions and concerns from students being evicted at the beginning of the school year because of the erosion of the Del Playa bluffs. Approximately 30 students attended. (Please see GO02 for information on the Isla Vista Tenants Union and HO07 for landlord/tenant collective bargaining.) HO04 Loans for a housing rehabilitation program. N/A N/A HO05 A full-time inspectorate to ensure N/A ♦The university rented office space at 970 Embarcadero del Mar in Isla Vista to the comprehensive building inspections and total County of Santa Barbara Housing Inspection Program. compliance with building, zoning and health codes. HO06 A housing stock advocacy team to do AM Please see HO03 for a detailed description of the Community Housing Office’s grassroots education for all renters in the numerous community educational efforts. community. HO07 A legal mechanism for landlord/tenant N/A ♦Through a mandatory student fee approved by student voters, Associated Students collective bargaining. continued to support the Isla Vista Tenants Union, a UCSB student organization, providing office space and the conference room at 970 Embarcadero del Mar for its weekly informational meetings. ♦CHO continued to offer mediation services to students, staff, faculty, and their property providers. The primary reason mediation services were sought was to resolve disputes between managers and tenants, as well as disputes among roommates. ♦CHO assisted UCSB students, staff, faculty, and property providers by providing paraprofessional advice on renters’ rights and responsibilities. Those seeking advice called or appeared in-person at the office. The most frequently addressed issues were deposit disputes, roommate conflicts, habitability violations, lease interpretation, changes in the laws, and subleasing. ♦In 2004-2005 the Community Housing Office played an active role as liaison between landlords, tenants, and the County of Santa Barbara, feeding information and mediating conflicts among the interest groups regarding the possible eviction of tenants due to cliff erosion on Del Playa. More than one hundred students and five landlords were served. HO08 A tenants’ union. N/A Please see GO02 for information on the IV Tenants Union. HO09 A landlord/tenant advisory committee to AM Please see GO02 for detailed information on landlord/tenant advisory groups articulate rental housing standards organized by the Community Housing Office. HO10 Affordable housing for low and moderate R N/A income persons.
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HO11 An annual report on the physical condition AM ♦CHO has a “Model Lease Agreement” which continued to be available to campus and management of each apartment complex and community members who chose to use it. and improvement of model lease agreement available at Community Housing. HO12 An on-going survey project to determine AM ♦The Community Housing Office continued to publish and disseminate its quarterly residency patterns, housing conditions and “Where Students Live” report to the campus and community. This report gave a other trends. detailed breakdown of residency patterns throughout Isla Vista and the South Coast. ♦The Community Housing Office also continued to maintain an up-to-date database of landowners in Isla Vista, Goleta and Ellwood which was made available to the public via the county Assessors Office. HO13 Improved visibility of house and apartment R N/A numbers on eaves and curbs (University through its Community Housing Office.)
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biking on the wrong side of the road or on a sidewalk and biking with headphones. ♦The UCSB Police Department continued to participate in the countywide Gang Task Force with the assignment of two officers representing the department. ♦The UCSB Police Department continued to participate on the High Tech Task Force and in the training of a computer forensic examiner. PS03 Special training for the Isla Vista Foot Patrol A No action taken. (e.g. bilingual facility, cultural awareness, cross-generation communication, gender issues, sensitivity to gay issues). PS04 A Public Safety Commission or Board to hold A ♦Representatives of the UCSB Police Department served as a resource on community regular town meetings between law safety issues to the IV Action Group, Isla Vista Community Safety Group and the enforcement and community members. general public. UCSB officers participated in the town hall meetings held throughout the 2004-05 school year in the community of Isla Vista. ♦Four town halls, sponsored by both campus and community organizations including
the Associated Students Commission on Public Safety (AS COPS), IV Commission, IV
Foot Patrol and AS Legal Resource Center, were held during the 2004-2005 academic year. The initial fall meeting centered around student rights and enforcement of alcohol- related laws in Isla Vista. The second forum focused on Halloween safety. The two winter meetings emphasized better communication between IV Foot Patrol officers and UCSB students, and featured a Q & A session with local law enforcement representatives. ♦Members of the IV Foot Patrol made regular, in-person reports to the Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Work Group and Task Force as well as at the UCSB Major Events Committee meetings; their reports summarized community crime statistics, identified trends, and pinpointed problem areas. Reporting officers engaged in dialogue with attendees about local law enforcement. (Please refer to PS14.)
♦In response to increasing enforcement of alcohol-related laws in Isla Vista, the Associated Students Legal Resource Center hosted a town hall and lecture titled, “Know
Your Rights” on October 19, 2004, in Embarcadero Hall. The forum’s goal was to dispel a number of myths that exist around drinking in Isla Vista and to educate students
to make smarter choices when partying. Guest speaker criminal defense attorney William Mackler addressed how students can keep police out of their parties and how citizens should respond to police questioning. ♦Associated Students Commission on Public Safety held a public safety forum at Isla Vista Theater #2 on October 25, 2004, for students and community members. Panel
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PS04 A Public Safety Commission or Board to hold A members included representatives from Campus Police, Isla Vista Foot Patrol, and regular town meetings between law California Highway Patrol. This public forum provided an opportunity for Isla Vista enforcement and community members. residents to interact with law enforcement officials in a question and answer format about safety issues related to Halloween and to become better informed about rules and regulations being enforced Halloween weekend. ♦The Major Events Committee, a chancellor’s advisory committee reporting to the vice- chancellor for student affairs, had responsibility for coordinating the response to Halloween. This committee met on four occasions between July and November, 2004 to discuss and prepare for Halloween. Representatives from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Isla Vista Foot Patrol Office, UCSB Police Department, California Highway Patrol, Associated Students, IV Recreation and Park District, Community Services Organization, Transportation and Parking Services, Facilities Management, Housing and Residential Services, and the Isla Vista Association met with Associate Dean of Students Carolyn Buford to plan and coordinate law enforcement, parking, fencing, student and non-UCSB messages, traffic, and Isla Vista issues and concerns. ♦Associated Students Commission on Public Safety in conjunction with the Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) hosted a two-hour law enforcement town hall meeting on January 31, 2005, in Embarcadero Hall. Attendees were able to meet with and ask questions of officers from several branches of law enforcement, including the IVFP, California Highway Patrol, UCSB Police Department and City of Santa Barbara Police Department. The goal of the forum was to promote open communication between students living in IV and local officers. ♦A second town hall in the form of a Q & A was sponsored by Associated Students Committee on Public Safety and Isla Vista Foot Patrol on February 28, 2005, in IV Theater #2. Designed to offer information and suggestions regarding law enforcement policies, the meeting offered attendees the opportunity to ask the law enforcement representatives questions about legal proceedings, police treatment and other concerns. ♦A new on-site substation for the UCSB Police Department and Community Service Organization (CSO) officers opened in spring 2005 at Francisco Torres (FT) student housing complex. The office, which is located in an empty meeting room along FT's main hall, functioned as a part-time, rather than permanently staffed, office where the UCPD and the CSO departments could complete criminal reports when they needed the extra space. PS05 Adequate traffic guards and other R Implementation completed in 1995. improvements around Isla Vista school.
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PS06 Maintenance of current levels of emergency, AM ♦Current levels of fire and paramedic services were maintained. fire and paramedic services. PS07 A comprehensive sidewalk system. N/A N/A PS08 A non-obtrusive street lighting system N/A No action taken. PS09 An emergency phone system throughout Isla R No action taken. Vista. PS10 A Neighborhood Watch Program as well as A Please see PS14. other grassroots organizations. PS11 Research on effective recreation alternatives AM ♦During 2004-05 the Isla Vista Alcohol and Other Drug Council (IV AOD Council), to alcohol consumption. which was funded by grant, County Alcohol and Other Drug Program, and university support continued its work as a community-campus coalition. Through a community- based prevention model, the council used environmental strategies to reduce the availability and use of alcohol and other drugs, increase public safety, and improve
community health in Isla Vista. Representatives of educational institutions, community agencies, faith-based organizations, law enforcement, UCSB and SBCC students, Isla
Vista residents, property managers, and business owners made up the council.
♦A $100,000 grant awarded by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to the SB County Sheriff’s Department enabled the Isla Vista Foot Patrol to research better methods of keg registration and provide more staff to combat sales of beer to underage patrons at local liquor stores. Casey Hayden, a UCSB student and crime data technician for the Sheriff’s Department, led the pilot program to develop a new keg registration system for IV. As a result of the grant monies, IV Foot Patrol was able to fund the overtime hours for officers, including the assigned UCSB officers, to step up its enforcement of alcohol laws and pursue IV residents who held keg parties where minors were drinking beer.
♦The Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Work Group is a broad-based UCSB-sponsored committee that includes campus and community representatives. The AOD Work Group
worked to coordinate and direct UCSB's comprehensive alcohol and other drug abuse prevention programs. These programs emphasized elimination of harmful alcohol and drug use by UCSB students, high-risk behavior on and off campus, and related violence. Using the Environmental Management Model, the AOD Work Group assessed and made recommendations for campus policy and AOD prevention efforts in the areas of education, early intervention, environmental management, enforcement, and evaluation. During 2004-2005 the UCSB Alcohol and Other Drug Workgroup met five times. On February 2, 2005, the AOD Workgroup devoted its meeting to a student forum and
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PS11 Research on effective recreation alternatives AM discussion of student alcohol use and safety issues on campus and Isla Vista. Discussion to alcohol consumption. and feedback centered on student identification of problems in Isla Vista; what is needed to keep students safer; and how the university can be helpful in these efforts. (Please see full report of the 2004-2006 UCSB Alcohol and other Drug Prevention Program Biennial Review at www.sa.ucsb.edu/ucsb-islavistareport) During 2004-2005 the UCSB Alcohol and Other Drug and Violence Prevention ♦ Taskforce met twice to bring together a broad range of campus and community
members (both Isla Vista and Santa Barbara) to discuss ongoing education and prevention efforts addressing high-risk drinking on campus and in Isla Vista. The first task force meeting was held on November 4, 2004, in the Milton Roisman Jewish Student Center in Isla Vista with attendance of approximately 60 people. The second taskforce meeting was held on May 26, 2005, at the Milton Roisman Jewish Community Center in Isla Vista with approximately 65 people in attendance. During the spring quarter taskforce meeting a group of students performed excerpts from “Readers’ Theater” followed by a student panel which provided a candid discussion of Isla Vista, safety issues and alcohol use among students. ♦On Friday, April 15, 2005, Associated Students Legislative Council and Phi Sigma
Kappa invited officers from the UCSB Police Department and Isla Vista Foot Patrol to
their “Party With the Police” event from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. During the open forum held at the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity house, officers answered questions from a student audience of forty. The goal was to help inform IV residents of laws relating to parties in the area and to hold a party that was completely legal. The fraternity then hosted the Los Angeles-based band Aviatic at 10:00 p.m., which attracted over 300 people to the party. Police officers were invited to return to the house throughout the evening to check on the party; no citations were issued. The event, which cost $681, was sponsored by the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Office, the AS external vice president of local affairs, AS Legislative Council and Phi Sigma Kappa. ♦In its second year, Hillel continued to expand its program, “IV Unplugged,” specifically designed to provide live entertainment in an alcohol-free environment on
Saturday nights. The series of concerts, which was partially funded by the Office of
Student Life alternative social programming mini-grant program, was open to the entire Isla Vista community.
“IV Live,” a weekend performance series at UCSB's Embarcadero Hall in Isla Vista ♦ marked its first anniversary in February 2005. The university-sponsored program featured students and faculty members from all of the university's arts and performance- related departments, including dramatic art and dance, music, film studies, art studio
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PS11 Research on effective recreation alternatives AM and the College of Creative Studies. During 2004-2005, the weekly variety show won to alcohol consumption. national recognition and was featured on a Web site called "Imagining America," which was dedicated to supporting the civic work of university artists, humanists, and designers. IV Live received $17, 615 in funding from the offices of the Chancellor and Executive Vice Chancellor during 2004-2005. (Please refer to PS12, CE03 and CE06 for additional information.) ♦In 2004-05 Isla Vista Arts (IVA) was established as a research subunit of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center. It served as an umbrella organization that unites and promotes a number of artistic and cultural programs in Isla Vista with the intent of providing culturally valuable pastimes to the Isla Vista residents. IVA collaborated with I.V. Live, Magic Lantern Films, Improvability, ASPB Films, and the Middle Eastern Film Series. IVA attempted to bridge the gap between Isla Vista and UCSB by promoting classes and events that are dedicated to Isla Vista life and culture. One of the main features of the IVA website (www.islavista-arts.org) is its list of upcoming events. Seventeen faculty and staff were members of IVA which includes Catherine Cole, dramatic art professor and IVA director, Ellen Anderson, IV Live supervisor, Kris Miller-Fisher, College of Creative Studies lecturer and 3rd district supervisor’s director of special projects, and D.J. Palladino, Magic Lantern Films Producer. (Please refer to CE06 and PS12 for additional social programming information.) PS12 New entertainment opportunities, such as A ♦In spring 2003 UCSB undergraduate students approved the Office of Student Life programming in the IV Theater, as an (OSL) fee initiative, a mandatory student fee of $1.75 fall, winter and spring quarters, alternative to recreational drinking. and $1.00 for the summer to provide funding for student leadership development, first- year student programs and alternative social programming. During the 2004-2005 academic year, the OSL fee continued to be available to fund programs in the three
areas. The majority of the fee was designated as “alternative social programming” funds to provide monetary support to student organizations sponsoring non-alcoholic or non- alcoholic-centered activities and events as an alternative to the party scene in Isla Vista on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. • The Office of Student Life made these funds available to registered student groups via a mini-grant proposal process to student groups. The Alternative Social Programming Committee, a student advisory group representing a variety of student interests, including a member of Students Teaching Alcohol and other drug Responsibility (STAR), oversaw the mini-grant award program. • In 2004-2005 fifty-three student groups received more than $35,000 in funding to present a wide range of activities and programs. Groups presenting programs included Hillel, Computer Gaming Club, Hermanos Unidos, Improv I, Monstrous
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PS12 New entertainment opportunities, such as A Little Productions, Women’s Ensemble Theatre Troupe, Joining All Cultures programming in the IV Theater, as an Together, Iaorana te Otea and Alpha Phi Alpha. Programs included a computer alternative to recreational drinking. gaming tournament, concert, talent show, dance, play and cultural show. • A total of $3050 was awarded to student organizations sponsoring student-initiated social programming in an Isla Vista venue during 2004-2005. The Women’s Ultimate Frisbee student organization presented the film, I Bleed Black, ♦ a documentary about the most notorious and successful college ultimate Frisbee team’s
quest to capture the national championship on Thursday evening, October 23, 2004, in Isla Vista Theater. The group was awarded an OSL alternative social programming mini-grant to help defray costs associated with the event which attracted 60 attendees. ♦The UCSB Alpine Ski Racing Team received an OSL alternative social programming mini-grant to help sponsor a movie screening and premier of two snowboarding films in Isla Vista Theater on Thursday evening, November 18, 2004. One hundred sixty people attended the event. ♦On Saturday, February 5, 2005, Alpha Phi Alpha and Black History Month@UCSB student organizations presented “Showtime at Santa Barbara,” a talent show including poetry, music and a variety of dance genres, with the assistance of an OSL alternative
social programming mini-grant. The event was held in IV Theater and drew two hundred attendees.
♦The ladies of Vocal Motion student organization held their annual “Vocal Motion Spring Concert” on Saturday, May 21, 2005, in Isla Vista Theater. Two hundred fifty
members of the campus and community attended the OSL alternative social programming-funded event. ♦The Project, the premiere of a new surf movie featuring the UCSB Surf Team, was presented by Film Makers Co-op student organization with the support of an OSL alternative social programming mini-grant on Saturday, May 28, 2005, in Isla Vista Theater. Three hundred attended the screening.
♦Drawing upon the popularity of the hit TV show, American Idol to attract a capacity
crowd, IV Live sponsored its own version of the show, IV Idol, in spring quarter 2005.
Auditions were held in April and the competition culminated in June 2005 in
Embarcadero Hall.
♦The Weekend Spotlight was created by the Office of Student Life (OSL) in 2001 as
part of UCSB’s efforts to alter the campus environment through influencing students’
perceptions of their options for having fun and socializing. The Weekend Spotlight
continued during the 2004-2005 academic year. The Spotlight served as a weekend
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PS12 New entertainment opportunities, such as A resource for students looking for things to do on campus, around Isla Vista and in the programming in the IV Theater, as an communities of Goleta and Santa Barbara. The Weekend Spotlight, a half-page ad, alternative to recreational drinking. appeared in the Daily Nexus student newspaper every Thursday and announced events and activities on campus and in the local community scheduled for the upcoming Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. By providing up-to-date listings of events in a broad range of areas from arts and entertainment to sports and recreation, the Spotlight
offered students interesting alternatives to the college party scene. Poster-size copies of the Weekend Spotlight also were distributed on a weekly basis to off-campus privately owned residence halls in Isla Vista as well as Manzanita Village residence hall (which borders Del Playa on one side) as a way to encourage students to take advantage of social and recreational alternatives to alcohol consumption on the weekends. The Weekend Spotlight is available on-line, giving students 24-hour access to UCSB and IV weekend events and activities. In 2004-2005, the Office of Student Life placed twenty- seven ads in the Daily Nexus representing a total cost of $8,000. ♦In September 2004, a special half-page ad entitled, “Life After Dark,” informing freshmen of the availability of hardcopy and on-line resources that advertise and promote late night activities and events which serve as alternatives to the Isla Vista
party scene, was printed in the Discovery Days pre-instructional edition of the Daily Nexus by the Office of Student Life.
♦“Life After Dark” posters and fliers featuring evening events scheduled during fall pre-instruction, September 20-22, 2004, were posted at all on-and off-campus residence halls and distributed around campus. A sampling of weekend late night options scheduled as part of the Discovery Days week of welcome included a dance, film screening, lecture, comedy act, concert, movie at the lagoon, and musical performance. ♦In winter and spring quarters of the 2004-2005 academic year, Instructional Resources and the Embarcadero Hall staff provided a full range of services to the “Isla Vista Live” program including facility support, event management, and technical pre-production. The series of public student performances included live music, improvisational acts, and poetry recitals held every Friday evening from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. in Embarcadero
Hall. The hall is a university-owned building that was completely renovated to serve a
variety of campus and community purposes. It now includes a 247-seat multipurpose theater with state-of-the art technology that allows the space to be used as a
performance venue, including accessible parking. A capacity audience often attended each event for a nominal $4 fee. The Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor funded the alcohol-free weekend programming as an alternative to the Isla Vista party scene. (Please see PS11, CE03 and CE06 for more information.)
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PS12 New entertainment opportunities, such as A ♦During 2004-2005 the Residence Halls Association (RHA) continued its social programming in the IV Theater, as an programming efforts in Francisco Torres and in Manzanita Village residence complex alternative to recreational drinking. which is located adjacent to the Isla Vista community bordering Del Playa. Late night alternative programs were scheduled regularly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 9:00 p.m. to midnight throughout the school year. The non-alcoholic activities
included pool parties, barbecues, coffee nights, open mic nights, band nights, Manzanita café nights, and movie nights.
♦The UCSB Residence Halls Association (RHA) sponsored a number of Halloween events for students in a continued effort to build community, bolster safety, keep disturbances to a minimum and provide alternative activities to the Isla Vista party scene. These activities included: • Each of the residence halls offered such activities as a costume contest, pumpkin carving contest, scary movie night, dance, haunted house, door decorating contest, and in-hall “treat-or-treating.” In celebration of Halloween, the dining commons gave their food ghoulish names. • A bus was scheduled on Friday night, October 29, to take 50 students to KnottScary Farm.
♦The on-campus residence halls sponsored “Project Care,” a program to encourage
halls to prevent damage on their floors, and if they did, to pay for it themselves. If a hall had no damage, they were entered in a year-end raffle becoming eligible to win the
$10,000 grand prize, which was a travel voucher worth $7,000, a luggage set, digital camera, digital camcorder, and $500 cash.
♦IV Live sponsored a special Halloween showing of the cult classic, The Rocky Horror
Picture Show on Saturday, October 30, 2004, in IV Theater. The night’s activities
included a floor show featuring a virgin sacrifice, a costume contest with prizes, a live
enactment of the movie, and music by the band OSO.
♦As part of the weekend’s Halloween activities, Magic Lantern Films presented the
Santa Barbara premiere of the destined-to-be-a-cult-classic film, Bubba Ho-Tep on
October 29. The film, which tells the “true” story of what really became of Elvis
Presley, was shown in IV Theater.
The Residence Hall Association (RHA) hosted the “Malice in Wonderland” dance on ♦ Saturday, October 30 in the UCen Hub as an alternative to partying in Isla Vista over
the Halloween weekend. The Hub’s transformation from a dining facility into Wonderland cost around $3,000, which was covered by RHA, a donation from the Chancellor’s Office and an Office of Student Life alternative social programming mini-
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PS12 New entertainment opportunities, such as A grant. The dance, which also featured a costume contest, was free and open to only programming in the IV Theater, as an UCSB students. Approximately eight hundred students attended this Halloween activity. alternative to recreational drinking. ♦The Weekend Spotlight Halloween Happenings edition published in the Daily Nexus on Thursday, October 28, included the following alternative activities to the Isla Vista party scene: a “Costume Ball” sponsored by UCSB Hillel; a Halloween movie night screening of Dawn of the Dead put on by the Anthropology Student Union, Arts & Lecture’s Creature from the Black Lagoon in shocking 3-D, “Malice in Wonderland” themed dance presented by the Residence Hall Association, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, presented by IV Live, and the Halloween/Dia de los Muertos Festival in Anisq’Oyo Park. ♦The Associated Students Program Board (ASPB) kicked off the 2004-2005 academic year with a successful “Back-to-School” concert featuring hip-hop artist Andre Nickatina. Program Board reintroduced the welcome week concert last year as part of a campuswide effort to provide late night evening activities for incoming freshmen. This year’s event attracted over two thousand new students to Storke Plaza to kick off the fall quarter. ASPB received an OSL alternative social programming mini-grant to help defray expenses. ♦Improvability, a UCSB student-run comedy troupe booked Embarcadero Hall’s stage every Friday night in winter and spring quarters – after IV Live moved to Saturday nights – and found a steady and strong audience. Since Improvability served as an alternative to the Isla Vista weekend party scene, the student group qualified and was awarded several Office of Student Life alternative social programming mini-grants to help defray expenses associated with their performances. ♦Magic Lantern Films, a weekly film series, continued providing inexpensive and inspiring entertainment in the heart of Isla Vista and made its Friday night debut on October 1, 2004. Two screenings of critically-acclaimed films, controversial documentaries, cult classics and the occasional special guest were featured every Friday night at 7:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. in IV Theater. ♦Magic Lantern Films series, a collaboration between the UCSB Film Society, a student organization, and UCSB Film Studies Department, and produced by Santa Barbara Arts writer and Films Studies undergraduate advisor included a world premiere, a Santa Barbara premiere and a salute to the greatest American rockers after Elvis during the 2004-2005 academic year. The series included such movies as Saved, Sideways, Outfoxed, Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, Bubba Ho-Tep, Harold and Kumar Go to the White Castle, Rock and Roll High School, The Notebook and
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Dodgeball. (Please see CE03 and CE06 for academic-related films, lectures, and events presented in Isla Vista Theater.) PS13 Expansion of RED Alert and CSO. AM ♦The Community Service Organization continued to provide escorts into Isla Vista and conducted security patrols of UCSB properties including Francisco Torres student housing complex. PS14 Education programs on community safety and AM ♦The Offices of the Isla Vista/UCSB Liaison, Vice Chancellor-Student Affairs, Student community standards. Life, Residential Life, and Public Affairs implemented an extensive public safety education campaign leading up to Halloween. The university, in support of Halloween events and safety campaign, provided a total of $6,488.14. The campaign included: I. PUBLIC RELATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS:
•“A Halloween Message” leaflets were distributed to all residents of UCSB-
owned residence halls, UCSB-owned apartments and privately owned residence halls (Tropicana Gardens and Fontainebleu).
•The Office of Student Life e-mailed the annual Halloween safety message to undergraduates and graduate students two weeks before Halloween. •Two “2004 Isla Vista Halloween: Keep It Local” and “A Message from the Associated Students President” ads outlining Halloween events and safety considerations were placed in the Daily Nexus the week of Halloween. •A letter from the dean of students and an informational flyer were sent to area universities, colleges and military bases with information on no tolerance and its concomitant fines and penalties.
•The presidents in the Greek system were informed of the no tolerance in IV
policy and other county ordinances pertaining to Halloween weekend. Greek
chapters were discouraged from inviting out-of-town guests.
•The Community Housing Office distributed the “A Halloween Message”
flyers to all landlords on the CHO mailing list; landlords then distributed flyers
to tenants.
The “no guest” policy for Halloween weekend was continued at privately • owned residence halls (Tropicana Gardens and Fontainebleu). This policy has always applied to on-campus housing.
•Halloween safety information and information regarding the Isla Vista
Recreation and Park District Halloween festival was presented at a Latino Parent Night meeting in October. This group is coordinated by the Office of the PS14 Education programs on community safety and AM UCSB/Isla Vista Liaison office and ENLACE.
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community standards. •A special “Halloween Happenings” section featuring Halloween non- alcoholic activities scheduled on campus, in Isla Vista, Goleta and Santa th Barbara was included in the October 28 Weekend Spotlight, a half-page ad placed in the Daily Nexus each week. II. FIELD SUPPORT
•The UCSB Police Department provided $23,319 to the County Sheriff to fund
staffing of major events and safety services over Halloween weekend. The Office of Student Life provided for portable restroom facilities. • The Major Events Committee, through the Isla Vista Recreation and Park • District and the UCSB Associated Students, organized aftermath volunteer clean-up crews. •Student Affairs staff was on the scene in the community throughout the Halloween weekend. The Office of Student Life coordinated the police and public tour in Isla Vista on Halloween night that included members of administration and law enforcement.
•The Community Service Organization provided escorts into Isla Vista and
assisted with security and parking patrols of UCSB properties in/around West
Campus/Isla Vista.
♦In October 2004 the Chancellor’s Office provided the Isla Vista Recreation and Park
District $300 to help support the Halloween/Dia de los Muertos Festival. The annual
event was an effort to bridge the gap between the UCSB students and IV families and to
provide a safer, alternative and educational program that unites the community and
honors the multi-cultural diversity and history of both Dia de los Muertos and
Halloween.
The Rape Prevention Education Program provided crisis counseling and advocacy in ♦ fifteen cases of sexual violence that occurred in Isla Vista.
♦The Rape Prevention Education Program staff participated in the Campus Sexual Assault Task Force Sexual Battery education project, a project developed to learn more
about the problem of butt-grabbing (which is extensive on the streets of IV) and design
interventions that will decrease the number of incidents. ♦The Rape Prevention Education Program coordinator participated on the UCSB Alcohol and Other Drug and Violence Prevention Task force during the 2004-2005 academic year. ♦Rape Prevention Education Program staff and students provided training on sexual PS14 Education programs on community safety and AM assault and relationship violence to all residence hall staff.
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community standards. ♦The Rape Prevention Education Program provided sexual assault response training for Panhellenic rush counselors. ♦The IV Expectations program was presented by Students Stopping Rape during Discover Days. Fifty incoming students participated. ♦The Rape Prevention Education Program coordinator provided training to Community
Services Organization (CSO) members in responding to sexual assault and relationship violence.
♦Rape Prevention Education Program interns presented an educational program to forty members of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.
♦Rape Prevention Education Program interns and members of Students Stopping Rape
and Men Against Rape canvassed Del Playa as a part of their “I Want A Truce”
campaign. They spoke with Isla Vista residents and distributed information asking for a weekend-long moratorium on sexual violence.
♦Α Halloween safety program was presented to 55 students in Santa Rosa Residence
Hall.
♦The Women’s Center staff worked with the “Take Back the Night” organizers and
Rape Prevention Education Program interns to organize a week-long schedule of events in April 2005. “Take Back the Night” week culminated in a march of 150 people
through IV and rally in Anisq’Oyo Park.
♦The Rape Prevention Education Program coordinator presented a lecture on alcohol and sexual assault to all Education 191B classes. ♦Α self-defense program was presented by Rape Prevention Education staff for Lambda Sigma Gamma sorority. ♦Rape Prevention Education Program students participated in the sorority health fair. ♦Rape Prevention Education Program coordinator met with Isla Vista Foot Patrol Lt. Sol Linver to discuss issues of sexual assault and safety in the local community. ♦Rape Prevention Education Program staff and students gave an IV safety presentation to Interdisciplinary 20, University Success, classes.
♦The Rape Prevention Education Program coordinator and students worked with
Associated Students and IVFP to plan an IV Town Hall meeting on sexual assault held on May 23, 2005. ♦The Rape Prevention Education Program coordinator and intern conducted a presentation and discussion on policing in IV with the Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP). PS14 Education programs on community safety and AM ♦Student Health Service’s Peer Health Education Program presented prevention
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community standards. programs in the areas of alcohol and other drugs, nutrition and eating disorders and sexual health. During 2004-2005, 127 student peers, 32 each quarter, participated in the Peer Health Education Program. The peers presented 15 programs reaching 548 UCSB and community members. In addition, the peers participated in tabling events at Francisco Torres making 635 contacts. Most of the students attending these programs were members of the Greek community, residents of the off-campus, affiliated
residence halls or UCSB’s Francisco Torres.
♦The sexual health and relationship peers distributed approximately 2250 condoms with instructions and resource information targeting primarily UCSB and SBCC students. ♦Students Teaching Alcohol and other drug Responsibility (STAR) distributed a total of 720 free bottles of water (along with information on local AOD laws, alcohol poisoning, and other resources) to individuals on Del Playa Drive on two Friday nights as part of “Project Hydrate.” ♦STAR’s Safe Grad campaign focused on a door to door campaign in Isla Vista this year. STAR had brief discussion with 3078 contacts throughout the spring quarter. ♦Dramatic Art 90, a community theater class which focused on student health issues
(i.e., binge drinking, sexual health, eating disorders, relationship success) adapted to campus life, gave two performances which had a Greek emphasis in IV Theatre drawing
a combined audience of 650. UCSB Orientation Programs provided safety information and accurate statistics on ♦ rape and sexual assault cases both in Isla Vista and on-campus to incoming students and
their parents.
♦During the 2005 Summer Orientation sessions UCSB Campus Police officers and
Community Service Organization representatives delivered educational presentations to
approximately 4800 incoming students on Isla Vista safety and civility.
♦During the summer of 2005 the dean of students, associate deans, and director of first
year programs were all involved in addressing entering freshmen (4800) and their
parents (3900) attending the twelve sessions of Summer Orientation. They focused on
expectations for behavior in the community of Isla Vista, the danger of high risk
drinking, and consequences for violations of campus policy.
Each Summer Orientation session in 2005 featured a “first year issues” presentation to ♦ parents on college students and alcohol. Delivered to a total of 3900 parents, the presentation focused on what parents can do to help prevent abuse of alcohol by UCSB students on campus and in Isla Vista. PS14 Education programs on community safety and AM
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community standards. ♦On June 21, 2005, a similar training was conducted for the twenty-seven members of Summer Orientation staff in preparation for their interaction with new students and their parents during sixteen Summer Orientation sessions. ♦The Campus Connection, the student affairs newsletter that is sent out fall and spring quarters to parents of every undergraduate student, contained several of articles related
to the Isla Vista community during the 2004-2005 school year. Topics included the
social programming funds providing an alternative to the Isla Vista party scene and the online availability of alcohol education.
♦In October 2004 UCSB made available its annual campus safety report entitled, “Dedicated to the Safety of Our Community: The Clery Act Campus Security Report.” The on-line report contained campus and area crime statistics, reporting information, policies related to campus safety, substance abuse, crime prevention, sexual assault and sexual harassment. The university voluntarily broadened the scope of its report by presenting a breakdown of crime statistics for the county sheriff’s Isla Vista sub-station and student organizations in off-campus housing in order provide the public with a better understanding of crime in the neighboring community. Notification of the availability of the report including the Clery Web site address was mailed directly to all
registered students as well as faculty and staff. In addition, access information to the Clery report was made available at the Isla Vista/UCSB Liaison Office and the IV Foot
Patrol. The Clery report can be accessed on-line at www.sa.ucsb.edu/policies/CleryAct/CleryActCampusSecurityReport.asp.
♦All chapters of the thirty-four Greek student organizations received one hour of risk management training in the areas of alcohol and other drug, hazing, sexual assault, and nutrition during the 2004-2005 school year. ♦On Thursday, January 27, 2005, hundreds of fraternity and sorority members attended a workshop against hazing and alcohol abuse. David Stollman, a nationally recognized speaker, presented on leadership, values, and encouraged upholding the founding principles that Greek organizations were built upon: leadership, citizenship, and academics. In his presentation entitled, “Buy in or Get Out, ” Stollman talked about
preventing alcohol abuse and hazing within each chapter, taking personal responsibility
for one’s behavior, and being aware that each Greek member’s behavior represents not only themself but all Greek organizations as a whole.
♦In conjunction with the Office of Student Life, the women of Kappa Kappa Gamma
created a community service project that sought to educate members of Isla Vista on the
necessary precautions for having a safe and fun Halloween weekend. Kappa’s members PS14 Education programs on community safety and AM
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community standards. canvassed Isla Vista distributing flyers to IV residents. ♦In fall 2004 members of Associated Students organized a “fall defensive” in response to the SB County Sheriff’s Department “fall offensive” crackdown on local alcohol violations. The AS Student Lobby and members of the AS Legislative Council distributed 5000 information packets to Isla Vista residents the weekend of November
6-7 in response to student complaints against the IV Foot Patrol and UCSB Police Department. Such complaints included unlawful searches and seizures, sexual
harassment, and intimidation. The packets, paid for by a $2100 grant from IV Community Relations Committee, included a formal Sheriff’s Department complaint form, a list of the most common violations for which people in IV are arrested, and suggestions on how to communicate with police officers. ♦During the 2004-2005 academic year an associate dean of students assigned to the Office of Student Life served as a liaison to the two privately owned and university- affiliated residence halls in Isla Vista – Fontainebleu and Tropicana Gardens. The associate dean served as a resource to the building managers and approximately 450 UCSB students living in these two buildings, addressing issues such as health and safety, community building, conduct and discipline and providing a link to campus
resources and services. Specifically, this liaison work included: •Regularly communicating with campus colleagues (in student health, counseling,
EOP, student life, judicial affairs) regarding developing student issues in these off- campus halls.
•Convening the Housing and Arrivals Committee which met throughout the year to share information and facilitate communication between on campus and off-campus housing units. ♦In 1998 the dean of students convened an ad hoc committee on safety and civility in Isla Vista; members included community residents, County and Park District representatives, rental property owners, Associated Students representatives, and City College and UCSB staff. In 1999, the Safety and Civility Committee began meeting with the AOD Work Group (see PS11) after having identified significant overlapping
issues and concerns. The merged groups produced a strategic plan that combined
strategies to reduce alcohol and other drug use, violence and incivility both on campus and in IV. The merged group continued to meet regularly during 2004-2005 to provide
direction for the campus’s AOD efforts. (See the 2004-2006 UCSB Alcohol and other Drug Prevention Program Biennial Review at www.sa.ucsb.edu/ucsbislavistareport).
♦Comprising representatives from the Sheriff’s Department, UCSB, SBCC, the County PS14 Education programs on community safety and AM
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community standards. of Santa Barbara (the Office of the Third District Supervisor and County Alcohol and Drug Program), the IV AOD Council, and the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District, the Isla Vista Community Safety Work Group met every three to four weeks during the 2004-2005 academic year. Convened by Lt. Sol Linver, the group monitored progress on and outcomes of implementation of the community safety ordinance, the public urination ordinance, parental and property owner notification programs, and other
initiatives previously endorsed and undertaken by the various members of the safety work group. It also monitored the effects of several new initiatives. As a result of a collaboration between the Sheriff’s Department and the IV Alcohol and Other Drug Council (funded by a grant written by UCSB, partially funded by UCSB matching, and housed in a university facility), the state Alcohol Beverage Control awarded a $100,000 grant to the Isla Vista Foot Patrol to fund an increase in alcohol-related enforcement (particularly providing alcohol to minors via open-tap keg parties), research into innovative keg registration strategies, and a pilot program to test the keg registration system identified through research. As a result of increased enforcement made possible by the grant, IV Foot Patrol saw an increase in citations and arrests for violations, including Minors in Possession, Drunk in Public, and Furnishing to a Minor during fall of 2004. Students responded by hosting fewer keg parties, creating an overall 80%
decrease in keg sales in IV during fall quarter. Deputies reported finding fewer large- scale, public parties and noted that many Isla Vista party hosts have started to monitor their guests and check IDs. ♦The Isla Vista Action Group (IVAG) participated in the management of the Halloween weekend. Representatives of IVAG worked with representatives of the Sheriff’s Deaprtment, the California Highway Patrol, County Fire Department, County of Santa Barbara, City of Goleta, Santa Barbara Airport, Isla Vista and Goleta businesses, and Goleta neighborhood associations to plan for a safer, more controlled event in Isla Vista. IVAG worked closely with UCSB’s Major Events Committee to help coordinate a new parking plan that restricted on-campus parking to university- authorized vehicles only over the Halloween weekend. In the spirit of “keeping it
local,” the parking plan was adopted in an effort to discourage out-of-town visitors to Isla Vista during Halloween. While the number of students and out-of-town visitors to
IV during the 2004 Halloween weekend was still large, the planning and attendant actions appear to have been effective in reducing potential harm to students and other participants. Compared to 2003, the number of arrests and citations increased, but this probably resulted from an increase in the number of law enforcement officers assigned PS14 Education programs on community safety and AM to IV this year. There were no reported injuries. In general, university officials and
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community standards. students agreed that Halloween 2004 seemed less crowded and generally felt safer than the previous year. ♦During 2004-2005 UCSB continued the policy of conduct jurisdiction to off campus. This extension of jurisdiction allows the university discretion to impose campus regulations over student conduct that occurs off university property. Campus regulations
applying to off-campus behavior are intended to cover serious misconduct such as violence, threats of violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, and hazing. To
date six students have been suspended from UCSB under extension of jurisdiction.
♦Since September 2002 UCSB has been reviewing public records of arrests and citations to notify the parents or guardians of undergraduates who are arrested or cited for alcohol or drug offenses in Isla Vista. The goal of parental notification at UCSB is to create a safer community environment by encouraging UCSB students who drink to do so responsibly, reducing the many negative impacts of binge drinking and substance abuse on the community of Isla Vista, and enlisting parental support for more appropriate public student behaviors. During the 2004-2005 year (including pre- instruction and summer 2005), 585 letters of concern were sent to undergraduate students arrested or cited in Isla Vista and other areas immediately adjacent to campus
for alcohol or other drug offenses. Letters of notification were sent to most of the
parents of these students. During 2004-2005 the Isla Vista Foot Patrol continued notifying property owners of ♦ certain types of calls, such as out-of-control or keg parties, couch or dumpster fires, chronic disturbances, serious property damage, and crimes of violence. In October 2004 the Foot Patrol received $20,000 in grant money from the county’s Department of Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services which will enable the Foot Patrol to create a student liaison position beginning in fall 2005 dedicated to maintaining a database of property owners and send out e-mails on a weekly basis to notify property owners of disturbances. ♦On February 4, 2005, a presentation was made by members of UCSB’s Alcohol and Other Drug Steering Committee (Dean of Students Yonie Harris, Associate Dean of
Students Debbie Fleming, and Director of Alcohol and Other Drug Program Ian Kaminsky) on college alcohol issues and UCSB’s comprehensive prevention strategies
to members of the Council on Undergraduate Student Affairs (CUSA), a sub-committee of UCSB’s Faculty Senate.
♦During the 2004-2005 academic year several meetings were held with representatives
from the Santa Barbara County Courts and representatives of UCSB’s Alcohol and PS14 Education programs on community safety and AM
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community standards. Drug Program to discuss implementation of a UCSB alcohol education/skills program for college students arrested or cited in Isla Vista. The program under discussion was to serve as an alternative to abstinence-based programs currently offered to students by the courts. ♦Twice per year, as part of the University Success course (Interdisciplinary 20), an
interactive educational session was conducted on alcohol and party behavior and a presentation was made on alcohol and other drugs by Michael Takahara from Student
Health Service and Sergeant Mark Signa from the UCSB Police Department. There are approximately 350-400 students enrolled each year with the majority being freshman students but with a few sophomore and new transfer students as well. ♦An educational program that looked at alcohol use and violence in Isla Vista was presented to the 100 men who are members of the UCSB’s Men’s Program each quarter during the 2004-2005 school year. ♦Every month in 2004-2005 a poster that highlighting educational information regarding alcohol and drug use as well as local laws and ordinances, was distributed around campus and in the residence halls. The posters were created and produced by Student Health Service in conjunction with the Alcohol and other Drug Work Group.
♦Every month throughout the academic year all currently enrolled students were emailed a class-level e-newsletter. Each newsletter contained educational information
on alcohol and drug use, tips for safety and prevention as well as facts about local laws and ordinances.
♦The name and contact information of the Student Health Service Alcohol and Drug
Counselor Jackie Kurta was listed prominently on the annual UCSB Calendar poster informing students where they could turn if they had concerns about their own alcohol and drug abuse or that of a friend. The full-size laminated poster calendar was distributed to all incoming students as well as posted in every department on campus.
♦On June 15, 2005, Dean of Students Yonie Harris and Associate Deans Carolyn
Buford and Debbie Fleming conducted a training for the twenty-seven student members
of orientation staff on Isla Vista including history, issues, safety, and the relationship to
campus.
♦UCSB hosted New Student Convocation on September 19, 2004, to welcome and
induct new freshmen and transfer students into the university community. The event
was attended by approximately 4500 entering students and provided an opportunity for
the campus to communicate academic and behavioral expectations to students as they
joined the campus community. Scholarship, leadership, and citizenship were the PS14 Education programs on community safety and AM
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community standards. themes emphasized by a variety of speakers. The ceremony was followed by 41 faculty- student discussions that took place in residence halls on and off campus in Isla Vista. ♦During 2004-2005 the UCSB Office of Judicial Affairs served as the institutional contact and referral point for students who felt they had been the subject of hate crimes or incidents on campus or in Isla Vista. In March 2005 an assistant judicial affairs
coordinator was hired who also served as the hate crime response coordinator. The UCSB conduct/assistant judicial affairs coordinator served as the liaison between ♦ the UCSB/IV community and the Santa Barbara Hate Crimes Task Force.
♦The Office of Judicial Affairs brochure entitled, “Hate Crimes and Incidents at UCSB: Prevention, Response and Your Rights and Remedies as a Victim of Hate Violence” continued to be widely distributed to the UCSB and Isla Vista community in 2004-05. PS15 A comprehensive emergency and disaster R ♦The Isla Vista/UCSB Liaison Office, located at 935 Embarcadero del Norte, preparedness plan. continued to be a designated emergency information site in UCSB’s disaster preparedness plan.
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Storke and Hollister. In September 2004, the joint effort between UCSB and Santa Barbara County to ♦ implement a car-sharing program at the university and in Isla Vista encountered a few problems, slowing the plan’s completion. The plan, which was first proposed in July of 2003 as part of the IV Master Plan, intended to allow Isla Vista residents and UCSB students to rent cars for personal use for an hourly and per-mile fee. The university and county had problems finding a company willing to insure drivers age 18 and over. Most car-sharing companies only allow students who are 21 and older to use their services. As a result, the car-sharing program went into a reformative phase. Logan Green, a member of the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District committee and UCSB student, was actively involved in this project. A = Accept AM = Accept With Modifications(s) 2004-05 Enhancement Update (Page 29) R = Reject IVCEC ID IVCEC RECOMMENDATIONS UCSB’s PROGRESS/ACTIONS TAKEN NUMBER RESPONSE
TO03 An assessment of MTD use and an expanded A ♦On February 17, 2005, the Santa Barbara City Council appointed UCSB student bus system that includes direct service to Logan Green to the Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) Board; Logan became the SBCC and an IV/UCSB tram system. second UCSB student ever to serve on the MTD board and gave Isla Vista bus riders a voice in decisions concerning public transportation. Green’s appointment was also the first time a person who is dependent on public transit system was elected to the MTD Board. TO04 A self-supporting satellite parking program. A Please refer to TO01 and ED11. TO05 A bus pass program for University faculty and AM ♦The Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) offered its fifth year of a subsidized staff and for community residents. bus passes to faculty and staff. The subsidy was increased from fifty to one hundred percent making the bus passes free to faculty/staff TAP members for their commute to campus. ♦All faculty and staff who lived within MTD’s service area and owned parking permits were provided with free ten-ride bus passes as an incentive to “try the bus and leave the driving to us” rather than drive to campus. Over 3000 ten-ride bus passes were delivered in April 2005. Several hundred faculty and staff tried the bus on their commute and over 300 hundred UCSB employees actively rode the bus via the free pass on their commute in 2004-2005. TO06 A campaign to increase car pooling between A ♦In 2003-04 plans were drafted to launch a comprehensive overhaul of the IV and Santa Barbara. Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP). In April 2005 the enhanced TAP program incorporated a faculty and staff bus pass and Free CarShare program where faculty/staff TAP members may borrow a university vehicle for two hours for personal use. Other components included: a TAP passport, in-vehicle parking meters,
a fifty-percent carpool discount, a thirty-percent vanpool discount, bike lockers, Amtrak shuttle service, access to pay-stations, guaranteed ride home service, free bike
maps, ride matching, prizes and much more.
♦The Carpool Discount Pilot Program, which was introduced in February 2003, continued to offer half-priced carpool parking permits to faculty/staff, thereby increasing the number of carpool commuters during the 2004-2005 school year. ♦In an effort to reduce campus parking demand, air pollution, traffic congestion on campus and in the surrounding communities and minimize the stress of commuting, Parking Services, through TAP, continued to offer an incentive program for eligible UCSB faculty, staff and students who commute to campus by foot, bicycle, bus, carpool, vanpool or train. A Web site containing detailed information on local transportation alternatives was developed and can be viewed at:
http://tap.tps.ucsb.edu TAP incentives include the following for TAP members:
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TO06 A campaign to increase car pooling between A • Six days of free campus parking per quarter for “C” status TAP members who IV and Santa Barbara. live beyond a 2 mile radius from campus • Fifty seven hours of free campus parking per quarter for “A”, “S” and “G” status TAP members • Free Santa Barbara County bicycle maps
• Free MTD bus schedules
• Free Emergency Ride Home program that provided a car in the event of an unplanned personal emergency or unplanned supervisor-approved overtime
• Monthly drawings for two $50 UCSB Bookstore gift certificates
• Free MTD bus rides for UCSB students who presented their student ID card
Free (fully subsidize) commuter bus passes for faculty/staff • • Half-priced carpool-parking permits for faculty/staff • Free carpool match lists available at http://www.carpoolworld.com/ucsb.html • Bicycle locker rentals • Subsidized vanpools from Santa Maria, Lompoc, Buellton, Solvang, Santa Ynez, Carpinteria, Ventura and Camarillo • Free Amtrak shuttle service to and from the Goleta train depot (805) 450-4993 • Free commuter consultations call 893-2917 or 893-5475 TO07 A University education program to discourage A ♦During each summer orientation session, through presentations and Q&A panels, resident students from bringing autos to parents were advised to discourage their students from bringing cars to UCSB. campus and to IV Orientation Programs also included information in the Kiosk student handbook, which was distributed to all new students. The Kiosk warned students of the overcrowded parking situation at UCSB and in Isla Vista and provided information on
transportation alternatives, such as the MTD bus line, bicycling, carpooling, etc. A print ad summarizing the alternatives to bringing a car to UCSB was run in the Kiosk
and viewed by approximately 4600 new students by the Education for Sustainable Living Program. ♦In 2004-2005, 270 Isla Visa residents who were either faculty, staff or 45%+ UCSB-employed graduate students were part of the Transportation Alternative Incentive Program. ♦Plans got underway in 2004 for Transportation and Parking Services to launch a weekday shuttle service to bring rail commuters from the Goleta Amtrak depot to the campus starting in April 2005. ♦Isla Vista residents who are not either faculty, staff or graduate students UCSB
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TO07 A University education program to discourage A employed 45%+ were excluded from purchasing long-term parking permits, thereby resident students from bringing autos to reducing the likelihood that IV residents would use their cars to commute to and from campus and to IV the UCSB campus because of the higher price of one-day parking permits. ♦The university held a celebration of cycling for faculty and staff that biked to work on May 18, 2005, during Bike Week. Bicycle commuters were awarded with food, drinks and a free drawing for a wide variety of prizes. TO08 A City College education program for SBCC R N/A students living in IV TO09 Bilingual transportation information for non- N/A N/A student community members. TO10 Signage to promote the community’s R N/A transportation goals. TO11 A publicity campaign to promote the R N/A community’s transportation goals. TO12 An organized plan for “red and yellow N/A Please refer to TO01 and ED11. This idea was explored in the Isla Vista Master Plan curbing.” process. TO13 Downtown pedestrian malls. R Please refer to TO01 and ED11. This idea was explored in the Isla Vita Master Plan process. TO14 Installation of sidewalks where appropriate. N/A N/A TO15 Stricter enforcement of existing vehicular and N/A N/A parking laws by a staffed parking enforcement program. TO16 A parking program for IV residents. N/A Please refer to TO01 and ED11. This idea will be explored in the Isla Vista Master Plan process. TO17 Diligent maintenance of all bike lanes. R ♦The Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) Manager in Transportation and Parking Services acted as an advocate and liaison for cyclists and their concerns on campus and sat on the A.S. Bicycle Improvements Keep Everyone Safe (AS BIKES) Committee and the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition. The TAP manager focused on the campus infrastructure and worked to promote safe and convenient cycling
between Isla Vista and the UCSB campus as a part of his participation. During the 2004-2005 school year the AS Bicycle Improvements Keep Everyone ♦ Safe (BIKES) was an active bicycle system advocacy group, working to increase student, staff, faculty and administration awareness of and involvement with bicycle system issues in and around UCSB. AS BIKES funded bike improvements on campus, and participated in social and outreach events throughout the year with a
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$0.75 per student per quarter lock-in fee. TO17 Diligent maintenance of all bike lanes. R ♦The Associated Students bicycle pathway improvement mandatory fee raised $43,000 during the 2004-05 year. With that funding BIKES completed a traffic study for the lagoon bike path extension to Bren, financed design and construction of ambitious physical projects, including Broida Bikepath improvements, embarked on West Campus bluffs path in collaboration with Shoreline Preservation Fund, and took on an experiment to salvage used bike lockers for the Transportation Alternatives (TAP) program behind the UCSB library. ♦In April 2005 BIKES collaborated with Transportation Alternatives for Livable Communities to promote transportation alternatives during the Environmental Affairs Board’s Earth Day in Isla Vista. A bike raffle which supported taking the MoveUC statewide green transportation campaign to the UC Regents was held at the event. ♦AS BIKES raised awareness and supported a student movement to preserve the Pardall Tunnel with distributing posters, attending forums and passing a Legislative Council resolution opposing the removal of the tunnel until traffic studies were done. ♦In April 2005 after two decades of discussion, plans were underway for the construction of the Broida Expressway bike path with a target completion date of October 2005. Students approved a campuswide lock-in fee in spring quarter 2004 to pay for the bike path, and for the next three years, each student will pay $3 per quarter to finance the $600,000 project. The 120-yard Broida Expressway will run along south of Broida Hall, from Engineering I Building to Davidson Library and will connect the two paths at each location. ♦In a collaborative effort between the Shoreline Preservation Fund (SPF), the Isla Visa Surfrider Foundation, Associated Students BIKES and AS Legislative Council, the West Campus bluffs bike path was slated to be refurbished after years of depletion beginning in late 2004 or early 2005. The bike path connects IV to Sands Beach. The entire redevelopment of the path was estimated to cost up to $65,000. Money from the student lock-in fees of SPF and AS BIKES will be used to fund the project. TO18 Enforcement of regulation prohibiting parking N/A N/A in front yards.
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ED03 A long-range economic development plan for A ♦During 2004-2005 the Isla Vista Business/UCSB Working Group under the the community that is based on civic leadership of Vice Chancellors Donna Carpenter and John Wiemann and local involvement for business owners, business owner Craig Geyer continued to meet. Membership comprised business environmental sensitivity, equity in business owners, university faculty, administrators, and students, and Santa Barbara County opportunities, and expanded job markets for representatives. residents. ED04 Low interest redevelopment commercial loans N/A N/A ED05 Revival of the Isla Vista Community N/A No action taken. Development Corporation and assessment of its role in economic development. ED06 Expanded use of the Isla Vista (Magic A Please see PS12, CE03 and CE06 for a description of the programming in the Isla Lantern) Theater for more diverse film and Vista Theater during the 2004-05 year. other programming. ED07 Immediate encouragements of retail N/A N/A enterprises now missing in IV such as full- service restaurants, a Farmer’s Market, and a buy-back recycling center. ED08 A campaign to capture research A No action taken. projects/money using IV as a testing ground for new ideas in urban living and to attract companies engaged in research and development of ecologically sound products. ED09 Continuation of community festivals. R Please refer to CE08 for a detailed description of community festival activities. ED10 Initiation of a noon-time shuttle from the N/A Please refer to TO03. Goleta industrial park to IV restaurants. ED11 A series of projects to create a more attractive R ♦Over the 2004-2005 academic year the university continued to contribute funding to commercial environment, such as a pedestrian and participate in the master planning process for Isla Vista. The Project Area mall, a mural project, improved and Committee (PAC) held regular public meetings in which university representatives standardized architectural style, and a Del participated. Topics on the PAC agendas included: design of El Colegio Road, Playa boardwalk. improvements to IV Theater, alcohol use permits on county property, planning for a community center, county acquisition of bluff-top parcels, housing and housing incentives, updates on the San Clemente project, and the Master Plan EIR. Representatives from UCSB included Catherine Cole, Harry Nelson, Gerry Hesse, Yonie Harris, Richard Watts, Dennis Whelan, Walter Yuen, and Tye Simpson.
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cleanup were Depressions Beach on the north side of campus and the inside cove at Devereux. During 2004-2005, over $7000 was given out to student groups
participating in the Coastal Service Program. Beaches were relatively clean with such consistent maintenance. ♦In 2004-2005, due to an exponential increase in interest, the Coastal Service Program expanded its parameters to include events with Shoreline Preservation Fund partners such as local restoration, water quality monitoring with the Goleta Stream Team, and tree planting with Goleta Valley Beautiful in Isla Vista. ♦During winter quarter 2005 IV Surfrider distributed seventy-five ashtrays to the residents of the 6500 block of Del Playa Drive to reduce the number of cigarette butts that cliff side smokers throw into the storm drains or off of the Del Playa cliffs. Old paint cans donated by UCSB campus painters were spray-painted with the Surfrider
logo and filled with sand to create ashtrays. ♦The fifth annual “Concert for the Coast,” a concert to benefit the local beaches,
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CA04 Regular beach clean-ups. N/A speakers on coastal conservation, musical entertainment and a raffle. A portion of the proceeds from the event provided several summer surf camp scholarships for youths selected from the IV Teen Center. Among the various co-sponsors was the Associated Students Program Board. ♦UCSB Sports Clubs conducted beach cleanups as a community service project in
2004-05. Members of the Associated Students Community Affairs Board conducted a beach ♦ cleanup on Saturday, October 16, 2004.
♦Thirty members of Hermanos Unidos conducted a beach cleanup along the ocean- side of Del Playa Drive, picking up trash and furniture. ♦Lambda Theta Nu student organization conducted a beach cleanup on October 23, 2004, in conjunction with the Surfrider Foundation. On February 5, 2005, the group participated in another beach cleanup. ♦UCSB student volunteers participated in the 20th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day held on September 18, 2004. The annual beach cleanup covered 25 sites in Santa Barbara County, including Goleta Beach. The goals of this event were to raise awareness about the issues of ocean and coastal conservation, pick up litter,
encourage recycling, and promote community pride.
♦Much of the waste dropped on the streets of Isla Vista makes its way through the storm drain system to the ocean where it pollutes the beaches and waters. The student
organization IV Surfrider continued its efforts to stop the problem in 2004-05 by
stenciling “No Dumping, Drains to Ocean” next to local storm drains.
♦In the spring quarter of 1999, UCSB students approved a measure by which a
portion of their fees would be designated as the Shoreline Protection Fund (SPF). The
name has subsequently been changed to the Shoreline Preservation Fund. The SPF
helps maintain a clean, safe, and environmentally sound coastline adjacent to UCSB.
This initiative funds proposals to coordinate and provide supplies for intensive beach
cleanup efforts, maintain safe points of access, address pollution from varied sources,
protect and restore coastal habitats to their natural state, provide environmental
education, and monitor environmental and water quality. Approximately $175,749.56
was allocated to support thirty-four projects in 2004-2005. Projects included Isla Vista
Public Tree Planting, 6800 Block of Del Playa Vernal Pool Project, Determining
Variations and Sources of Tar Accumulation at Coal Oil Point Reserve, Renovation of
Three IV Beach Access Stairways, and Buffer Protection and Reservation at Coal Oil
Point Reserve.
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CA04 Regular beach clean-ups. N/A
CA05 Volunteer organizations devoted to A ♦On October 30 and 31, 2004, and for two weeks after, the fifteenth annual post- community clean-ups. Halloween cleanup was organized to clean the streets and clear clogged storm drains of Isla Vista after the Halloween weekend. UCSB students from the twenty-two recreational sports club teams and several Greek organizations volunteered their time to pick up litter using equipment provided by the Isla Vista Recreation & Park
District. Approximately 10,000 pounds of garbage was picked up. Students cleaned IV from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
♦The Associated Students Legislative Council organized an post-Halloween cleanup where members of the Council walked the streets of Isla Vista the morning after the Halloween festivities and picked up trash to help keep the streets of the community clean. ♦Members of Hermanos Unidos (HU) student organization cleaned the streets of Abrego and Picasso and around the Isla Vista Teen Center. This neighborhood is home to many Latino families, and HU hoped to serve as community role models for the youth that frequent the teen center and surrounding area. Thirty members participated in this community service event. ♦The men of Alpha Tau Omega student organization participated in a “cleaning up our neighborhood streets” effort. Members teamed up with the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District to walk the streets of Isla Vista and pick up garbage and recyclables. ♦Members of the Kappa Kappa Gamma participated in the cleaning up of Del Playa Drive along with members of the IV Recreation and Park District. ♦The women of Lambda Theta Nu took part in a street cleanup on Del Playa Drive as a winter quarter weekend community service project. ♦The A.S. Environmental Affairs Board hosted the annual Earth Day, “Baile con Pachamama (Dance with Mother Earth)” on Saturday, April 16, 2005, in Anisq’Oyo Park to raise awareness of environmental issues in the local community. Activities for adults and children, food, speakers, natural vendors, and entertainment were provided and local environmental agencies set up informational booths and displays to foster public interest in the health and future of the planet. The festivities attracted approximately 700 students and local families. CA06 Rigorous enforcement of the current dumpster N/A ♦As a part of the hand street sweeping program, the coordinator regularly monitored ordinance and additional public trash dumpsters and trash collection schedules and reported violations of the dumpster and receptacles. collection ordinances.
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CA07 Special trash disposal programs for end-of- A ♦In conjunction with the County of Santa Barbara, the Isla Vista Recreation & Park school year clean-up and the continuation of District, MarBorg Industries, local Isla Vista community organizations, and UCSB G.I.V.E. student groups, the Isla Vista/UCSB Liaison office organized the sixteenth annual GIVE donation drive and sale in June 2005. The sale of donated household goods grossed $6,180 and disposed of many discarded household and personal goods. The following UCSB departments provided co-sponsorship for the event: Housing and Residential Services Energy and Environmental Office (collection and delivery of five hundred filled bags of donations from residence halls), Facilities Management (donation of supplies), Transportation and Parking Services (use of Embarcadero Hall parking lot), Community Housing Office (promotion/advertising), AS Tenants Union (promotion/advertising), AS Shoreline Preservation Fund (promotion/advertising), and Isla Vista/UCSB Liaison office (staffing and supplies). UCSB staff, students and community members volunteered a total of 309 hours to help organize and run the GIVE sale over a nine-day period of collection and sale. In addition, students from the residence halls donated and delivered huge amounts of clothing and miscellaneous articles. ♦An estimated 500 people attended the GIVE sale on June 18, 2005, held at Embarcadero Hall parking lot. The $6180 proceeds went to the Optimist Club at UCSB ($1010), Isla Vista Youth Projects ($810), Isla Vista Teen Center ($1000), Isla Vista Elementary After School Spanish Program ($890), Isla Vista Recreation and Park District ($620), Isla Vista Elementary School Latino Parent Night ($600), Isla Vista Youth and Family Task Force ($380), Soroptomist’s Isla Vista Safety Town ($250), University Religious Center ($250), Santa Barbara Housing Co-op ($230), and Associated Students Recycling ($140). Unsold donations, filling five trucks, went to St. Vincent de Paul in Los Angeles. CA08 Expanded recycling opportunities. N/A ♦Associated Students, in conjunction with MarBorg Industries and the Santa Barbara County Solid Waste Division, continued a curbside recycling program in Isla Vista. Recycling baskets were picked up every Friday morning. The Recycling Committee worked on increasing awareness throughout IV, as many residents did not have the co-mingled bins.
♦In fall 2004, AS Environmental Affairs Board (EAB) and AS Recycling began a
composting program. A contract with the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District for use of People’s Park and other IV parks to place worm bins was completed. The bins, constructed by members of EAB, contain red worms to break down unused food from IV eateries, including Super Cucas, Java Jones, and Blenders in the Grass, into
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CA08 Expanded recycling opportunities. N/A topsoil. The grand opening of the roughly $5000 project, dubbed the Department of Public Worms, began in February with five bins in People’s Park. EAB hopes to place 15-20 bins in each IV park which will be maintained by volunteers and potentially paid for by the SB County solid waste management division. ♦AS Recycling Outreach coordinators gave a 45-minute presentation to several classes at local elementary schools, including Isla Vista Elementary School. The presentation incorporated games and hands-on activities with facts and information about the environment to encourage the students to learn good recycling habits. CA09 Low interest loans for improving the physical N/A Please refer to ED11. appearance of structures and landscaping. CA10 Grassroots organizations for citizen input and A ♦The master planning process, co-sponsored by the county, the university, and participation in quality of life projects. IVRPD, has continued to serve as the primary forum for grass-roots organizing and quality of life issues. ♦In the 2004-05 school year the UCSB chapter of CALPIRG continued to organize several events to strengthen the bonds between the campus, the IV community and the
environment. UCSB CALPIRG held a pledge drive November 16-18, 2004, asking
students for a membership pledge of $5.00 each quarter to help defend and cleanup the environment, make the campus energy independent, cut global warming pollution, and protect the coastline among other projects. Members regularly participated in local habitat restoration and beach cleanup activities. CA11 Sidewalks installed and additional trees N/A N/A planted. CA12 New public art in the form of murals and A No action taken. sculpture and an arts commission to oversee and maintain the artwork. CA13 Underground utility wiring. N/A Please refer to ED11. CA14 Open space and view corridors to the ocean, N/A Please refer to ED11. islands, and mountains. CA15 Shaded street lights that reduce light intrusion. N/A N/A CA16 Band rehearsal and performance areas to A ♦The university continued to offer rehearsal space to any band registered as a campus minimize sound intrusion. organization with the Office of Student Life. (Policy=In an initial request, a band may request one room {Broida 1610, Broida 1640, Chemistry 1171 or Chemistry 1179} three weeks at a time for two days per week Monday-Friday after 10pm and a total of three weekend days {4-5 hour blocks on Saturday or Sunday}. Rooms can not be reserved if there is a non-band practice event already scheduled in the
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adjoining room. Additional requests can be made one per week prior to the requested date.) CA17 Del Playa pedestrian mall/boardwalk. N/A N/A
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HS04 In-kind support from UCSB coordinated by a A ♦In August 2004 the UCSB Professional Women’s Association and the A.S. University Human Needs liaison. Community Affairs Board held a backpack drive in cooperation with local merchants. The combined staff and student effort resulted in over 200 backpacks, fully stocked with school supplies, being distributed in the Isla Vista and Santa Barbara communities during fall 2004.
♦The Professional Women’s Association (PWA), with assistance from the IV/UCSB
Liaison office, sponsored the annual holiday party for children at Isla Vista Elementary School. This project matched UCSB staff volunteers with a kindergarten child and his or her gift wish list. The holiday party was held December 2004 at the school’s multipurpose room. Executive Vice Chancellor Gene Lucas served as Santa Claus and UCSB staffer John Mitchell entertained the children with a baton twirling show. Two hundred gifts were collected, assembled and delivered to the party which was attended by the students of three state-funded, pre-school classes and three kindergarten classes at Isla Vista Elementary School. Each child also received a teddy bear from Santa Claus which were donated by the UCSB Bookstore. In addition, school supplies were donated to the IV Teen Center as part of PWA’s Christmas giving project.
♦In December of 2004 Housing & Residential Services’ “Housing Holiday Helpers” gathered gifts and boxes of food from all of the housing units in support of the IV
Youth Projects and the Youth Recreation Program. Many wrapped gifts of toys and clothing were donated to IVYP children. Members of Housing & Residential Services collected boxes filled with turkeys, canned goods and non-perishable items for some of the IV Youth Project families. This was the sixth year Housing & Residential Services participated in providing gifts, food and clothes for children and their families ♦Housing & Residential Services coordinated with United Way and the “Fun in the Sun Camp” to bring a group of fourth to sixth graders to UCSB for the day. Housing staffers conducted a tour of campus, including going to the top of Davidson Library, a tour of a residence hall room, and a walk through Cheadle Hall. The children also
experienced the Marine Science Reef “Touch Tank” tour. The Professional Woman’s Association sponsored their lunch, which was at Ortega Dining Commons. Housing
provided bags with notebooks, pencils, candy and a ribbon. The goal was to expose local children, including those from Isla Vista, to a college campus.
♦During the 2004-2005 academic year UCSB continued to offer a separate annual fee
which, upon payment, allowed registered SBCC students unlimited participation in
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HS04 In-kind support from UCSB coordinated by a A UCSB intramural leagues offered during fall, winter, and spring quarters. The annual University Human Needs liaison. SBCC fee also included equipment check-out privileges. This agreement between UCSB and SBCC was the result of discussions about how to better integrate SBCC students living in Isla Vista into the community and provide them with healthy options for recreation. Each holiday season the staff members at Student Health Service (SHS) buy gifts ♦ for children from the Isla Vista Youth Projects After School Program. Student Health
Service has been involved in this project for eleven years and in 2004 forty children between ages five and eleven received gifts. Thirty-two SHS staff participated in this activity donating gifts valued of at $15 each. ♦On campus throughout the year, Recreational Sports sponsored various fundraising activities, such as the annual Turkey Trot, which are made available to members of the Isla Vista community as a source of fun and entertainment. A special agreement was reached with SBCC that allowed their students to participate as well. ♦UCSB faculty, staff and students served on a number of different advisory committees/boards of directors for Isla Vista non-profits or community organizations for the 2004-05 year:
•Ray Aronson (Design & Construction Services)-Hillel Advisory Board •Catherine Boyer (Isla Vista/UCSB Liaison office)-University Religious Center,
Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, Soroptimist Club-Safety Town, and Isla Vista Youth and Family Network.
•Giulia Brofferio (Computer Science)-Isla Vista Youth Projects
•Bryan Brown (Graduate student)-IV Project Area Committee
Cindy Bowers (Student Health Service)-SB Neighborhood Clinics Board (of • which IV Medical Clinic is one member)
•Catherine Cole (Dramatic Arts)-IV Action Group
•Logan Green (Undergraduate Student)-Isla Vista Recreation & Park District Board of Directors and MTD Board Member
•Fernando Ramirez (UCSB undergraduate)- Isla Vista Recreation & Park District
Board of Directors •Yonie Harris (Dean of Students)-Isla Vista Youth Projects Board and New House •Richard Jenkins (Office of Student Life)-Human Services Commission •Laura Kalman (History)-Hillel Advisory Board •Jody Kaufman (Office of Academic Affairs)-Hillel Advisory Board •Martie Levy (Budget & Planning)-Hillel Advisory Board
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HS04 In-kind support from UCSB coordinated by a A •David Marshall (College of Letters & Science)-Hillel Advisory Board University Human Needs liaison. •Harry Nelson (Phsyics)-IV Action Group •Reilly Pollard (Communication Services)-Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics Board (of which IV Medical Clinic is one member) •Leonard Wallock (Interdisciplinary Humanities Center)-Hillel Advisory Board
•Michael Young (Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs)-Fighting Back Task Force
♦During the 2004-05 year, four staff (Jody Kaufman, Martie Levy, Ray Aronson and
Leonard Wallock), two faculty (Dean David Marshall and Professor Laura Kalman)
and two UCSB alumni (David Cygielman and Mitch Stark) served on the thirty- member Hillel Community Advisory Board. The Board assists in raising the over
$450,000 operating budget for the Hillel Foundation at UCSB and provides expertise
in a number of areas. Jody Kaufman co-chaired the successful search committee for a new executive director who will be starting in December 2005.
♦As medical director for UCSB Student Health Service, Dr. Cindy Bowers sat on the
board of directors and served as chair of the Medical Practices Committee of the
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics, the umbrella organization of the Isla Vista
Medical Clinic. In addition, Student Health provided health education services to the
Isla Vista community. These services, which generally target students, were open to
the public and included workshops, trainings, and information about health issues of
concern to college students.
In 2004-2005 Catherine Boyer, the Isla Vista/UCSB liaison, was a board member of ♦ Soroptimist Club-Safety Town, served on the County of Santa Barbara Arts nd Commission representing the 2 District, served as president of the University Religious Conference Board (a non-profit Isla Vista organization), and a member of the Isla Vista Youth and Family Network.
♦The Associated Students, A.S. external vice-president for local affairs, and Isla
Vista Community Relations Committee (IVCRC) provided oversight for the Isla Vista Improvement Fund, a student fee used to support a variety of activities in Isla Vista.
The fund collects $1.50 per student per quarter to support a wide variety of activities
including Dia de los Muertos, Dia de los Ninos, Adopt-a-Block and IV Halloween programs. Working through Associated Students and other campus agencies, almost 200 UCSB student volunteers directed their financial support and thousands of hours of service to help address the recreational, social and educational needs of the children living in Isla Vista. Over fifty-four student groups were allocated $44,934.27 for projects related to or implemented within Isla Vista for community enhancement. The
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HS04 In-kind support from UCSB coordinated by a A Associated Students IVCRC also allocated $18,000 to Isla Vista Youth Projects to University Human Needs liaison. support the tutoring program at IV Elementary School and $13,500 for the IV Teen Center health care program and for their summer program supplies. IVCRC awarded a total of $76,434.27 during 2004-2005. ♦The A.S. Community Affairs Board (CAB) sponsored the ongoing Family Literacy
Program which recruited and trained student volunteers to visit Spanish/English- speaking families throughout the Isla Vista/Santa Barbara area each week to engage
them in literacy activities. UCSB students read to an Isla Vista Elementary School aged child once a week for an hour during the 2004-05 school year. ♦For parents at IV Elementary School, CAB volunteers provided babysitting so that parents could have a night out each quarter. They also babysat during the school’s open house meetings throughout the year. ♦The A.S. Community Affairs Board supported volunteer recruitment for the following Isla Vista/UCSB organizations through its Service Learning/Volunteer Action Center: •Friendship Manor •Isla Vista Elementary School
•Isla Vista Youth Projects (support for the IVYP also included co-
sponsorship of fundraisers and assistance in publicizing various events.)
•Special Olympics
To kick off the 2004-2005 school year, the A.S. Community Affairs Board ♦ sponsored its annual “C.A.R.E. Fair” (Community Action Resource Extravaganza) on
October 13, 2004. Representatives from sixty local non-profits (including all Isla Vista non-profits) and service organizations participated, displaying information about their services in the Arbor Plaza. The C.A.R.E. Fair gave UCSB students a
chance to meet and link up with volunteer opportunities, while providing non-profits
an opportunity to recruit a larger volunteer force. ♦The A.S. Community Affairs Board sponsored the “Best Buddies” program which
pairs college student buddies with physically or mentally disabled older children from
the communities of Isla Vista, Goleta and Santa Barbara. Approximately forty individuals or twenty buddy pairs participated in 2004-2005, meeting at least once a month to establish a friendship in addition to joining in individual outings and group activities. ♦During the first week of November the A.S. Community Affairs Board held its annual “Turkey and Canned Food Drive” in which donations and supermarket
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HS04 In-kind support from UCSB coordinated by a A vouchers for turkeys were collected from UCSB faculty, staff and students. Turkeys University Human Needs liaison. were purchased and food baskets were distributed to low-income Isla Vista families (identified through the Isla Vista Elementary School) for Thanksgiving dinners. ♦The A.S. Community Affairs Board participated in socials hosted by Friendship Manor in Isla Vista. UCSB students (including CAB volunteers and student groups)
socialized with the senior citizens, giving them a chance to mix with the Isla Vista student community. Events were coordinated year round which included bingo, ice
cream socials, monthly trips to the Santa Barbara Symphony, and a special Valentine’s Day visit complete with delivery of handmade Valentine cards to each resident. ♦The A.S. Community Affairs Board held a Thanksgiving community dinner for homeless individuals and others in Isla Vista at the University Religious Center. Food was donated from local businesses and also purchased with CAB funds. Student volunteers helped prepare, serve, socialize and cleanup. ♦The A.S. Community Affairs Board continued its “Breakfast Club” program. Unused, still good food items were collected from on-campus dining entities (such as Nicoletti’s) and served to the homeless the next morning in local parks in Isla Vista.
The gatherings served the dual purpose of providing breakfast as well as initiating conversations and establishing relationships with the homeless population. Typically
there were 3 to 4 volunteers and approximately 5 to 12 displaced members of the community served. The program started once a week but expanded so that now a different student organization sponsors a breakfast each day of the week. ♦The A.S. Community Affairs Board participated in the Advancing College Transitions (ACT) program which is a Student Initiated Outreach Program (SIOP) serving Isla Vista and Santa Barbara residents. This program pairs UCSB student mentors with mentees who are first generation college students from the three local high schools. Programs are geared to inform and prepare students and their families about college opportunities. Volunteers helped high schoolers prepare for the SATs and ACTs and took them on trips to colleges to expose the young students to the
college experience.
♦Within the Isla Vista community, many ongoing projects attract an enormous volunteer team of UCSB A.S. Community Affairs Board students with an interest in
serving in the areas of childcare, the environment, the elderly, those with special needs, and teen mentorship. The 2004-05 service projects continued to focus on the
homeless community, quarterly beach cleanups, Friendship Manor home for the
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HS04 In-kind support from UCSB coordinated by a A elderly, Isla Vista Elementary School, Isla Vista Youth Projects and Isla Vista Teen University Human Needs liaison. Center. ♦Students enrolled in Professor Richard Duran’s Education 122 course (Practicum in Field Observation in School Settings) or Education 124 class (Research on Teaching and Learning in Sociocultural Contexts) during the 2004-2005 academic year helped
Isla Vista elementary school children learn to use computers. Nine to ten undergraduate students participated four or more hours per week as part of the
curriculum requirements.
♦In the fall 2004 an extensive non-partisan voter registration drive, sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs and Associated Students, was conducted on campus and in the community of Isla Vista. Spearheaded by the Office of Student Life voter registration intern, over one hundred student volunteers were able to register approximately 16,000 students during the month-long voter registration period. UCSB’s ongoing efforts to register individuals to vote and active get-out-the-vote campaign support the university’s long-standing commitment to engendering leadership and citizenship in its student body. The Isla Vista/UCSB Liaison office building continued to serve as a polling site.
♦Over 300 UCSB students and Isla Vista residents rocked out at the Associated Students “Get Out the Vote” concert held in Anisq’Oyo Park on October 16, 2004.
Participants listened to music provided by local and national talent, registered to vote, and learned about local and national elections. Advocates of Measure D, the A.S. Environmental Board, voter registration volunteers and Wells Fargo staffed booths to give information about IV issues and to encourage people to get politically involved. ♦Over a hundred members of the campus community attended a non-partisan voter education session held on Monday, November 1, 2004, in Isla Vista Theatre. Sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the Stephen S. Goodspeed intern and the League of Women Voters, the session was designed to educate and inform students and community members about the various candidates and issues, including the sixteen state propositions and the local Isla Vista ballot measure. The UCSB chapters
of the Campus Democrats, College Republicans and Campus Greens spoke in favor of
their respective candidates and their party’s stances of the different issues. The first 100 attendees to the event were treated with free burritos provided by Freebirds.
♦In June 2005 forty-seven seniors received a University Award for academic achievement and campus and community service. Recipients were recognized in part
for their outstanding contributions to and involvement in the Isla Vista community.
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HS04 In-kind support from UCSB coordinated by a A Service activities included volunteering at IV Teen Center and IV Youth Projects, University Human Needs liaison. tutoring at IV Elementary School, participating in Goleta beach and Isla Vista street cleanups, assisting in voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts in Isla Vista, working on the IV Tenant’s Union, and the IV Recreation and Park District. ♦Mark Juergensmeyer, director of global & international studies and sociology
professor, held receptions, undergraduate and graduate seminars, and events related to the global studies program at his Isla Vista home on 6637 Del Playa Drive during the
2004-2005 year. These students were active in maintaining Volley Ball Park in the 6600 block of Del Playa and helped serve free food to the homeless every Sunday in conjunction with St. Michael’s Episcopal Church. In addition, his home served as a safe house for people stressed out during the October 2004 Halloween crush on Del Playa that was concentrated on the 6600 block in front of the house. ♦Five UCSB employees who are members of the Soroptimist International of Santa Barbara were involved with the third year of Safety Town at the Isla Vista Elementary School. Safety Town is designed for five-and six-year olds and is a full-scale program about every aspect of safety for young children—at home, in school, on the playground, and on the street. The fee is generally $75 for participants, but the IV
Safety Town was free for low income children. Approximately 40 Isla Vista students
participated in the one-week program. Members of Alpha Kappa Delta Phi student organization volunteered to register ♦ over five hundred families at the annual Safety Town Camp registration held on April 7, 2005. ♦The women of Alpha Chi Omega volunteered at the Isla Vista Elementary School, serving as role models and mentors and assisting children with their homework. ♦The women of Zeta Phi Beta student organization demonstrated great encouragement and support to the children of Isla Vista by giving tutoring sessions at the IV Elementary School every Tuesday from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. In addition to helping students with their homework they read books to kindergarten children.
♦The women of Zeta Phi Beta student organization played bridge and bingo with the
senior residents of Friendship Manor in Isla Vista on a regular basis.
♦The women of Lambda Sigma Gamma student organization’s community service
included sponsoring a November canned food drive and making Thanksgiving food
baskets to raffle off to needy Isla Vista families; making Thanksgiving dinner for
families at the IV Teen Center; participating in La Escuelita’s “Safe Halloween” at
Children’s Park, overseeing arts and crafts activities and face painting; supervising the
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HS04 In-kind support from UCSB coordinated by a A haunted forest at the annual Dia de los Muertos festival; and tutoring students University Human Needs liaison. throughout the year at the IV Teen Center. ♦The student organization Gamma Phi Beta sponsored and participated in a number of events on behalf of the Isla Vista Youth Projects (IVYP). These activities included a pancake breakfast at which chapter members cooked and served breakfast to
residents of the Isla Vista community; Casino Night which drew people from the Greek and UCSB communities and raised approximately $2,500, of which $500 was
donated to the IVYP; the Halloween carnival which provided IVYP children the opportunity to play games (face painting, musical chairs. etc.) and trick-or-treat around the chapter house; and, the annual spring Cinco De Mayo festival at which Gamma Phi members coordinated activities at the IV Elementary School for an afternoon of fun. The student organization also participated in the Camp Fire USA’s “Absolutely Incredible Kid Day,” which is a national, annual letter-writing campaign that asks adults to write a letter of love and support to the children in their lives; this provided Gamma Phi Beta members the opportunity to send letters to children at IVYP. Many women of Gamma Phi Beta served as tutors and mentors to the IVYP children throughout the academic year as well. Gamma Phi Beta also held a luau at
the local retirement home, Friendship Manor. Members dressed up in Hawaiian outfits and spent the day with the older members of Isla Vista.
♦The women of Sigma Alpha Zeta held two annual activities with Friendship Manor: watching the Super Bowl game with the residents and providing snacks and activities for the Sunday afternoon; and, their special Valentine’s Day visit, bringing the residents valentine’s cards and treats while spending the evening with them. ♦Members of the Pi Beta Phi student organization volunteered at Friendship Manor retirement home. Activities included a pool party, Valentine’s Day party, movie night, student social, and visiting the elder residents for one to three hours on a regular basis. Members of Pi Beta Phi also participated in “Helping Hands of Isla Vista,” distributing food to local families in need every Thursday. ♦In the winter of 2005, members of Alpha Phi participated in “The Festival of
Hearts” hosted by Friendship Manor, serving food, collecting tickets, hosting the raffle, setting up, cleaning up, and much more.
♦The men of Sigma Nu student organization volunteered at St. Mark’s Cathedral every Friday serving lunch to the homeless Isla Vistans.
♦On December 3, 2004, the women of Lambda Theta Nu visited the students of Isla
Vista Youth Projects After School Program to provide goodies to decorate
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HS04 In-kind support from UCSB coordinated by a A gingerbread men. University Human Needs liaison. ♦The members of Lambda Theta Nu held their Annual Mother’s Day Dinner, a full course meal including entertainment, to commemorate the mothers in the Isla Vista community. Lambda Theta Nu also co-sponsored the annual Dia de los Ninos along with Nu Alpha Kappa and Zeta Phi Rho.
♦In 2004-05 Nu Alpha Kappa (NAK) student organization’s community service
included participating in the Isla Vista Halloween Children’s Festival, sponsoring the R.O.C.K. en IV (a fundraiser to raise scholarship funds for low income Isla Vista students), organizing the annual IV Spring Festival, and tutoring at the Isla Vista Teen Center. ♦The ninth annual Isla Vista Spring Festival and Dia de los Ninos, spearheaded by Nu Alpha Kappa working in conjunction with Lambda Theta Nu and Zeta Phi Rho, attracted 300 elementary school-aged children and their families on Saturday, May 14, 2005, in Estero Park. Dozens of volunteers from the three UCSB student organizations treated the area families to a free day of youth-oriented activities including a bounce house, carnival games, food, refreshments, musical performances by UCSB cultural groups and $500 worth of prizes. The event, which cost
approximately $5,000, was co-sponsored by a number of UCSB organizations and departments.
♦UCSB Hillel student organization focused much of its community service on Isla Vista during the 2004-2005 school year. As a large and growing student organization
based in Isla Vista, the group is dedicated to providing diverse and accessible programming to the entire Isla Vista community. Projects included the following activities: •Costume Ball: UCSB students invited local senior citizens from retirement homes, including Friendship Manor, and the community to a costume ball at Hillel. The third annual event, held in October 2004, drew 35 senior citizens and 50 students in costume, for an evening of dancing and mingling.
•Senior Prom: Similar to the costume ball, UCSB students invited local senior
citizens from retirement homes, including Friendship Manor, and the community
to a “senior” prom at Hillel. Approximately 50 senior citizens and 65 students
participated in the semi-formal dance held in May 2005.
•Kosher Love Luau: Hillel held its fifth annual Valentine’s Day event in
February 2004. The benefit event raised over $1,000 for the Make-A-Wish
Foundation. Approximately 150 students participated in games and auctions for
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HS04 In-kind support from UCSB coordinated by a A fun and a good cause. University Human Needs liaison. •Kosher Cook out: Every Monday throughout the 2004-2005 school year. UCSB Hillel hosted a free dinner and social for students. Weekly attendance averaged between 75-100 students. •Isla Vista Unplugged: 2004-2005 marked the continuation of “Isla Vista
Unplugged,” a high quality free music concert series on Saturday nights. With
generous support from Office of Student Life/Alternative Social Programming, Associated Students, St. Mark’s and St. Michael’s churches, UCSB Hillel hosted three concerts with an average attendance of 150 plus students on Saturday nights between September 2004 and January 2005. •Comedic Performance: In November 2004 Hillel hosted a comedian who performed for free to an audience of 75 students. •Blood and Marrow Drives: Hillel hosted a blood drive with the Tri-County Blood Bank in January 2005 and a bone marrow registry drive in March 2005. ♦During the 2004-2005 academic year, the UCSB Bookstore made the following contributions in support of the Isla Vista community: Isla Vista Elementary School PTA Jog-a-thon, $60.28; St. Mark’s University Parish, $50.00; and IV Youth
Projects, $50.00. In addition, the UCSB Bookstore contributed to the UCSB
Professional Woman’s Association, Associated Students and a number of Greek student organizations who conducted community service and outreach to the Isla
Vista community. UCSB’s University Center (UCen) Dining Services donated twelve mugs to the ♦ senior citizen residents of Friendship Manor.
♦The UCSB Student Health Service Dental Clinic worked with the Santa Barbara-
Ventura Counties Dental Society to provide free screening and restorative dental care
to children in the Isla Vista community. A UCSB senior dentist and registered dental
assistants volunteered their time in addition to donating university space and
equipment. In April 2005 one Saturday was spent examining the children and the
following Saturday was spent performing the restorative work. Dental treatment was
provided for approximately 25 Isla Vista elementary age students.
The UCSB Regents and Chancellor’s Scholars Society sponsored a Talent Show for ♦ the senior citizen residents of Friendship Manor on May 4, 2005.
♦During United Way’s annual Day of Caring in Santa Barbara on September 18, 2004, UCSB students, employees and their families helped repaint buildings at the Devereux Foundation school in Isla Vista. Among the participants were Morgan
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HS04 In-kind support from UCSB coordinated by a A Schaffer, Linda Ruuska, Meghan Dougherty, and Joyce Rara. University Human Needs liaison. ♦The UCSB Dance Team held a fundraiser, “Student Benefit Concert” on Saturday, April 16, 2005, in Campbell Hall. Proceeds went to the Isla Vista Teen Center with the intent of starting a performing arts program at the Center. Entertainment was provided by various UCSB student organizations including Skyline, the male a cappella group Brothas From Ota Mothas, the female a cappella group VocalMotion, a musical number from the student production of Cabaret, Rhythm Elite Dance Group, and the UCSB Dance Team. ♦Two student organizations, Hermanos Unidos and La Escuelita provided free Thanksgiving dinners to low-income, Latino families living in Isla Vista. Parents were informed of the availability of the turkey dinners via the IV Elementary School, the IV Teen Center, local IV churches and by door-to-door efforts. Approximately, 125 families enjoyed the dinner and fifty members of both groups helped in providing the holiday meal. ♦Community service projects performed in 2004-2005 by the student organization Hermanos Unidos (HU) included serving as role models and mentors to Isla Vista Elementary School children. HU members played sports with the children, talked to them about the importance of doing well in school and obtaining a college education, and led them in a Valentine’s Day project. The children made Valentine’s Day cards for the residents of Friendship Manor and HU members delivered the cards from the children to the retirement home on February 14, 2005. Approximately twenty members participated in the ongoing weekly community service and outreach activities.
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HS06 A tax on alcohol sales in IV to go to non- N/A N/A profits.
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HS07 In-kind support in the form of community N/A ♦Community service for misdemeanors was included as a component of the Human service for working off misdemeanors. Street Sweeping program. (Please see CA01 for a description of this program.) HS08 University donation of $25,000.00 (excluding R ♦This year the university’s “Isla Vista-UCSB Connection” component of the annual IV Mediation) for the fiscal year 1992-93 for United Way campaign collected $3,914.00 that was directed toward a consortium of Isla Vista non-profit agencies. Beginning July local agencies providing services to children and families in the UCSB/Isla Vista 1, 1993, a University donation of at least community. University employees selecting the IV Connection typically donated $40,000.00 annually (excluding IV through a payroll deduction option. Organizations receiving a percent of this funding Mediation). were IV Youth Projects, Orfalea Family Children’s Center, IV Teen Center, UCSB After School Program and Santa Barbara Neighborhood Medical Clinics-Isla Vista.
♦In support of the annual GIVE sale, which raised $6180 for Isla Vista non-profits, a variety of UCSB departments and student organizations reduced fees or made a donation in support of this Isla Vista community event. Please refer to CA07. ♦Please refer to CA04 for a description of Shoreline Protection Lock-In Fund. ♦The university contributed $20,000 in support of the IV Master Plan process. ♦A matching contribution to the Isla Vista/UCSB Substance Abuse Prevention Project resulted in a $70,000 contribution from the County of Santa Barbara with a matching $6,000 from the university.
♦In spring quarter of 1998, UCSB students approved a measure in which a portion of
their A.S. fees would be designated as “The Associated Students Isla Vista
Improvement Fund.” The fund was designed to sponsor and co-sponsor efforts to
improve the quality of life for the residents of Isla Vista. A total of $76,434.271 was
raised in 2004-05. (Please refer to HS04 for more details.)
♦During the 2004-05 year, Associated Students awarded allocated $18,000 to the Isla
Vista non-profit, Isla Vista Youth Projects, for tutoring at Isla Vista Elementary School. An additional $13,500 was awarded to the IV Teen Center for their Health Care Program and to be used for summer program supplies and expenses. ♦The university contributed $6,000 for operational costs of the Isla Vista Teen Center during 2004-2005.
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COMMUNITY CENTER IVCEC ID IVCEC RECOMMENDATIONS UCSB’s PROGRESS/ACTIONS TAKEN NUMBER RESPONSE CC01 A community center or complex of N/A ♦Located on Isla Vista Recreation and Park District land, the Teen Center, which community centers. UCSB helped to found in 1997 and has continued to support, served much broader community functions than just teen activities. ♦In lieu of a dedicated community center, both the Isla Vista Theater and Embarcadero Hall, which are owned by the university, were open for public use.
(Please refer to CC05.)
♦The Isla Vista Teen Center is a program of Noah’s Anchorage YMCA. The Teen Center is intended to be a safe place for Isla Vista youth, 6th-12th grade, with
appropriate teen activities and functions. Open Monday through Friday 4:00 – 8:00 p.m., at no cost to youth, the Teen Center provides a wide variety of tutoring, study skills training, leadership development opportunities, and supportive services. Teen Center members participate in a variety of educational and recreational activities in non-school hours. The university continued to demonstrate its commitment and support to the Teen Center through volunteer work and a $6,000 contribution. ♦On September 28, 2004, Isla Vista residents, including Associated Students president Cervin Morris and numerous UCSB students, gathered at the site of the proposed new community center in Estero Park to kick off the campaign supporting
Measure D, a ballot measure that would decide the project’s fate in the November 2 election. The goal of the measure’s organizers, spearheaded by IV Recreation & Park
District director and UCSB junior, Logan Green, was to use the community center as a rallying point for future improvement projects in IV.
♦On October 20, 2004, the Associated Students Legislative Council unanimously
voted in favor of a resolution supporting local initiative Measure D which would allow the IV Recreation & Park District to lease land in Estero Park and build an IV community center.
♦The Director of Student Affairs Grant Development at UCSB worked with the
General Manager of the Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District (IVRPD) to submit
three proposals to the California Department of Parks. Proposals included requests for: 1) $1 million from the Youth Soccer Program to help build a regulation-size
soccer field in Isla Vista, 2) $132,000 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund
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CC01 A community center or complex of N/A build basketball courts. The soccer field and basketball courts are intended to be part community centers. of a larger development project, namely, the Isla Vista Community Center. The community center and its outdoor recreational facilities are designed to revitalize the community of Isla Vista, to provide much-needed facilities and services for Isla Vista’s low-income families, and to enhance one of Isla Vista’s last and largest remaining open spaces, the Estero Park neighborhood. The soccer field and basketball courts, centrally located and easily accessed, will provide safe, responsible, and low- to no-cost recreational activities that will bring youth together in ways that empower rather than endanger them. The facilities will be open to the public free of charge every day of the week and will be patrolled by the Isla Vista Foot Patrol. Isla Vista Community Center partners estimate that up to 10,000 community youth and UCSB students will use the recreational facilities annually. CC02 A Community Center Project Board to work A ♦The dean of students and the IV liaison continued as members of the IV Community with the Recreation and Park District in Center Task Force during 2004-2005. developing a community center. CC03 Generation of adequate funds for purchase, A No Action Taken. construction, and maintenance of the center(s). CC04 A Community Center Governing Board to A N/A succeed the Project Board and to manage the center. CC05 Shared use of University facilities to supple- AM ♦UCSB officially began operating Embarcadero Hall, located at 935 Embarcadero ment space available at the community center. del Norte, in January 2003, and continued to provide office space and utilities in Embarcadero Hall for the IV/UCSB Liaison office and the County of Santa Barbara’s Alcohol/Drug program (IV Alcohol and Other Drug Council) and dedicated office rd space for the 3 District Supervisor Brook Firestone’s field office. (Please see CE06
for more information on Embarcadero Hall.) UCSB’s Embarcadero Hall second floor conference rooms provided meeting space ♦ for groups including the Isla Vista Commission, Isla Vista Recreation & Park District, UCSB’s Community Affairs Board, the Isla Vista Alcohol and Other Drug Council, the Isla Vista Master Plan Committee and the Isla Vista Master Plan PAC subcommittees. ♦Photography projects by students from UCSB’s Art Department were exhibited in the lobby of Embarcadero Hall in spring 2005. ♦The Isla Vista Theater, Embarcadero Hall and Cliff House continued to be available
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CC05 Shared use of University facilities to supple- AM for community use with the Isla Vista/UCSB Liaison office signing as a co-sponsor. ment space available at the community center. ♦The Department of Exercise & Sport Studies provided free or discounted facility and/or field use for the IV Teen Center and IV Youth Projects. ♦The Department of Exercise & Sport Studies provided special events consultation for users of the campus recreation facilities. This service was offered to members of
the Isla Vista youth programs. ♦On November 2, 2004, Department of Exercise & Sport Studies representatives met
with Jason Womack of IV Recreation and Park District and Carrick DeHart from the Page Youth Center to discuss the possibility of collaborative recreational programming that would create a partnership between UCSB, IV and Goleta. ♦During the summer of 2004 the Department of Exercise & Sport Studies allowed the IV Recreation and Park District to purchase discounted children’s passes to the Recreation Center. The children were allowed to use the swimming pools, the Pavilion Gym (for basketball and volleyball) and various recreational equipment such as foosball tables, ping pong tables, etc.
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CULTURAL ENRICHMENT IVCEC ID IVCEC RECOMMENDATIONS UCSB’s PROGRESS/ACTIONS TAKEN NUMBER RESPONSE CE01 An Isla Vista Arts Commission. A No action taken. CE02 A survey of UCSB departments to determine A No action taken. extent of cultural programming available to IV. CE03 Strategies to increase cultural programming AM ♦Please refer to PS12 and CE06 for more details on programming in the Isla Vista for IV, including community access to Theater. University facilities, especially the Isla Vista ♦ On October 27, 2004, the Project Area Committee (PAC) and General Plan Theater, and better advertising to residents. Advisory Committee (GPAC) heard a proposal from the UCSB Dramatic Arts Department to improve the Isla Vista Theater through the addition of a black box
theater (3000 seating capacity) at the rear of the property. Professor Catherine Cole
indicated this theater option was part of a larger plan to create an Isla Vista performing arts center which would provide students with an alternative to the Del Playa party scene and would appeal to students looking for more cultural entertainment. ♦In fall 2004 UCSB entered into its second season of the Friday night variety show, “IV Live,” drawing large audiences in Embarcadero Hall. The show was an opportunity for students, staff and artists to present their work in the heart of Isla Vista. Starting at 9:00 p.m., “I.V. Live” offered evening entertainment for residents of Isla Vista and the university community. The October 16 opening night featured singer/songwriter David Courtenay, poet/performer Theresa Willis, solo performer Kristen Palmer, and the IV players in “Alice in Isla Vista.” (Please see PS11 and
CE06 for more information.) ♦UCSB continued its second year of the Magic Lantern Films series to the
community of Isla Vista as a safe and inexpensive Friday night neighborhood entertainment option. Magic Lantern Films got its name from the old Magic Lantern
Theatre, now called the IV Theatre. In the 1970s the Magic Lantern Theatre was a popular movie house that screened classic, independent, and foreign films. The new Magic Lantern picked up where the old one left off by screening critically acclaimed films like Before Sunrise & Before Sunset, Bubba Ho-Tep, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Rock and Roll High School The Notebook, and Kill Bill. The series is funded with the support of the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor, the College A = Accept AM = Accept With Modifications(s) 2004-05 Enhancement Update (Page 59) R = Reject IVCEC ID IVCEC RECOMMENDATIONS UCSB’s PROGRESS/ACTIONS TAKEN NUMBER RESPONSE
CE03 Strategies to increase cultural programming AM of Letters and Science, and the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts. In 2004-2005 for IV, including community access to the Chancellor and Executive Vice Chancellor provided $23,477 in funding support. University facilities, especially the Isla Vista ♦The College of Creative Studies and the Art Studio department presented weekly art Theater, and better advertising to residents. symposia in Isla Vista Theater featuring the work of a wide variety of guest artists, lecturers, critics and curators. Students and community members had an opportunity
to learn about the artists’ inspirations and discover new methods of creative expression. During the 2004-2005 academic year, the symposium featured a variety of
presentations by guests artists such as Julie Lazar, director of the International Contemporary Arts Network; Armand Labb, curator of the Bowers Museum; Daniel Wheeler, a Los Angeles-based installation, video and performance artist; Jose Lerma, a Houston-based painter; Peter Frank, editor of Visions Art Quarterly and art critic for the L.A. Weekly; and, John Welchman, professor of art history at UC San Diego. ♦The IV Theater continued to provide meeting and event space for public use after UCSB academic classes were finished each day, usually after 5:00 p.m. and all day on weekends. In 2004-2005 the theater was used for Iglesia Nueva Vida church services, a Juggling Festival show, Veritas Forum events, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center lectures, Associated Students Program Board films, the Magic Lantern Films series,
Arts & Lecture events, UCSB Art Museum programs, a Women Center & KCSB-
sponsored lecture, MultiCultural Center performances, Department of Film Studies presentations, registered student organizations performances and fundraising events, AS Commission for Public Safety town halls, fraternity and sorority risk management training sessions, Major Events Committee Halloween town hall meeting, and many other public lectures, films and performances. ♦In 2004-2005 the MultiCultural Center’s (MCC) concentrated its outreach efforts on helping to bridge the gap between the Isla Vista and UCSB communities by initiating a series of programs that brought the same high-quality programs off-campus and closer to the heart of IV. These activities included: • The MCC presented the ForéForé Dance and Music Workshop on Friday, October 18, 2004, at Isla Vista Elementary School. Led by four members of the
ForéForé ensemble, this workshop allowed children to learn the basic elements
of West African dance from internationally-renowned dancers and simple rhythms from acclaimed musicians. Twenty-five elementary school students
participated in the workshop which was coordinated by two MCC staff members. • How Big is Your Voice? with Shailja Patel, a high quality, socially, racially and politically conscious poetry reading, was presented to 157 UCSB students and
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CE03 Strategies to increase cultural programming AM community members in Embarcadero Hall on Thursday, November 18, 2004. for IV, including community access to • Talk to Strangers with Saul Williams, presented as part of the Interdisciplinary University facilities, especially the Isla Vista Humanities Center’s Visiting Artists Program spring artist-in residence, drew Theater, and better advertising to residents. 525 UCSB students, staff and faculty as well as the local Isla Vista and Santa Barbara community members. The poetry reading by the poet-actor-singer- musician extraordinaire was the most highly attended MCC event in Isla Vista
Theater during the 2004-2005 year. (Please see CE12 for additional Adopt-a-School programs and activities.) ♦Arts & Lectures, through its Performing Arts Community Outreach program, sponsored a number of performances in the Isla Vista community during 2004-2005. UCSB Arts & Lectures partnered with Isla Vista Elementary School and the Isla Vista Liaison Office to present four artists at the school. The IV Liaison office helped support previews by UCSB students to prepare the children and teachers for the performances and to relate them to California curriculum standards for music and history/social science for 4th grade. Programs included: • On October 22, 2004, sixty students attended an after school assembly with Los Hermanos Ochoa from Veracruz, Mexico.
• On November 9, 2004, Columbian percussionist from Toto La Momposina's band gave two afternoon assemblies for the entire school. In their presentation of traditional music of the region the musicians included concepts of pitch and timbre. • February 1, 2005, Natalie MacMaster gave two assemblies of fiddle music and dance from Cape Breton for the entire school. UCSB ethnomusicology student Lily Gordon met with the school faculty and visited 4th grade classrooms in advance for previews. • On March 29, 2005, members of Çudamani, Balinese gamalean, presented music and dance from Bali and taught students traditional rhythmic chants in an assembly attended by 100 students from grades 1 - 4. UCSB ethnomusicology student Sonja Downing gave previews for faculty and 4th grade classrooms.
♦UCSB staff participated in monthly Isla Vista Youth and Family Network meetings
to exchange information and network with people involved in academic, social and cultural programs working with youth and families. UCSB representatives included the Isla Vista/UCSB Liaison office, Community Affairs Board, Associated Students, Center for Chicano Studies and members of a variety of student organizations. ♦The 29th annual Isla Vista Juggling Festival & Public Show was held on March 25- 27, 2005. Sponsored by Club Juggling at UCSB, a student organization, and the Santa
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CE03 Strategies to increase cultural programming AM Barbara Jugglers Association, the show included jugglers, unicyclists, clowns, for IV, including community access to magicians and juggling prop vendors. Beginners and those interested in learning to University facilities, especially the Isla Vista juggle were encouraged to attend. The festival, which drew 250 people, was held at Theater, and better advertising to residents. UCSB’s Robertson Gym, and the public show was held in Isla Vista Theater. The annual festivities honor the memory of a young Isla Vista resident and activist who was killed in Isla Vista in the 1970s. ♦Improvability, UCSB’s premier comedic improve troupe with a “family-friendly” show, filled seats each week by distributing fliers in the Isla Vista and placing ads in the local newspapers to draw in the local community. Two highly-attended shows included their “April Fool’s Day” and “Seis de Mayo” performances both held in Embarcadero Hall. ♦The UCSB Veritas Forum, an organization jointly sponsored by thirteen student groups and the Faculty/Staff Christian Community, held three events in Isla Vista as part of their 2004-2005 calendar that were open and free to the public. The discussion “Rumors of Another World: What on Earth Are We Missing?” was held in Isla Vista Theater on October 15, 2005. “Stem Cell Research: Searching for Justice for the Ill and the Unborn” was presented on April 11, 2005, in Embarcadero Hall. The following week, “Luke’s Biography of Jesus,” a one-man show dramatizing the ancient story of Christ was presented in Isla Vista Theater on April 14. ♦On Thursday, October 21, 2004, KCSB brought peace activist and author Kathy Kelly to Isla Vista Theater in an event co-hosted by the Women’s Center. In her talk, “Other Lands Have Dreams,” she spoke of the impact of U.S. policies on women and children with whom she has lived in Iraq, and told about women she knew while imprisoned at Pekin federal prison camp. CE04 A formal assessment of community arts needs A No action taken. and interests. CE05 A campaign to develop IV businesses as A No action taken. venues for performances and exhibits. CE06 More University classes, workshops, exhibits, A ♦To foster a greater academic presence in Isla Vista, UCSB Campus Learning academic assignments and projects located in Assistance Services (CLAS) continued to provide tutorial services within the Isla Vista. community. CLAS held fifteen tutorial groups (meeting twice weekly) during the quarter in Embarcadero Hall, seeing an average of 300 students weekly. During the academic year, CLAS hosted a study hall from 6-10 p.m., Monday through Thursday. More University classes, workshops, exhibits, A CE06 Student athletes met with individual tutors or in small study groups. Forty to eighty academic assignments and projects located in students used the study hall per week.
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Isla Vista. ♦During the fall, winter, and spring quarters of 2004-2005, the College of Creative Studies and the Art Studio Department held art symposia every Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. in the Isla Vista Theater. A variety of professionals (such as museum directors, professors, curators, critics, gallery owners, and artists) from the art world presented talks which were open and free to the public. (Please see CE03 for specific
symposium information and PS12 for additional activities sponsored by the university.)
♦During the fall, winter, and spring quarters of 2004-05 the Associated Students Program Board continued to offer Tuesday night movie screenings at 7:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. in the Isla Vista Theater. Both the public and student body were invited to view the thirty-one film screenings, including special sneak previews, a screening of Don’t Bank on Amerika, and a screening of the Lost Film Festival, a touring program featuring social commentary of narrative short films, at reduced prices, and sometimes free of charge. Clockwork Orange, Closer, and Wet Hot America were among the featured films. Program Board increased the number of screenings in the summer to eight titles. Each of these screening was free of charge to the Isla Vista community.
♦The Isla Vista Theater was used by various UCSB student organizations bringing a wide range of educational, cultural and social offerings to the Isla Vista community.
Among the sponsors of these public events were the Alpine Skiing & Racing Team, Alpha Phi Alpha, Vocal Motion, Hermanos Unidos, Sigma Alpha Zeta, Juggling at UCSB, UCSB Surfing Team and Associated Students. ♦University-owned Embarcadero Hall (the former Bank of America building), located at 935 Embarcadero Del Norte, houses a 250-seat lecture hall, 2-3 small classrooms and tutorial space, and offices for the Isla Vista/UCSB Liaison office. Since its opening in fall 2002, Embarcadero Hall continued to be used during evening hours for film screenings, dramatic performances, lectures, forums, workshops and musical performances that were open to the Isla Vista community. Groups using the facility in 2004-2005 included Associated Students Commission on Public Safety,
Veritas Forum at UCSB, OSL Major Events Committee, AS Legislative Council,
Improvability, IV Live, MulitCultural Center and The Education for Sustainable Living Program.
♦During the week of February 21, 2005, the campus radio station KCSB 91.9 FM commemorated the 35th anniversary of the burning of the Bank of America in Isla CE06 More University classes, workshops, exhibits, A Vista by broadcasting a special program, screening a film and holding a live panel academic assignments and projects located in
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Isla Vista. discussion. The broadcast included archival audio footage from 1968-1971. The audio coverage documented on-campus student anti-war protests and civil rights activism, and the infamous burning of the I.V. Bank of America in 1970. Archival broadcasts of materials related to that event were aired on the station, all of which was initiated by UCSB alumnus Tim Owens (a one-time KCSB programmer and former jazz director for NPR).The material came from various protests, lectures, rallies and live audio
feeds from the actual burning. The broadcast was followed by a screening of "Don't Bank on Amerika," a film by former UCSB faculty member Peter Biskind, which documented the I.V. protests. After the screening in Embarcadero Hall, a four-person panel consisting of former UCSB students and activists who were involved in the movement, were present to answer questions. The panel of former students and activists included Yonie Harris, a UCSB graduate and current dean of students. The location where they held the film and discussion was significant because Embarcadero Hall was built where the old bank once stood. ♦The Daily Nexus student newspaper ran a series on Isla Vista in February 2005 marking the 35th anniversary of student protests that rocked the UCSB campus in 1970. In reaction to the firing of professor Bill Allen and the expanding war in
Vietnam, rioting students burned down the Isla Vista Bank of America on Feb. 25, 1970. The four part series, which looked back on the’69-70 year in UCSB history, included An Oceanside Revolution, Burning Down the Isla Vista Bank of America, I.V.’s Second Full-Scale Riot Takes Its First Life, and Last For Social Change, Fair Play and Peace. ♦During 2004-2005 a collaboration between the Division of Student Affairs and the College of Letters and Science resulted in establishment of an on-site Campus Services Center in the main lobby of the Francisco Torres (FT) Residence Hall in Isla Vista. Student residents of university-owned FT, located off-campus in Isla Vista, were provided with more convenient access to resources and advice provided by professional and peer staff members from key campus departments. Available in late afternoon and early evening hours, Tuesday through Thursday, when students were
most likely to be in the residence hall, the Campus Services Center complemented the
work of live-in professional staff and resident assistants. The Campus Services Center provided academic advisors, health educators, leadership interns and professional staff from the Office of Student Life and Educational Opportunity Program to answer questions and make referrals to approximately 600 students in residence. Also, CE06 More University classes, workshops, exhibits, A scheduled academic and study skills workshops were offered by the UCSB Campus academic assignments and projects located in Learning and Assistance Services (CLAS) in a convenient location at FT for student
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Isla Vista. residents to attend. Various on-campus student organizations provided student residents of FT an opportunity to explore membership. ♦The Department of Film Studies served as the home department for the Magic Lantern Films organization, which screened films in the Isla Vista Theater for its first full school year in 2004-05. The offices of the Chancellor, the Executive Vice
Chancellor, the Provost of the College of Letters and Science, and the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs supplemented sales to fund the series. First-run films,
double features, and movie revivals that appeal to younger audiences screened every Friday night during the regular school year. Ticket prices ($4) were kept low and amenities like popcorn helped set a party-like atmosphere where people could gather safely and watch a fun film together. Approximately 5,626 people attended the films over the course of the year. (No headcount was kept for free films so the attendance number is actually higher than this figure.) There were one paid UCSB employee and two paid UCSB students, in addition to student interns. ♦Magic Lantern Films, the film series program introduced to IV in 2004, also served as an opportunity for students to volunteer weekly and receive academic credit while learning about promotion, theater management, and event production.
♦In 2004-2005 the Isla Vista Arts officially operated as a research subunit under UCSB’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, but in practice it served as an umbrella
to a variety of weekly film, theater, and visual arts events and classes in IV. Among the arts projects IVA promoted:
• Associated Student Program Board films (every Tuesday night, IV Theater) • Magic Lantern Films (every Friday night, IV Theater) • Improvability improvisational troupe (every Saturday night, Embarcadero Hall) • IV Live variety show (every Saturday night, Embarcadero Hall) • Middle Eastern Center Film Series (every Wednesday night, Embarcadero Hall) • Art Symposium (every Wednesday night, IV Theater) Catherine Cole, drama and dance professor, served as the IVA director, assisted by graduate students Jason Davids Scott and John Carnwath.
♦The Isla Vista Theater continued to serve as a classroom to 25 to 30 UCSB academic courses each quarter. In 2004-2005 a variety of classes were held in the
Theater including classics, communications, art history, economics, environmental studies, films studies, history, black studies, statistics, women’s studies, physical
activities, global & international studies and many others. CE06 More University classes, workshops, exhibits, A ♦Designed as a premier lecture facility which opened in 2003, Embarcadero Hall academic assignments and projects located in
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Isla Vista. continued to serve as a classroom to a number of UCSB academic courses including anthropology, Asian American studies, black studies, comparative literature, electrical computer engineering, mathematics, law and society, and philosophy. ♦The curriculum of two academic courses, Interdisciplinary 20 (Introduction to the University) and Sociology 102 (University and Society), focused on the college
experience, and included units on the community of Isla Vista. Statistics, laws, policies, long-range development and community issues such as alcohol and drug use,
as they relate to IV, were covered in class presentations.
♦The Graduate School of Education/Preprofessional Education Program provided preprofessional fieldwork in Isla Vista for UCSB students. In 2004-2005, preprofessional UCSB students spent four to six hours each in the classroom weekly, working as volunteer student aids and assisting teachers with all facets of the curriculum including teaching a lesson plan. ♦The 2004-2005 Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Visiting Artist Program included Saul Williams, spoken word poet, whose four-day residency concluded with a full-length performance/reading to a packed house at Isla Vista Theater. In the spring, architect Kris Miller-Fisher, 3rd District Supervisor Brooks Firestone’s
director of special projects, led a one-week seminar, “Building Campus Community,” with UCSB students. Working in collaboration with Art Professor Harry Reese, the
seminar involved creating design guidelines and potential housing plans for Isla Vista.
♦The Isla Vista chapter of the Surfrider Foundation organized the fifth annual “Concert for the Coast,” sponsored by the Shoreline Preservation Fund on Saturday, May 21, 2005, in Anisq’Oyo Park. Approximately 300 surfers, students and local residents attended the event throughout the day. The fundraiser brought in $600 of which benefited IV Ocean Kids, a local organization that teaches children living in IV about coast resources and how to surf, and the Naples Coalition, which provides several summer surf camp scholarships for youths selected from the I.V. Teen Center. ♦Over seventy students attended the first annual Associated Students Congress on
October 29, 2004, where students voted on the top three goals they would like the
student government to work on during the 2004-2005 year. The Legislative Council presented a list of 50 concerns submitted by students. Included on the list was a desire
for more funding for events which would serve as alternatives to the IV party scene; educating freshmen about the Isla Vista Foot Patrol and giving students more input CE06 More University classes, workshops, exhibits, A into the IV planning process. One of the top three goals that emerged from the town academic assignments and projects located in
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Isla Vista. hall meeting was to promote an environmentally aware campus, calling for a sustainability master plan that would include better transportation at UCSB and in Isla Vista. ♦On Friday, April 15, 2005, from 11:00 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. twelve students from the class Law and Society 199 followed and filmed Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) officers
with the intention of studying the videos and submitting some policy change recommendations to the IVFP. Working collaboratively with the Foot Patrol, the
group returned on subsequent weekends to complete the project and attended a training session put on by the Midnight Special Law Collective on May 7 and 8, 2005. After the session the attendees were certified by the organization as legal observers. Students initially started the class as a way to continue the work Associated Students Student Lobby started with the “Fall Defensive” campaign. ♦During 2004-2005 sociology professor Denise Segura prepared a series of technical reports and scholarly articles based on findings from her study of the "Quality of Life" of Latino residents in Isla Vista. Her major findings included severe insect and rodent infestation in apartments Latinos live in, diverse forms of educational participation by Latino parents, barriers to employment and political empowerment and strategies to
enhance the well being of local Latino residents. ♦In 2004-2005 the Center for Chicano Studies employed twenty-two undergraduate
research assistants, most of those worked with Professors Denise Segura and Richard Duran on the ENLACE y Avance project involving Isa Vista and its residents.
♦In summer 2005, the College of Creative Studies premiered its first Pre-College Summer Arts Institute for local junior and high school students who were the first in their families to attend college. The program offered many students their first opportunity to study painting, photography, creative writing and journalism. Thirty- seven students, which included six graders from Isla Vista Elementary School, participated in the summer program which met four days a week for five weeks. The Summer Arts Institute, coordinated by UCSB lecturers Robyn Bell and Caroline Allen, was funded by a Faculty Outreach Grant (FOG) of $28,000 provided by the
Chancellor’s Outreach Advisory Board (COAB).
♦In 2005 six teenagers from the Isla Vista Teen Center and UCSB drama students collaborated to create a solo performance festival at UCSB's MultiCultural Center as
part of the three-week UCSB Summer Theater Lab program. The new play, In the House 2005, which was performed on July 26, 2005, was the brainchild of UCSB CE06 More University classes, workshops, exhibits, A graduate student Judy Bauerlein who received a Woodrow Wilson grant in 2004 to academic assignments and projects located in
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Isla Vista. explore immigrant voices in Isla Vista. The project, which works in conjunction with UCSB’s ENLACE (Engaging Latino Communities for Education) y Advance, enables Isla Vista teenagers to improve their writing skills, express themselves creatively, increase their self-esteem, and establish a connection to the world of higher education. In turn, UCSB student participants learned valuable leadership skills, honed their creative writing abilities, and benefited from experiencing the diversity of the Isla Vista community. ♦ENLACE undergraduate mentor Ana Soltero received a Strauss Scholarship for $10,000 in support of her project to undertake a series of family education and leadership workshops for Spanish-speaking parents in the local Isla Vista/Goleta area. Her research project was conducted under the guidance of sociology professor and ENLACE co-principal investigator Denise Segura. ♦The Education for Sustainable Living Program’s spring 2005 series included five events at Embarcadero Hall in Isla Vista that were free and open to the public: Introductory meeting (3/21/05); “Bread and Water: Ensuring the Essentials” (4/7/05); “Journey Into Life: Ecology, Psychology and Education” (4/14/05); “Designing Sustainable Campus Communities” (4/12/05); and “Ecological Ethics” (4/28/05). ♦In collaboration with UCSB Arts & Lectures, the IV/UCSB Liaison Office initiated a music education program which provided honorariums for two UCSB ethnomusicology graduate students to design and teach in-class workshops with students at Isla Vista Elementary School. Sonja Downing designed curriculum in preparation for Cudamani gamelan music performance, and Lily Gordon presented instruction on violin and fiddle music in preparation for a Mark O’Connor music performance. ♦During the 2004-2005 school year, the twenty-three member Associated Students Legislative Council passed four resolutions which involved the community of Isla Vista: an endorsement of Measure D, allowing the IV Recreation and Park District to lease land in Estero park and build an IV community center (10/20/04); a demand for and support of West Campus Bluffs bike path repair by the university (11/3/05); urged 3rd District Supervisor Brooks Firestone to resume county negotiations in purchasing undeveloped land between 6709 and 6741 Del Playa, commonly known as Claire’s Park (2/9/06); and, a call for the Federal Bureau of Prisons to continue funding the Working Alternative Halfway House located at 6575 Trigo Road in Isla Vista (2/23/06). CE07 Arts “theme” houses maintained by the AM No action taken.
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University in IV as part of the rental unit leasehold program. CE08 Continuation of community festivals. R ♦An Isla Vista Halloween festival was organized by the Día de los Muertos/Halloween Committee (with help from the Associated Students Program Board and A.S. officers, Office of Student Life, Isla Vista/UCSB Liaison Office and Isla Vista Recreation & Park District) for the community of Isla Vista. The festival, which took place October 31, 2004, and was followed with a celebration of Dia de los
Muertos on November 1, 2004, featured a carnival-type atmosphere with a high inflatable bouncer, interactive games, mask-making workshop, Halloween costume
contest, two screenings of Ghost Busters and a variety of live entertainment in Anisq’Oyo Park. Funding for the events from UCSB’s Major Events Committee (which was coordinated by the Office of Student Life) totaled approximately $2,320.05 to cover portable restroom facilities, Safe Halloween flyers and Isla Vista Recreation and Park’s activities. ♦The IV/UCSB Liaison Office provided staffing and conducted outreach for Dia de los Muertos events in Anisq’Oyo Park and Children’s Park. ♦A celebration was organized by the Día de los Muertos/Halloween Committee (with help from Associated Students, the Office of Student Life, the Isla Vista/UCSB Liaison Office, El Congreso, and the Isla Vista Recreation & Park District) for the
community of Isla Vista on November 1 in Children’s Park. The Día de los Muertos festival was an opportunity for celebrants to pay homage to their ancestors and
strengthen their ties to their families and friends. The event featured live music from a variety of bands, live cultural performances and the construction of the traditional altars commemorating the dead. CE09 Development of IV as a summer artists’ N/A N/A enclave/retreat. CE10 A public art/mural project. A Please see HS04.
CE11 The Isla Vista Institute to coordinate and AM No action taken. manage all public events in IV CE12 Continuation of the “Adopt-A-School” AM ♦Funded by the Office of Student Life and the Office of the Vice Chancellor-Student program. Affairs Office, the Isla Vista/UCSB Liaison Office continued to hold monthly Latino Parent Nights (LPN) at the Isla Vista Elementary School. The eight formal LPN meetings that took place between October and May of the 2004-2005 academic year CE12 Continuation of the “Adopt-A-School” AM were conducted entirely in Spanish, with translation provided if the guest speaker(s)
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program. were monolingual English speakers. Meetings included school announcements by the principal, community events and program information. The IV/UCSB Liaison office collaborated with ENLACE (Engaging Latino Communities for Education) to set the agendas, invite speakers and outreach to parents to encourage attendance. ♦In 2004-05 the College of Letters and Science Honors Program continued a
fourteen-year tradition of tutoring students at Isla Vista Elementary School. UCSB students were matched with sixth-grade students in IV Elementary School classrooms.
Tutors volunteered for two hours each week to assist students with math, reading, language arts and social studies. Tutors become mentors to the IV students as they progressed towards middle school, with emphasis on confidence building. In fall quarter 2004 tutors were recruited, trained, and cleared through Livescan process. In winter and spring 2004 twenty-one student-tutor pairs worked together. At the beginning of the year the UCSB Bookstore donated $100 in books for the sixth grade class involved in the tutoring program. ♦During 2004-2005 UCSB continued to administer the ENLACE (Engaging Latino Communities for Education) y Avance project, an educational outreach and research program that supports the academic achievement, leadership
development and college aspirations of Latino students and parents. In Isla Vista,
ENLACE provides direct support and services to students, parents and families through the Student Mentorship and Family Advocacy program.
• Student Mentorship and Family Advocacy Program: ENLACE continued to operate a program that trains UCSB undergraduate students to become mentors to elementary and middle school students residing in Isla Vista. Mentors provided targeted academic tutoring and counseling, cultural awareness and personal development services for these students throughout the 2004-05 academic year. They also served as resources to parents, linking them to campus and community resources and services. •ENLACE Summer Institute: In summer 2004 ENLACE sponsored its second summer school program for Isla Vista middle school students on the UCSB campus.
The initial program expanded to a four week program where students focused on math and science, U.S and world history and writing. Students attending the program were th sponsored to attend the UCSB field trips every Friday. The program was open to 8 and 9th graders residing in Isla Vista. The institute was supported through
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program. •ENLACE Parent Leadership Program: In fall 2004 ENLACE sponsored a new parent leadership program for Spanish-speaking parents in partnership with Isla Vista Elementary School by merging with the school’s Latino Parent Night meetings. Padres Adelante was a 16-week program that provided parents with information, strategies and skills that helped them to become directly involved with the educational
process and to support their children’s academic achievement. Fourteen parents graduated from Pardres Adelantes in December 2004.
•Field Trip and Other Programs: ENLACE sponsored several field trips during the 2004-2005year for Isla Vista students and parents. Several students also participated in a number of other summer programs such as the YMCA Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Conference, the Future Leaders of American Family Camp, the CSSMOS program at UC Irvine and the Young Writer’s Camp sponsored by the UCSB South Coast Writing Project. ♦The IV/UCSB Liaison Office co-sponsored a “fly away” celebration with the Santa Barbara Airport in June 2005 for sixth grade students graduating from the Isla Vista Elementary School, providing bus transportation, a picnic lunch, games and a magic show.
♦The IV/UCSB Liaison Office collaborated with a parent volunteer at the Isla Vista Elementary School to begin a pilot after school program to teach fifty kindergarten
students the Spanish language. Ten UCSB student volunteers were recruited and funding was provided for necessary fingerprinting and TB tests. The Office of
Academic Preparation at UCSB funded the pilot program with a donation of $1700.
♦The IV/UCSB Liaison Office supported the Isla Vista Elementary School Jog-a- thon by providing the administrative services of a UCSB undergraduate student to create a database, photocopy and assemble information packets for each student, and create banners. The student, Ben Lee, recruited ten members of his fraternity to volunteer their services on the day of the jog-a-thon.
♦The IV/UCSB Office coordinated with UCSB undergraduate student Ben Lee and
his fraternity to assist the Soroptimist Club Safety Town Project in assembling new
kiddie cars and painting the buildings used for the summer education program in Isla
Vista.
♦The IV/UCSB Office, in conjunction with UCSB’s MultiCultural Center, co-
sponsored a West African music and dance performance by Fore Fote in October
2004 for the student body at the Isla Vista School.
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program. student Grace Wallace to work part time as an assistant art teacher at Isla Vista Elementary School during winter and spring 2005. ♦The IV/UCSB Liaison Office coordinated efforts to bring fifty guest readers–UCSB faculty, staff and students–to visit Isla Vista Elementary School and read to students on Dr. Seuss Day, March 2, 2005, as part of the National Education Association’s Read Across America national event. ♦The Isla Vista/UCSB Liaison Office provided support to the Isla Vista Elementary School liaison throughout the school year, including assistance with distribution of clothing, food and school information to over 100 Isla Vista families. ♦The Associated Students Environmental Affairs Board (EAB) conducted weekly environmental education sessions to third graders at IV Elementary School during the 2004-05 school year. The teaching included hands-on learning in the school’s organic garden, and field trips to the Devereux tide pools and Ellwood butterfly preserve. ♦In November 2004 the Verizon Foundation contributed $127,000 to a coalition of programs at UCSB to help schools improve family literacy in Goleta, Isla Vista and Santa Barbara. Called Project SUCCESS: Sustaining University and Community Collaboration to promote Education Success in Schools, the initiative offered integrated services for both children and their parents and expanded a comprehensive family literacy project launched the previous year that was also funded by Verizon. Administered through the Gevirtz Research Center, Project SUCCESS allowed UCSB to continue to serve families in Isla Vista Elementary School and its surrounding community through a successful partnership involving the university and its outreach partners which included University Libraries, the Engaging Latino Communities in Education Program (ENLACE), the Goleta Union and Santa Barbara school districts, the Isla Vista Youth Project’s School Readiness Program, the Parents, Children, and Computers Project, the Community Affairs Board’s Corps Program and the Boys and Girls Club. Project SUCCESS enabled UCSB to expand adult English language development, school readiness for pre-school children, computer literacy, tutoring, mentoring, parent leadership, advocacy and involvement in schools. By expanding family literacy services programmatically, geographically, and intergenerationally, Project SUCCESS had a cumulative increased impact on 300 additional adults, 430 children, 15 teachers, and 10 schools/sites. It also added four new partners and seventy additional undergraduate mentors to the program. CE13 Extension of free UCSB library privileges to R No action taken. non-student residents.
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