ISSUE 2 / VOLUME 19 4.10.05 METROSEXUALS BRAVE LIONS TWO ALTERNATE VIEWS HICKIE & HORGAN FASHION - PAGE 16 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW RUD’S WORLD - PAGE 22 SPORT - PAGE 26 gone.” Irish Students Destroy J1 Flat JACK CANE The College Tribune has not received any infor- “A PLACE TO CRASH mation as to whether the sub-leasers of the other AND PARTY, THAT’S IT, Some of the destruction caused There are no criminal proceedings in motion on apartments will be paying for damages incurred. WHO CARES ABOUT IT?” by former UCD students either side of the Atlantic. When a number of them were contacted, the stu- Maher’s hope that “the students involved will have dents alleged to have been involved declined to com- “This happens all the time.” These are Irish students are being held responsible some moral feelings to pay up what they owe” ment. the words of UCD Student Advisor Ronan Murphy, a former employee of UC Santa for approximately US$15,000 worth of appears to have had some success. However, the destruction of the Isla Vista apart- Barbara. damages to three apartments in Santa In an email sent to the College Tribune, Maher ments has already had a negative effect on the rep- Barbara, California. Former UCD students reported that the tenants of apartment #8 have paid According to Murphy, the latest reports were involved in the devastation of the utation of Irish students in Santa Barbara. of destruction of three apartments by Irish US$1,800 towards the damages in that residence. Katie Maher confirmed “if BDC do take Irish stu- three apartments. The sub-leasers of apartment #8 have also said that students are not uncommon. dents again we may increase the security deposit Apartments #3, #5, and #8, 800 Embarcadero del they will take full financial responsibility for the dam- However, Murphy stresses that such and find a way to make them financially responsible acts of vandalism are rooted in other prob- Mar, which are located in Isla Vista, near the age, according to Maher. after they leave” adding that “once we come up with lems. “I worked in UCSB and three Irish University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) were Katie Maher goes on to state that the sub-leasers a protocol for that, we wouldn’t want to discriminate girls who were working over there for the described as being “destroyed beyond belief” by of apartment #8 have also apologised for the dam- against Irish students.” summer came into my office and said the UCSB student Josh Kimball. ages incurred and that they did not participate in the local estate agent had denied them hous- Kimball, one of the UCSB students who sub-let the Maher also commented “I hope that this gets vandalism of the apartment, claiming that the ing in local apartments because they were apartments out to the Irish nationals, was left with the through to the Irish students, that they are ruining the destruction was undertaken by people they allowed Irish. cost of the damages along with other sub-letters after to stay in the unit after they left the US in mid-August. reputation of Irish students here who will find it hard- er to rent and work in Santa Barbara. It’s an awful sit- “I rang the Irish Consulate in San the Irish students left at the end of the summer. The level of destruction to the apartments was Francisco and told them of the problem, uation.” The sub-leasers cannot be prosecuted or forced to substantial, with pictures released by BDC which they said they were aware of. The Due to the difficulty in prosecuting foreign citizens pay the damages at 800 Embarcadero del Mar as Management showing overflowing toilets, ripped up consulate was saying that Irish students they are not US citizens. mattresses, rubbish strewn floors, doors ripped from under the US court system, the details and pictures were coming over and putting up to fifteen However, attempts to secure some form of finan- hinges, holes punched into walls and walls covered of the damages was forwarded onto the Irish people in one apartment, and that they cial retribution have been carried out by the apart- in graffiti. The former UCD students involved are Consulate, along with the Colleges of the sub- were getting reports of apartments being ments’ management company, BDC Management, believed to have participated in these acts of vandal- leasers. trashed up and down the CONTINUED along with affected UCSB students. ism. Lt. Sol Linver of the Isla Vista Foot Patrol stated coast or at least that’s what Katie Maher, Property Supervisor for BDC, stated Josh Kimball described the scene; “The carpet that he wanted the sub-leasers held accountable for they heard from some land- “we have talked to the Irish Consulate in San was black, it smelled like urine, there was writing on their actions, however with the students of apartment lords.” 2> Francisco and sent them the contact details of the all the walls from floor to ceiling and on the cabinets, #8 paying their dues, it appears that the situation will students involved.” there were holes in the walls and the front door was be rectified out of court. EDITORIAL 8 > 2 THIS WEEK 4.10.05 “A PLACE TO CRASH AND PARTY, THAT’S IT, WHO CARES ABOUT IT?” INSIDE Murphy explained that “the reality is in CONTINUED Murphy continued, claiming that “it Isla Vista, Santa Barbara, that the rents comes from students living in the high are extremely high, so if you get a one ed by affluent students. “Most of the stu- income parts of California. The low bedroom apartment you probably have dents who go to UCSB are high income income students just aren’t doing it. With four students in it, then they have students, who go up there, party a lot, Irish students, maybe it’s a product of boyfriends or girlfriends so then Ireland becoming wealthy. The you have eight altogether. people who have the money, for Apartments are trashed from year the most part, it’s a place to live to year this way.” and crash and party, that’s it, who However, the problem does not cares about it?” entirely lie with the students with The Student Advisor was Murphy commenting that “a lot of backed up in this claim by James times the apartments are not kept Carroll, SU President. Carroll com- up by the landlords who have mented that “it seems like people been doing that for thirty years or from more affluent areas in Dublin more. It’s a student and immi- seem to think this is acceptable grant ghetto.” behaviour. It’s disgraceful.” Carroll With approximately US$15,000 added that he condemned “such 3 NEWS worth of damage incurred on the behaviour completely”. three Isla Vista properties, the With thousands of Irish students Dodgy posters, students’ thrashing amounts of money owed by the going to the US on J1 visas every Irish students involved is sub- summer, Murphy describes a apartments, graffiti, kn**cker drink- stantial. At the time of writing, the crowded scene; “in the end, those UC Santa Barbara students involved trash the apartments and then leave. three girls ended up with ten people in ing and a war of words. Another have still lost the majority of their Obviously not everyone does this but their one bedroom apartment, half deposit to the BDC Management due to certainly a good number of students do. would sleep there and the other half quiet fortnight the actions of the sub-leasers. The Irish students aren’t doing anything would go out and vice versa. It’s a fairly According to Murphy however, van- the students of Orange County aren’t regular occurrence.” 10 FEATURES dalism is more often than not perpetrat- doing.” JACK CANE Interviews with Dr. TRIBUNE Cox from Scrubs, Bill Clintons former SUDOKU speech-writer and a NO. 3 / EASY NO. 4 / MEDIUM survivor of 9 7 4 6 1 29 3 Hurricane Katrina. 3 8 5 2 1 8 5 And lots more... 4 7 58 2 16 DISTRACTIONS 5 3 9 7 1 4 6 We ask what makes a metrosexu- 2 4 1 7 al, interview rising band Turn and mourn the iminent death of NY 7 4 2 9 7 9 8 club CBGBS. Plus the usual 3 1 4 93 barage of reviews 6 5 1 4 5 9 4 25 SPORTS 8 5 3 2 6 6 35 Colin Gleeson talks e2 m2 to Denis Hickie and COMPLETE THE GRIDS SO THAT EACH ROW, COLUMN AND 3X3 BOX CONTAINS THE DIGITS 1 TO 9. Shane Horgan THE SOLUTIONS WILL APPEAR ON THIS PAGE IN THE NEXT ISSUE. 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