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UC SANTA BARBARA ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONBOARD OF DIRECTORSJan Campbell ’74, Santa BarbaraPresidentJustin Morgan ’07, Los AngelesVice-PresidentTravis Wilson ’02, Santa BarbaraSecretary-Treasurer

Cuca Acosta ’01, Santa BarbaraArcelia Arce ’98, Los AngelesJorge Cabrera ’02, ChicagoManuel Estaban Ph.D.’ 76, Santa BarbaraMark French ’73, Santa BarbaraRalph Garcia ’83, San MateoJohn Keever ’67, CamarilloDebi Kinney ’97, Henderson NVFrancesco Mancia ’80, CoolMary Moslander ’88, San FranciscoNiki Sandoval Ph.D. ’07, LompocRich St. Clair ’66, Santa BarbaraWenonah Valentine ’77, PasadenaSue Wilcox ’70, Ph.D. ’74, Santa BarbaraMarie Williams ’89, Ashburn, VA Marisa Yeager ’95, Riverside

Ex OfficioJonathan AbboudPresident, Associated StudentsBeverly ColgateExecutive Director, The UCSB FoundationGary Haddow Graduate Student AssociationHua Lee, M.A. ’78, Ph.D. ’80Faculty RepresentativeDan BurnhamUCSB Foundation Board of Trustees

COASTLINES STAFFGeorge Thurlow ’73, PublisherRenee Lowe ’16, EditorNatalie Wong ’79, Art Director ALUMNI STAFFSheri Fruhwirth, Director, Family Vacation CenterSusan Goodale ’86, Program Director, Director of Alumni Travel ProgramHazra Abdool Kamal, Chief Financial OfficerJohn Lofthus ’00, Associate DirectorMary MacRae ’94, Office ManagerSandy Thor, Business Manager, Family Vacation CenterGeorge Thurlow ’73, Executive DirectorRocio Torres ’05, Director of Regional Programs/ Constituent GroupsTerry Wimmer, WebmasterNatalie Wong ’79, Senior ArtistChristina Yan ’12, Membership & Donor Relations Coordinator

4 The Unofficial History of Isla Vista

8 What UCSB Promises to Pay To Grow

12 Steve Aoki ’99: A Superstar DJ

14 Olympian Lezak and Philanthropist Orfalea

UC Santa Barbara Alumni AssociationWinter 2014 Vol. 44, No. 2

CONTENTS

FEATURES

17 Around Storke Tower

21 Research

23 Sports

25 MILeSTOneS: ’60s to the Present

DEPARTMENTS

COVeR: The rush of bicyclists heading for class down Pardall Road in Isla Vista.

Photo: Renee Lowe ’16.

Table of contents: Let it snow in Storke plaza. Photo: Renee Lowe ’16

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Isla Vista history

Like generations before and after, I could not wait to escape the safe, snug Anacapa residence hall and flee to the euphoria of living my sophomore year at UC Santa Barbara in the liberating sea coast town of Isla Vista.

By George Thurlow, ’73, Photography by Renee Lowe, ’16

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evolution not RevolutionWalking through Isla Vista today you do see the first small signs of economic change in the downtown core, if you can call a smattering of buildings and bars a “downtown.”

The Isla Vista Bookstore has closed, killed by the forces of publishing that have slaughtered the likes of Borders and Barnes & Noble. The Rexal drugstore is long gone, killed by the big chains. Chic restaurants like Sorriso Italiano have sprouted near monolithic new townhouse-commercial developments. Nothing is as ostentatious as The Icon, a three story modern apartment building that boasts some of the highest rents in Isla Vista. Nothing is as innovative as the new “Campus 880,” where rental discounts are given for high Grade Point Averages.

But this spurt of new development masks the fact that Isla Vista development has been seriously undermined in the past 12 months by the dissolution of its Redevelopment Agency, part of a statewide effort to redirect local tax monies from urban improvements to the original source of the RA funds: schools and local government. The Isla Vista RDA Plan had called for $6 million in improvements to sidewalks, downtown businesses, streets, storm drains and lighting. It had the capacity to borrow an additional $8 million for even more improvements, like buying up open space and building new low income apartments. The collapse of the Isla Vista RDA meant locals had to rally this past summer to save the Isla Vista Neighborhood Clinic building from being sold by the state for commercial development. More importantly, it means that new funding for traffic, safety and aesthetic improvements in Isla Vista has evaporated.

For economic reasons I ended up far from campus and the beach at 6681 Berkshire Terrace, where I learned how to work a pool heater to create a midnight hot tub filled with naked graduate students, how to cook tortillas and cheese to subsist, and how to use Indian curtains to turn a tiny bedroom into a two-man nest.

Eventually the pool heater broke, the rents went up, and my graduate friends moved on. Like generations before and after, by the time I graduated from UC Santa Barbara, I was ready to flee the noisy, unhinged and sophomoric Isla Vista village.

My story is repeated to this day by tens of thousands of UC Santa Barbara students. From euphoria to escape, the only things that stay the same are the apartments.

To say that after more than 50 years of history Isla Vista is at a crossroads is too kind. Isla Vista is stuck in political gridlock and civic neglect. It is now the fifth largest community in Santa Barbara County, far ahead of Carpinteria and Lompoc, and yet its citizens have the least amount of political control of any urban area in the state.

Isla Vista has gone through booming development, ugly riots, invisible demographic changes, and a long history of special reports and studies, mostly long forgotten and ignored. Little seems to change, other than the names of Pardall Road restaurants and the style of bicycles that clog its few main arteries.

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De Facto MayorCarmen Lodise was the irascible pot stirrer that one finds in every small town. Pony tailed and goateed, he was everywhere, and where he was, controversy was not far behind.Lodise enjoyed bringing anguish to university administrators, county officials and anybody who did not agree with Lodise’s single minded mission of turning Isla Vista into its own incorporated city. Arriving as a research assistant for a UC Santa Barbara professor in 1972, Lodise spent 30 years organizing, agitating and browbeating, often to no avail.

While Lodise was involved in many of the civic movements that led to first the Isla Vista Community Council and later the tax-supported Isla Vista Parks & Recreation District, his real legacy may be that he has written the only detailed history of Isla Vista: “Isla Vista: A Citizen’s History.” Of course, the perspective is purely Lodesian: one key administrator at UC Santa Barbara is referred to as “Fast Eddie,” the book illustrates one chapter with a photograph of the former Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Captain Joel Honey wearing a medieval sword and mace on his uniform during the Isla Vista riots, and an Isla Vista landlord is referred to as “Pond Scum.”

History, of course, is defined by those who tell it, and it is ironic that the most authoritative and detailed history of UC Santa Barbara, history professor Robert Kelley’s “Transformations: UC Santa Barbara 1909-1979,” barely mentions Isla Vista in its 134 pages.

What all three note is that when the UC Regents decided to accelerate the growth of students at UC Santa Barbara in a move to propel the Santa Barbara campus into the ranks of the big sisters of UC, Isla Vista was missing in action. Lodise argues that this was part of the deal with local officials and land owners. Originally the campus was going to incorporate Isla Vista into the main campus and build its student housing there. But under pressure from locals, the Regents backed off that plan and allowed Isla Vista to develop with little urban

Typical Rents this Year in Isla Vista

6500 block of Segovia (1 bed, 1 bath) $1210/mo

6300 block of Del Playa (3 bed, 2 bath) $2994/mo

6500 block Trigo (Icon apts.)(2 bed, 2 bath) $2400/mo

6600 block Sabado Tarde (3 bed, 2 bath) $2900/mo

700 block Camino del Sur (2 bed, 1.5 bath) $2465/mo

6600 block Del Playa house (3 bed, 2 bath) $4100/mo

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infrastructure, planning or oversight. Today’s parking problems in Isla Vista are a direct result of zoning rules laid down in the 50s and 60s that allowed dense apartment construction with no off-street parking.

The Regents’ first plan for UC Santa Barbara on its current campus was for 2,500 students. According to Kelley’s history, within a year, that number was pushed to 3,500 and faculty members wanted more, as many as 10,000 students. Twenty years later, when Isla Vista exploded in riots that not only burned the Bank of America but also trashed numerous real estate offices in Isla Vista, the campus population was over 13,000. Today it stands at over 20,000, with a Long Range Development Plan being considered by the California Coastal Commission that would push the number up to 25,000 by 2034.

The Man in the MiddleEd Birch has had a Storke Tower-type view of Isla Vista for more than three decades. In the 1980s, he was UC Santa Barbara Vice Chancellor for Student and Community Affairs.

One of the first important lessons Birch learned early in his tenure was that the University walked an excruciatingly fine line with regards to oversight of students while they were living in Isla Vista. “People have forgotten,” he noted, “in the 1970s the University was relieved of responsibility for students as part of the move away from the idea of in loco parentis.” Prior administrations had been held to the standard of “in place of parents,” but with the cultural changes of the 1970s, universities were told to back off. Nowhere was that more true than in Isla Vista. “The University had no right to control students who were not on campus.”

Birch, who now is the chair emeritus of a Santa Barbara bank and the chair of the board of the Mosher Foundation (its $3 million gift made the Mosher Alumni House on campus possible) is candid about what Isla Vista has become. “It’s now commonly referred to by the [Santa Barbara] community as the armpit of our community.” He added, “It’s a crime how this community has left [Isla Vista].” In a slum environment, “you are going to have problems.”

The problem, he said, is a lack of government structure. He notes that the ultimate government authority is the county Board of Supervisors, whose jurisdiction ranges far and wide across the county. Only one supervisor, Doreen Farr, has responsibility for Isla Vista, but she also is politically beholden to votes in Goleta and more important, the Santa Ynez Valley.

Yet the history of student voting in Isla Vista also means that local politicians have to cater to students, even if at times it resembles pandering. Students, in effect, have power every two and four years, but they have no government.

What should or could have happened?Birch believes that the first small steps are occurring under Chancellor Henry Yang, who

believes deeply that Isla Vista has become a drag on the University’s national and international reputation. He is more and more concerned about the impact of non-students on the image of Isla Vista and by extension, UC Santa Barbara.

Birch believes the University should begin buying up land in Isla Vista and putting academic buildings in the community. The ultimate goal is to “integrate” Isla Vista into the University community. The University should partner with local investors and builders to upgrade the housing stock and improve the aesthetics of Isla Vista.

Just as important, the local community has to take responsibility, Birch said, for the non-students, including local high school and community college students, who use Isla Vista as a party pad.

More importantly, the political and civic leadership of the South Coast has to “address the Isla Vista issue,” Birch said. “It is a mistake to look at Isla Vista as one of those historic college villages like you find at the University of Virginia or at Ann Arbor. It’s not.”

“It’s now commonly referred to by the community as the armpit of our community.”


What UC Santa Barbara Promises to Pay To Grow to 25, 000 Students

The University entered into agreements with the city of Goleta and the county of Santa Barbara to pay mitigation fees for the

impact of increasing enrollment to 25,000 over the next 20 years. Many of the impact mitigations go towards improvements in

Isla Vista. The agreement was in sharp contrast to lawsuits in Berkeley and Santa Cruz brought by local jurisdictions against UC

campuses there that had proposed similar growth plans.

The deal includes:

• Payment into a trust fund of $400 per new student up to $2 million to be matching funds for traffic, bicycle and pedestrian improvements in Isla Vista

• Provide 5,000 new beds for students built on campus land

• Provide 1,874 new residential units for faculty and staff built on campus land

• Payment of $280 per student bed to either the county or city as an impact fee to be used for public services including fire, police, parks and recreation for any new housing constructed on land not owned by the campus at the time of the agreement

• $9 million to the city for 28 traffic/intersection projects in the City of Goleta

• $3 million to the county for Los Carneros and Storke Road widening projects

• Two new officers added to 7 current UC police assigned to Isla Vista Foot Patrol

• County will bill UC Santa Barbara $600,000 per year for paramedic services provided out of Station 17 on campus.

• UCSB will pay 70% of the cost of current firefighters assigned to Station 17 and 100 percent of cost of any firefighters required to maintain staffing ratios as new students, faculty and staff are added to campus. (Currently 1 firefighter per 4,000 students)

• If UC Santa Barbara demolishes Station 17 it is committed to rebuilding a new fire station.

• UC Santa Barbara agrees to lease to the county a one acre parcel on the West Campus, near Isla Vista, for a possible new fire station.

• UC Santa Barbara agrees to buy at a cost of up to $170,000 a new emergency response vehicle for paramedics and turn over two existing emergency response vehicles to the county.

The Trow Report In the wake of the Isla Vista riots of 1970 the President of UC commissioned a 7-member panel (which came to be called the Trow Commission) to study ways to “eliminate or ameliorate the causes of unrest in Isla Vista.” The panel concluded that UC Santa Barbara had to take a more active and aggressive role in creating stable civic institutions in the community, improving housing and living conditions and ultimately taking a high profile in terms of building and land use in Isla Vista.

Almost 45 years later those recommendations seem as current today as then.The University has taken a higher profile in Isla Vista than in previous years (the fortress-like

Bank of America building that was built to replace the burned building is now a University lecture hall with student services in adjoining offices; the old Magic Lantern is now a University-run film theater and event hall; and the twin towers of bacchanalia, Francisco Torres, were purchased by the University and turned into UCSB student-only residence halls now called Santa Catalina).

The University found the political landscape far more treacherous because of competing local political interests, though it did support Isla Vista being annexed to Goleta when that city incorporated. (Goleta cityhood leaders nixed that idea for fear Goleta residents would never incorporate themselves if they had student voters heavily influencing elections.)


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Students and County Light The Way

A UC Santa Barbara student initiated proposal to provide

better street lighting in Isla Vista has led to an investment of

$210,000 of federal money for new street lights and bulbs in

the most populous parts of the community.

The plan for more lighting started with a class project in

the course “Science for the Common Good.” The students

contacted Third District Supervisor Doreen Farr, who

represents Isla Vista, and she corralled a federal community

block grant.

The funds have been used to install LeD lights in 155

locations throughout Isla Vista. The lights are not only

brighter, but more energy efficient. Farr and Sheriff Bill

Brown hope the lights help cut crime in Isla Vista.

From RA to Building CzarChuck Haines epitomizes the new style of UC Santa Barbara administrator. A former resident assistant on campus, and a resident of Isla Vista for several years, he is both smart and engaging. Like the archetypal UC Santa Barbara alumnus, he can tackle the toughest, knottiest financial problems and still crack a joke when the tension is highest.

Today Haines is the campus building czar, in charge of the planning, design and construction of all new buildings. With a team led by Executive Vice Chancellor Gene Lucas, he is helping shepherd the campus’ plan for the next 20 years of development through local government agencies and the California Coastal Commission. After years of tough negotiations, both the County of Santa Barbara and the city of Goleta have signed off on the plan. (This is no easy feat. Both the communities of Berkeley and Santa Cruz sued the University of California over development plans for both those campuses. The lawsuits were in court for years.)

The future of Isla Vista, Haines conceded, is facing some rocky roads, not to mention potholes. He points to the Isla Vista Master Plan, drawn up by the county and community in 2007, as providing a road map to a better Isla Vista. But it requires investment. The University has just gone through five years of steep budget cuts and tuition increases. The county of Santa Barbara does not have the political will or interest in major investments, and the county’s Redevelopment Agency is gone.

What is the roadmap to a better Isla Vista? It includes:

• A revitalized downtown with more commercial opportunities and better pedestrian/bicycle circulation.

• Better traffic circulation throughout Isla Vista• A solution to the chronic parking problem• Development credits for dense development that

provides community amenities• More parks and open spaceHaines argued that there have been improvements over the past few years. With prodding

from community groups the University moved its San Clemente graduate student housing on El Colegio Road closer to the street in order to integrate it more into the Isla Vista community. Plans are under way to improve the connections between the campus and Isla Vista. The current Pardall tunnel and Eucalyptus Curtain provide graphic evidence of the barrier between the campus and community. Plans are to create wide-open and welcoming entrances from Isla Vista onto campus.

The campus’ most western parking garage was built with more capacity with the idea that it would help with parking problems in Isla Vista. So far that has not been the case.

But perhaps the most ambitious plan calls for a whole new community of faculty and staff along Ocean Road, which is the dividing line between Isla Vista and UC Santa Barbara. Drawings that have been completed show townhouses and commercial development that would be on campus land but border Isla Vista with the hope they would lead to improvements in adjoining properties inside Isla Vista. The project would also provide the long sought “mature” influence of faculty and staff living with students in what would be more of a traditional campus community. Equally important is the fact that these residents would not be transient and thus be willing to invest in civic development.

The Ocean Road project, which would be built by the campus Housing Department, is still years away, Haines conceded. Perhaps five to 10 years. It is waiting for the campus to finish construction of some 157 units of faculty housing in what is now called “North Campus Housing,” west of Storke Road.


“IV developed as a bubble.”

The big hurdle is the Long Range Development Plan. It calls for 25,000 students, with an increase in graduate students, by 2034. In precedent-setting agreements with both the county and city of Goleta, the campus has agreed to build all the housing needed by the new students, new faculty, and new staff on existing campus land, including the recently purchased Devereaux property.

However, the county created a new hurdle in attempts by the University to improve the Isla Vista housing stock. Fearing that if the University bought IV apartments it could create a housing squeeze, as well as take housing off the tax rolls, the county decreed that all the housing

to be built for the LRDP must be new housing and be built on existing University land.

The most promising development is that the University has agreed to set aside $400 per new student, up to $2 million, to provide improvements in Isla Vista. The money will go to mitigating traffic problems as well as safety issues in Isla Vista.

Haines’ grand vision for Isla Vista would be to create a 12 month, permanent population in Isla Vista, a less transient, older and more settled population.

Still, he can’t get the old Isla Vista out of his head. “IV in the summer was the best place in the world to live,” he recalled. “It was spectacular.”

The Mellow Radical

When Dr. Richard Flacks was hired by the Sociology Department in 1968, the appointment immediately ran into resistance from none other than then Gov. Ronald Reagan. The UC Santa Barbara faculty and administration supported the hiring and Flacks joined the faculty. Flacks lived up to his radical reputation. He was a leading and very visible voice against the war in Vietnam and in support of student protests at UC Santa Barbara. He and fellow sociologists wrote

a landmark report showing how the campus growth was depleting water supplies for the entire Goleta Valley. Legions of students took his social protest class and left UC Santa Barbara with an activist spirit.

Today, Flacks is just as heavily involved in campus and community politics as ever. But to say he has mellowed is an understatement, though he would never admit it. A group he has mentored, Sustainable University Now (SUN), has been an important player, and goad, to the University in pushing for more sustainable growth on campus and for mitigation of the impacts of that growth.

SUN and the University came to historic agreements regarding the LRDP and as a result the campus is committed to retrofitting all its existing buildings to reach energy and water efficiency standards and to mitigate the impacts of the next two decades of growth.

Flacks sat down to ponder all the changes at UC Santa Barbara over coffee at the Coral Tree Café, outside Cheadle Hall. He was getting ready to host his weekly music program on KCSB.

One of his biggest surprises over the years, recalled Flacks, was that parents did not take a more active role in Isla Vista, given the living conditions of their children. “The kids probably think it is great,” he said and noted that even at some Ivy League schools the living conditions near campus are slum-like.

But he has some surprising observations. “In discussing Isla Vista with students over the decades, they like the place. It’s a fun place, even though they are being ripped off.”

Flacks believes the new LRDP will transform the connection between Isla Vista and

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the campus. The Ocean Road development will hasten the integration of the campus and community.

Flacks recalled that when UC Santa Barbara was first being planned an architectural firm was hired to plan a student community in Isla Vista. “If that had occurred this community would look very different. Instead, the local real estate and land interests said no and threatened to oppose support for the campus unless they were allowed to develop Isla Vista.”

“IV developed as a bubble,” Flacks said. “the University’s role was marginalized. Now the LRDP tries to undo some of that historic failure.”

Still The SameThere are more than a dozen student interns who work inside the Alumni Affairs office on projects as diverse as social media and the senior class gift. What do they think of Isla Vista?

Jessica, who asked that her last name not be used for fear of retaliation, turned angry when the topic of Isla Vista housing was brought up. She lives with four other students in a two bedroom one bath apartment. It rents for $3,500 a month and is far from campus and the ocean.

“As soon as I graduate I’m leaving, moving to Santa Barbara. I want to get out of IV,” she said. Sinks and toilets back up, repairs are slow and sometimes non-existent, and it is noisy. “I’ve had bad experiences with landlords,” she admitted.

Yet as I walk through Isla Vista at ten minutes before the hour, the faces are bright, if a little intense. The bicycles come in metal waves down Pardall, and there is not an angry word to be heard.

It is spectacular.

Isla Vista Vital Statistics(2010 U. S. Census Data)

Population 23,096

Housing Units 5,091

Percent Apts 86%

Per Capital Income $10,324

Anglo Population 64%

African American 2.8%

Hispanic 23%

Foreign Born 17%

Retail Sales $12.6 million

High School Graduate or higher 79%

The view towards

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What can you tell us about the “Bring You To Life (Transcend)” single?

You know, I put out the instrumental version of the record earlier this year, and it was called “Transcend.” And I’ve been trying to find the right lyric with the right touch to it, and Raz, who’s a top writer I’ve worked with for a while now, really centered it and made it exactly what I was looking for.

The message is also exactly what I’m looking for, about bringing people to life with music. So it’s a really positive track and also musically something I’ve really wanted to expand on, because I’ve been known to put out really club-raging bangers, and this is a different kind of sound. To have a more vocal progressive record just made more sense.

You’re currently out on the Aokify America tour. How has that been going?

It’s been incredible, and I’m really excited, because Pharrell Williams is on four of the dates of the tour. It’s just a stellar lineup with Borgore and Waka Flocka, and I’m having the time of my life, touring with this great group of guys.

When I was in college, two of my closest friends went to UCSB, while you were there, and I kept hearing stories about your now-legendary Pickle Patch parties.

When I was going to school there, it was probably one of the most politically active campuses of all the UC schools. I was part of a student group of people who were just handling business -- doing,

When I first heard about Steve Aoki, ’01 in the mid- to late 1990s from friends of mine

(colleagues of his) at UC Santa Barbara, the future mixologist to the stars was simply

described as the son of Benihana founder Rocky Aoki and the brother of supermodel Devon

Aoki, who threw great parties at his Isla Vista apartment, popularly known as the Pickle Patch.

The festivities have expanded, taking Aoki around the world and bringing him incredible

opportunities such as collaborations with DJs Armand Van Helden, Tiesto, and Diplo, and

remixing for Kanye West, Drake, and Robin Thicke.

Caught between his current Aokify America tour and the upcoming release of his sophomore

LP, “neon Future,” the DJ/producer mixed it up with Download.com about his new single,

his current tour, his favorite apps, how his college days inform his music today, and the most

difficult thing he’s ever had to overcome.

by Josh Rotter

Reprinted by permission of Download.com, CBS Interactive. Copyright 2013. All rights reserved.

Photo credit: Dove Shore.

Superstar DJ/producer Steve Aoki miXEs it up

Aoki first made a name for

himself at the Pickle Patch

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executing, and organizing on so many levels. I was so inspired in so many areas, and it was just a great time for me to be a sponge and soak in everything.

I read on Wikipedia that you majored in sociology and feminist studies.

It’s sort of accurate. I majored in women’s studies. I was a highly politicized student, and the most radical department at school at the time that made the most sense was women’s studies. With school, you first find your way, meaning your colleagues, and then later on, I became friends with the professors -- hanging with them, talking with them -- and they treat you more on their level when you actually do your work and read your sh#t, and you participate and then get more involved.

It’s not just about being in school; it’s about really engaging and learning and taking it outside the classroom and doing real work. So professors would ask me to take their classes. It was really hands-on and a really great time. I was reading and writing and being a part of my community, which is a big part of where I am right now.

What did you hope to gain from those majors?

Well, at the time, I was planning to stay in school, and I applied to 15 graduate education programs, so my intention was to get my graduate degree or a PhD and do community work and research. But I had to make a decision, because I was putting on shows in my living room (that you heard about from your friends) and throwing crazy parties, and I started my label in college, and I was like, “Do I stay in school? Do I do the music thing? Well, both don’t make any money, so it doesn’t really matter.” I wasn’t making a decision based on economic growth. I was making a decision based on my love and my passion.

And I got accepted into schools, but I had to go where my heart was, which is music. You can do all these things through music, so I think, in the end, I made the right decision, because this is where my heart lies and my strength lies. You know what they say: “You go with your strengths.”

Sell us on the Steve Aoki app and the Steve Aoki’s Aokify app.

The Steve Aoki app is an all-encompassing app, constantly updated with info on my shows, music, and photos. It’s more for the fans who want to find out more about me. The Aokify app is a sticker app where it’s got over 200 or 300,000 users, and you just download stickers and put them on your photos. And it’s not just my hair. It can be facial hair, T-shirts, bikini tops, or a million other stickers to turn your photos into a party. It’s fun and people love it. It’s really cool.

These days, what is your DJ software of choice?

For producing, I use Ableton, and for DJing, I use Serato Video. During my show -- unless I’m doing back-to-back sets with other DJs, for which I just bring a USB to make it easy -- I use Serato Video, because I’m playing real-time video with my songs live, so it’s an incredible software you can use where you can have video playing with your music.

I’m assuming you have an iPhone and an iPad?

Yes, I do.

Any thoughts on mobile DJing apps such as Djay or Traktor?

I’ve never used it. I don’t know anything about it, so I don’t have much to say.

While on the Aokify America tour, do you ever use any apps to stay in touch with people back home?

Yeah, what a good question. I really like these app questions, because no one asks me about these. Skype, FaceTime, text and call my mom and family, and stuff like that. I’m very simple, not too advanced on the apps. But I always want to learn what the better app is.

Of the popular music discovery apps, do you have a preference between iTunes, Pandora, Spotify, and Rdio?

Spotify is my source. Spotify is the way I listen to music that I don’t have on my iPhone. I use it every day.

You’ve led a very charmed life, in most regards. What stands out as the most difficult moment in your life thus far?

Well, yeah, when my father passed away it was very difficult -- and not just for myself, but also for the family and all the people that he touched. He was really an incredible human being, very philanthropic and so generous, and I still deal with it. Anytime that your mom or dad dies, it’s always hard.

What’s next for you?

My next project is my new album, “Neon Future, “ which will be coming out sometime next year and is filled with incredible collaborators. More singles will drop in the meantime, but if people want to stay in touch with my music, they can follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.


Natalie Orfalea’s Philanthropic Work HonoredIn a small ceremony at Chancellor Henry Yang’s University House, Santa Barbara philanthropist Natalie Orfalea received the Alumni Association’s Honorary Alumni Award.

Orfalea was only the 53rd person in UC Santa Barbara’s history to receive the honorary award. Under UC Regents rules the University of California cannot present honorary degrees but does present honorary alumni awards.

Chancellor Yang cited Orfalea’s support for higher education and specifically her and Paul Orfalea’s funding for the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies. Their support also has made possible the Orfalea Family Children’s Center, a day care facility on the UC Santa Barbara campus.

Most recently the Orfalea Foundation has focused on nutrition education programs for children, including their program S’Cool Food. Natalie Orfalea is involved in a number of non-profits in the Santa Barbara area.

Chancellor Henry Yang, natalie Orfalea H’13, and Alumni Association Board President Jan Campbell.

Photo: Monie de Wit

Olympic swimmer Jason Lezak gets a thumbs up from

Chancellor Henry Yang. Photo: Christina Yan.

Jason Lezak signs autographs during a

reception at Mosher Alumni House.

Photo: Christina Yan.

The World’s Greatest AnchorOn Nov. 9 in front of a UC Santa Barbara soccer crowd of more than 12,000 Olympic Gold Medalist Jason Lezak ‘ 99 received the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award.

Lezak swam what many believe was the most exciting swim race in history when he came from behind as the relay anchor to win the gold medal in the 4x100 men’s freestyle relay in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

He entered the water one full body length behind world record holder Alain Bernard, of France, but swam the fastest freestyle split in history and touched a fraction of second ahead of Bernard, ensuring that Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps would win his eight gold medals.

In all, Lezak collected 8 Olympic medals over four Olympics. At a midfield halftime ceremony during the UC Santa Barbara vs. Cal Poly men’s soccer game, Lezak spoke of the importance of his time at UC Santa Barbara.

That Olympics, he recalled, was a result of years of hard work. I never would have gotten to that point in my career if it wasn’t for my time and experiences here at UC Santa Barbara.

“Some of the greatest memories of my whole life came from here. A lot of the things I learned here in the pool and out of the pool carried over to help me get to that point [in 2008].”

“This is one of the greatest institutions,” he said, “not only in athletics and academics but as a place for a great education. I’m still pursuing my dreams and goals past my swimming career. From what I got out of UCSB I know I can accomplish anything I set out to do.”

Prior to the men’s soccer game, the Association hosted a reception for Lezak at the Mosher Alumni House where more than $1,500 was raised for men’s and women’s swimming scholarships at UC Santa Barbara.

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How often do we send our kids off to camp and wish we could be going with them?

Well, now you have the opportunity to do so. UC Santa Barbara offers a family camp

called Family Vacation Center and they invited me and my family to experience what

it was like to actually go to camp with your kids. The camp is held on the UC Santa

Barbara campus and you stay in the dorms. With my daughter starting high school this

year, I was very excited for her to see what college life was like. We had a 4 bedroom

unit which had 2 twin beds in each room. There is also a nice sized living room and

one bathroom. When we first arrived we were driving around the campus a little

confused, however, all of a sudden we heard a bunch of cheering and we discovered we

had found the camp. There were about 20 college kids (camp staff members) standing

outside waiting for us to arrive and cheering us on. What a greeting. Not only that,

they assigned a couple of them to help with our luggage and when I say help with our

luggage, I mean, they took care of everything. Unloaded everything out of my car, put

them in 3 huge carts (did I mention I over-packed?) and took everything up to my

room while I checked in. One of the reasons I was excited about this camp is that it

allowed my daughter who is starting high school to experience college life by living in a

dorm, eating in the Carrillo Dining Commons and she even got to experience a college

math class.

There are so many activities planned throughout the week and the staff was so warm

and welcoming and full of energy. In fact, many of the staff members went to this

camp as kids. Our first night here the staff members put on a great welcome show to

introduce themselves and the energy these kids show is amazing. You can clearly tell

they love working here.

Additional activities adults can sign up for included wine tasting, art walk in Santa

Barbara, hikes and bike rides. My kids and I signed up for horseback riding one day. It

was a beautiful trail. The horses are very tame and move pretty slowly so great for the

younger kids.

They have a family bbq and carnival that is so much fun. Games set up for the kids

to play and then contests such as 3 legged race, tug a war, water balloon toss, and of

course a pie eating contest. My favorite night was the campfire night. We sat out on the

beach, made smores, and sang campfire songs. It reminded me of my days at camp. It

was great to experience this with my kids.

In the evening one night they had an adult mixer with an open bar and then a nice

dinner in the faculty lounge followed by casino night. Other nights they had a margarita

pool party, adult night on the town, trivia night, family bingo, and adult karaoke.

This camp is similar to being on a cruise. There are activities planned throughout the

day and you can choose to participate in whatever activities interest you. One of the

touching things about this camp is that families continue to return year after year so

some of these kids started when they were 2 or 3 and 10 years later they continue to

return and see the same friends they have met throughout the years. Very heartwarming

to see high school kids excited to go to camp with their family. This was a great family

experience.

Peachhead? Approved Vacations: Vacation at UC Santa Barbara Family Vacation Center, July 2012

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UC President Makes Campus Visitnew UC President Janet napolitano made a whirlwind visit to UC Santa Barbara nov. 21-22 that included closed door meetings with students, faculty and administrators. Among napolitano’s most noteworthy announcements was that the Office of the President and Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara had reached an agreement to provide health care services to faculty and staff next year. More than 600 campus employees faced the loss of their health care plan and the possibility of having to travel to UC Los Angeles for medical care. napolitano was met by student protestors at many of her stops, including a reception for campus department chairs at the Faculty Club and a series of meetings with administrators, staff and students at Mosher Alumni House. This was napolitano’s ninth visit to a UC Campus as part of what she has called a “listening tour” that includes no public ceremonies or press conferences. At one point Chancellor Henry Yang went out to meet the protestors at the Faculty Club and engaged in an extensive dialogue with them. Many carried signs protesting napolitano’s former actions in deporting undocumented aliens while Secretary of Homeland Security. Among napolitano’s first actions as UC President was to announce a freeze on student tuition for the school year 14-15 and to designate $15 million in funds for scholarships for undocumented students, new graduate student stipends and awards for post doctorate students.

— Compiled from Staff and UCSB Public Affairs Report

Around Storke Tower

new UC President Janet napolitano met with UCSB students at

Mosher Alumni House nov. 22. Photo: George Foulsham

Blurring Lines Between Art and ScienceMeet UC Santa Barbara’s Deutsch Foundation Fellows, a five-student and one-postdoc crop of just such new-school academics. They are pursuing advanced degrees and research in the Media Arts and Technology (MAT) graduate program, which was created to foster exactly the type of innovation for which the fellows are increasingly known. Blurring the lines between creative and scientific approaches, they are testing their theories—and paving the way toward new technologies —in UCSB’s one-of-a-kind, immersive 3-D lab, the AlloSphere.

Thanks to the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, whose recent $1 million gift will continue to support the eponymous fellowship program launched in 2011. The Baltimore-based foundation is named for nuclear-physicist-turned-entrepreneur Deutsch, whose lifelong interests include innovations in science and technology, education and social justice.

UC Santa Barbara’s Gift of LifeTwice a year for the past three

years the Mosher Alumni House has served as the

venue for UC Santa Bar-bara’s largest blood drive, providing an

opportunity for students, alumni, campus staff and faculty to donate blood to

the local blood bank, United Blood Services. On October 23, 2013, 105 members of

the UCSB community donated blood. “Given that one donation can help save the lives of three people and that the demand for blood transfusions is growing faster than donations, United Blood Services is always delighted with the campus response to their need and appreciates the philanthropic spirit of the students, alumni, staff and faculty,” explained Alumni Program Director Susan Goodale.

More than 70 of those donating blood were UC Santa Barbara students.

Faculty Club Remodel Set To BeginThe long awaited remodel and renovation of the UC Santa Barbara Faculty Club is now set to begin in June 2014. In addition to a complete rehabilitation of the interior of the club, there will be a new guest house with 30 rooms built alongside the club. Both the guest house and club will be operated by the campus administration, which is providing funding that will be paid back from the guest house proceeds.

The remodel and guest rooms will cost more than $16 million and is being assisted by a major gift from philanthropist Betty elings Wells. The Club was built in 1966 and designed by noted architect Charles Moore. His distinctive style will be preserved as the Club is rebuilt.

Construction will be completed by Oct. 2015. Longtime Faculty Club Director Linda Ruuska will retire early next year.


— Compiled from Staff and UCSB Public Affairs Reports

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AS Senate Resolves to Fundraise for the PhilippinesAssociated Students Senate passed a resolution to provide assistance to the Philippines for Typhoon Haiyan. “A Resolution to Provide Assistance” approves the creation of the UCSB Typhoon Haiyan Fundraising Initiative, which will raise up to $5,000 per period during two individual collection periods. The funds raised will be matched by Associated Student funds and given to the national Alliance for Filipino Concerns as aid to those affected by the nov. 8 disaster. every dollar raised will be matched by Associated Students. The national Alliance for Filipino Concerns is a Seattle-based group that gives the funds directly to a relief and rehabilitation organization that works with individuals, disaster response nGOs, schools and other groups.

Book on Post-Quake Haiti Violenceearlier this month, the UC Santa Barbara’s Center for Black Studies Research moved forward on its newest project by publishing “Beyond Shock –– Charting the Landscape of Sexual Violence in Post-quake Haiti” by journalist Anne-christine d’Adesky. In it, d’Adesky maps advances in addressing the increase in sexual violence in the aftermath of the earthquake and in providing services to victims across key sectors of the reconstruction.

The book is the inaugural volume of “Onward,” a new series initiated by Claudine Michel, professor of black studies, and produced by the Center for Black Studies research, that examines transformative work in Haitian studies.

A Gift of Light in ZambiaIn the rural community of Macha in Zambia, electricity is a luxury not available to most people. When the sun goes down, so does their primary light source. Mothers prepare meals over open fires, students do their homework by candlelight and children play in the dark.

A team of undergraduate and graduate students from UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Film and Media Studies are seeking to provide a secondary light source to the people of Macha in the form of high-efficiency, solar-powered LeD lamps developed by John Bowers, professor of electrical and computer engineering and of materials and his team at the campus’s Institute for energy efficiency. Bowers is also the institute’s director.

Students held a fundraising event at the Isla Vista restaurant Hana Kitchen to raise money to purchase lamps through Unite to Light, a nonprofit organization co-founded by Bowers specifically to supply solar-based lighting to the developing world.

Labor Historian Publishes New WorkUC Santa Barbara historian nelson Lichtenstein has published two new books that compile more than 30 years of his writing on the subject of labor and capitalism. “A Contest of Ideas: Capital, Politics and Labor,” and “State of the Union: A Century of American Labor” both argue that there is a new dynamic between labor and capital. One chapter is devoted to the meaning of work as it relates to academic laborers, in particular graduate students. His “State of the Union,” he argues, illustrates that “the idea that we are entering an era of liberalism without a trade union movement seems to fly in the face of nearly two centuries in the history of democratic rights and social progress.” Lichtenstein is the MacArthur Foundation Professor of History and director of the campus Center for the Study of Work, Labor and Democracy.

A destroyed house on the outskirts of Tacloban on Leyte island. This region was the worst affected by the

typhoon, causing widespread damage and loss of life. Caritas is responding by distributing food, shelter,

hygiene kits and cooking utensils. (Photo: eoghan Rice - Trócaire / Caritas)


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MAGIS Turns HeadsPaul Orfalea’s course at UC Santa Barbara is one that turns tradition on its head. There are no textbooks and no tests. no answers, only questions. In fact, Orfalea told his students during a recent session, “This is a class in asking questions. Don’t be so concerned with finding answers.”

This senior seminar in global business may not have paper exams, but it’s as tough as any students will ever take — a quarter-long endurance test in critical thinking, smart speaking, and international engagement. Orfalea keeps expectations high, and threshold for passivity low, for what is intended as intensive training for potential future leaders in public and private sectors alike.

Upending convention is nothing new for Orfalea -- the Kinko’s founder built an office services empire going against the grain. It’s an ethos he shares with the discipline in which he teaches -- global studies -- a pursuit predicated on the importance of accepting ambiguity. The still-emerging academic area examines what binds us all together, as well as how, and asks why.

MAGIS is UCSB ‘s still-young Master of Arts in Global & International Studies, an endeavor that is flourishing with the support of Orfalea, natalie Orfalea, and their Orfalea Foundation. The philanthropic nonprofit gifted the campus $12 million to launch and grow MAGIS and the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies. The pledge got each entity off the ground – and has seen both evolve into world-class hubs for training and research alike.

“Our campus is deeply grateful to the Orfalea Family Foundation and its benefactors, natalie Orfalea and Paul Orfalea, for their tremendous vision and philanthropy in helping to support our prestigious Global Studies Program, now in its thirteenth year, and our graduate program, now in its seventh year,” said Chancellor Henry T. Yang. “Our students and alumni are making a difference in communities around the world through their involvement with non-governmental organizations, business, and government. ”

ROTC Saved At UCSB, For NowThe U.S. Army has relented and agreed to not shut down the UC Santa Barbara Reserve Officer Training Corps but has indicated the program is “on probation.” The Army had notified 13 universities, including UC Santa Barbara, that it planned to end programs because of low enrollment and graduation rates. UC Santa Barbara was the only campus in California hit with the closing order. The Army had said it was shutting down those programs that graduated fewer than 15 students per year in order to focus its resources on larger programs in more urban areas. The closure would have forced first and second year students to transfer to other universities to continue in ROTC or lose their ROTC scholarships. Campus officials credited the work of Congresswoman Lois Capps in saving the program. But campus ROTC officials say they are on probation and need to increase the enrollment and graduation rates over the next two years. The Army had not shut down any programs since 1988.

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A Loco MarketUC Santa Barbara now has its own weekly farmer’s market, taking over a part of the parking lot adjacent to San Rafael residence halls. Officially known as the Gaucho Certified Farmer’s Market, the market’s logo is “eat Fresh, Buy Loco.”

The market is the result of a campus survey that showed more than 6,000 students, faculty and staff were interested in buying at a farmer’s market on campus.

Let It Snow On Storke PlazaA promise to make it snow on Storke Plaza was fulfilled earlier this month when members of the UCSB First team packed the plaza with snow and ice.The promise was part of the Promise for education, a “crowdfunding” campaign held by the UC system to raise money for student scholarships. Individuals and organizations made promises that they would fulfill if their personal fundraising goal was met. The UCSB First team, which is organized by the Alumni Association to promote philanthropy among students, raised $2,470.

Systemwide more than $1.3 million was raised, including major gifts from several corporations and Hollywood entertainment foundations. At UC Santa Barbara there were 411 gifts, or almost 25 percent of all the gifts given systemwide, that brought in $227,260 in donations for scholarships at UCSB. Two $100,000 donations from two UC Regents were designated for UCSB scholarships.

Among the promises remaining to be fulfilled is Student Affairs Vice Chancellor Michael Young’s promise to trade jobs with Associated Students President Jonathan Abboud for a day. Chancellor Henry Yang promised to provide tours of Storke Tower and an ice cream bar in Storke Plaza if his goal was met. It was, with more than $10,000 in gifts for scholarships.

The Sigma nu fraternity promised to set up car washes at any sorority that donated at least $200. During the latter part of november they were out washing sorority sisters cars after making their goal by raising $1,430.

Students enjoy the “snow” on Storke Plaza as part of

the Promise for education campaign.

Photo: Renee Lowe ’16.

One of at least a dozen farmers selling produce

at the new campus farmer’s market.

Photo: Gaucho Certified Farmers Market

Facebook.

Four Meningitis Cases At UC Santa BarbaraThe Santa Barbara County Health Department declared a meningitis “outbreak” at UC Santa Barbara after a fourth student was diagnosed with the bacteria that causes meningitis. Three students are all recovering from the disease while a fourth underwent surgery and is still hospitalized. The meningococcal bacteria causes bloodstream diseases and in some cases can be fatal. The symptoms are high fever, severe headaches, rash and increased sensitivity to light. It is commonly found in venues where young people live in close proximity, like residence halls, military barracks and jails. The University and county Public Health Department have taken a number of steps to halt the spread of the disease, including increased cleaning procedures in the residence halls, recreation area and University Center. More than 500 students who came in contact with the infected students have received antibiotics and the county Health Department is urging student organizations not to hold social events that involve close personal contact, the consumption of alcohol and where eating utensils are shared.

UC Santa Barbara Benefactor Passes AwayFred Kavli, 83, the benefactor behind the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics (KTIP) at UC Santa Barbara, has passed away at his home in Santa Barbara. A norwegian immigrant, Kavli made his fortune in both real estate and aviation electronics. He sold his company, Kavlico, for $345 million in 2000, then bought it back four years later for $195 million. After taking night courses in real estate at UC Los Angeles, he built a $300 million real estate empire. His legacy is the creation of awards for young researchers in pure science the included a cash award of $1 million. His gift of $7.5 million to the KTIP makes possible the visits of more than 1,000 theoretical physicists a year to UC Santa Barbara.

Fred Kavli gives his speech at

the 2009 Kavli Prize Award

Ceremony. Photo: Scanpix.

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High Tech in the High SierraJust a dusty mile’s drive off U.S. 395 on the state’s eastern edge, an assemblage of tan buildings sitting alongside Convict Creek comprise the UC Santa Barbara-run Sierra nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SnARL).

UCSB administers seven reserves—the most of any of the UC campuses—including Coal Oil Point on the coast just off campus and Sedgwick Reserve in Santa Barbara County’s wine country. Valentine and SnARL are its farthest-flung.

Known for ecological fieldwork and investigation, home to several resident researchers and host of 30 to 40 visiting university classes each year, the Mammoth sites are

UCSB Professor Wins 2014 Physics Frontiers Prize UC Santa Barbara physics professor and permanent member of the university’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) Joseph Polchinski is one of several laureates for the Milner Foundation’s 2014 Physics Frontiers Prize. According to the organization, this prize recognizes “transformative achievements in the field of fundamental physics and aim(s) to provide recipients with more freedom and opportunity to pursue future accomplishments.” This is Polchinski’s second win in two years.

“It’s an honor and a surprise to receive this for a second time, especially because the selectors are some of the leading physicists in the world,” said Polchinski. “This award certainly would not have

beloved by scientists and nature lovers alike. That includes Paul and Kate Page. The outdoor enthusiasts and Mammoth locals are longtime, devoted donors—of time and money —to the sites that Kate Page collectively refers to as “the gem of Mammoth.”

With a dozen-year history of gifting cash,

goods and good old-fashioned elbow grease to the Valentine Reserves, the couple’s latest pledge will help give SnARL something it has long been lacking: a proper multiuse

classroom/lecture hall. Some 25 years after the need for such a space was first identified, SnARL is getting a high-tech, future-ready new building to serve as a lecture hall and gathering place for scientists, instructors and students. It will be named for the Pages,

in recognition of their lifetime philanthropy to the reserves.

happened without the stimulating environment at UCSB and the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. I’d like to acknowledge all my colleagues, but especially my collaborator Don Marolf, who has helped generate some recent excitement.”

Polchinski was nominated for his contributions to quantum field theory and string theory. His discovery of D-branes—a type of membrane in string theory—has led to advances in the understanding of string theory and quantum gravity.

Top left: Main Lab at SnARL; Top right: A perspective

drawing of the proposed new building for SnARL;

Above: Paul and Kate Page in the meadow at

Valentine Camp. Photo: George Foulsham


Research— Compiled from Staff and UCSB Public Affairs Reports

Professor Wins Social Justice AwardCasey Walsh, associate professor of anthropology at UC Santa Barbara, has received the prestigious Paul Farmer Global Citizenship Award from the Center for a Public Anthropology.

named for one of the leading medical anthropologists of the 21st century, the award recognizes Walsh’s exceptionally effective participation in Public Anthropology’s Community Action Online Project, as well as his wider activities in the public sphere. The award is presented to a limited number of scholars — fewer than 1 percent of faculty members teaching anthropology courses across north America receive the award.

The Center for a Public Anthropology is a nonprofit organization that fosters social accountability in higher education and encourages scholars and their students to address public problems through public means.

“Citizenship skills are developed in two exercises in the Anthropology 2 course,” said Walsh. “First, each student writes an ethnographic paper based in their own original field research about the way the economy is experienced unequally by different groups of people in our society. Second, the students are asked to take a position on an ethical issue in anthropology — in this case the balance between freedom and oversight in research — and write an op-ed article explaining that position. I am always impressed by the quality of the work done by these UCSB undergraduates, and heartened to think that they may be guided by principles of responsibility, diversity and justice they pondered in this course.”

Mysteries of the DeepA UC Santa Barbara marine scientist has taken the lead in trying to explain the nature and origin of a massive oarfish that washed ashore in Southern California this fall. Armand Kuris, professor of zoology in the Department of ecology, evoluation

and Marine Biology, was one of a handful of researchers given the opportunity to dissect a 18-foot oarfish that washed ashore on Santa Catalina.

The oarfish is thought to be one of the world’s largest bony fish, reaching up to 30 feet in length. But it is rarely seen by scientists because it lives deep in the ocean, will not bite on man-made bait, and only washes ashore every few years.

Kuris’ specialty is fish parasites and he found the Santa Catalina oarfish teeming with the little critters. He was quoted as saying that the fish is almost overrun with parasites. Along with fellow UC Santa Barbara researcher Milton Love the team found evidence of parasites that are also found in other predators, like sharks, leading the researchers to conclude that one of the oarfish’s natural enemies are sharks.

Above: An oarfish pulled from the ocean off Catalina Island was dissected by

UC Santa Barbara marine scientists. Photo: Catalina Island Marine Institute.

Illustration: Oarfish that washed ashore on a Bermuda beach in 1860. The animal

was 16 ft long and was originally described as a sea serpent. Source ellis, R. 1994.

Monsters of the Sea. Robert Hale Ltd

Casey Walsh. Photo: Spencer Bruttig

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Sports

Gaucho Basketball Looks HotBoth men and women’s basketball teams, after some pre-season skepticism, are showing they are ready to take Big West titles this year.

The men upset UnLV in Las Vegas early in the season and are led by the conference’s leading scorer, blocker and rebounder: Alan Williams. They then went on to beat Cal 72-65.

The women, competing with only 9 players this season, are led by three ferocious seniors including point guard nicole nesbit who scored a career high 26 points in the Gaucho win over Pepperdine.

The game that will be the exclamation point for the men’s season was their 86-65 trouncing of UnLV at Las Vegas. Williams scored 21 and Kyle Boswell added 19 after the Gauchos made 62 percent of their shots from the floor in the first half. They scored a season high 9 of 14 three point shots.

The Gauchos did not let up when they played 18th ranked UCLA and went into halftime tied 42-42. They ultimately lost by a wide margin, 89-76 at Pauley Pavilion.

The Gaucho women did better against a neighbor, defeating Pepperdine 77-69. In their first seven games of the season five of the games were decided in the final minutes of play.

Senior Kyle Boswell has been named a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award, a

national competition among college athletes that recognizes achievements in

the community, classroom, character and competition. Boswell is a mechanical

engineering major.

Senior guard nicole nisbet has repeatedly had career high games this

season and averages 18.6 points per game while making more than half

the three point shots she attempts.


It was not the traditional blizzard of tortillas that greeted UC Santa Barbara men’s soccer team in its last two games of the year: it was a blizzard of red cards.

After losing two players to red cards in the final game of the Big West tournament, the Gauchos lost a key starter in the sixth minute of the second round of the nCAA Soccer Championship game at Harder Stadium on nov. 24. Senior defensive midfielder Fifi Baiden was red carded for a hard tackle against a Penn State player and as a result, UCSB played a man down and lost to the nittany Lions 1-0.

Gaucho Coach Tim Vom Steeg had said Baiden was going to be the most important player on the field for the Gauchos and his loss was a major setback to the Gaucho’s hopes for attempting another national championship in soccer.

In the last game of the Big West tournament two starters, Kevin Garcia-Lopez and Drew Murphy, received red cards and were disqualified from the Gauchos next game: the second round of the nCAA tournament. The Gauchos were ranked high enough and had such a strong season that they received a first round bye in the nCAA tournament.

The Gauchos had a stellar season, ranked 10th in the nation and compiled a 12-6-3 record. This was their 11th appearance in the last 12 years in the nCAA tournament.

But they met their match with the nittany Lions, who had only given up only one goal or less in 18 of their 20 games. In the match Penn State outshot UCSB 10-4.

With attendance this year just under 50,000 the Gauchos led the nation in men’s soccer attendance for the sixth year in a row. Their last regular season home match against Cal Poly drew 12,805 fans, the highest attendance at any college match in the nation. For the last five years UCSB has had the highest attended game in the nation.

— Compiled from Staff and ucsbgauchos.com

Sports

Tortillas and Red Cards

Largest Gift in Athletics History to TennisGauchos will receive the largest single gift in the school’s athletics’ history. The gift value is expected to be nearly $1.9 million from the estate of Ardy Barton and will benefit men’s and women’s tennis.

A native of Rhode Island, Barton, who recently passed away, was a Santa Barbara resident for over 50 years. He earned both his bachelor’s and law degrees from USC, was a World War II veteran and had a passion for tennis, playing well into his 80’s. In the early 1960’s he was Santa Barbara Assistant City Attorney.

“We are grateful for Ardy’s exceptional generosity in having committed this gift as part of his estate,” remarked Chancellor Henry T. Yang. “His gift will provide significant scholarship support for our wonderful student-athletes in men’s and women’s tennis. As an avid tennis player himself, Ardy asked that his gift create an endowment that will assist our teams and players in perpetuity.”

The gift establishes endowed scholarships to be shared equally by men’s and women’s tennis and will be known as the Ardy Barton endowment for Men’s and Women’s Tennis. UCSB Athletics refers to gifts supporting long-term program resources and scholarship support as enhancement Giving.

Men No. 10, Women No. 18 in NCAA WestUCSB Men’s Cross Country team finished 10th at the nCAA West Regional Meet held on Haggin Oaks Golf Complex, and the Women’s Cross Country team finished 18th.

Teams were allowed to run seven athletes and five of those seven counted for team scoring efforts. Junior Bryce Rausa led the Gauchos with a 30:46 and a 44th placing. Rausa averaged 4:57 miles throughout the race. Finishing closely behind in 46th was sophomore Brian Guijarro with a 30:48. Guijarro had a 4:58 mile average throughout the race. Anthony Ortolan led the next wave of finishers with a 56th placing and a time of 31:02 for the Sophomore. Senior, Tyler Brady clocked a 31:15 breaking the tape in 62nd. Freshman Anthony Monroy rounded out the top 5 with a 79th showing and a time of 31:34. Also finishing for the Gauchos in the sixth and seventh team slots were Adam Avila and sophomore Shyan Vaziri. Avila was 85th with a 31:39 and Vaziri was 102nd with 32:01.

Swimming To Records in TexasOn the third and final day of the Texas Invitational Andrea Ward swam a blistering 1:56.11 in the preliminaries of the women’s 200 butterfly, seeding her first in the finals and defeating her own previous school record by three seconds.

Ward finished in third place in the finals of the 200 butterfly, swimming a 1:56.79. Sophomore Katie Records swam to an eleventh seeding in the preliminaries at 2:13.64. In the finals, Records placed ninth, 2:13.52. All times were good enough for nCAA consideration.

Junior Wade Allen took down a school record in the men’s 100 freestyle. By swimming a 43.26, Allen was 1/100th of a second faster than the previous record holder, Chris Peterson. Senior Ryan Hanni finished in tenth place with a time of 43.65. Both times were given nCAA consideration.

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1950sChuck McFadden, ’59, has published the first biography of California Gov. Jerry Brown in more than 30 years: “Trailblazer: A Biography of Jerry Brown.” McFadden is a veteran California political reporter who covered Brown and the state Capitol for a number of years. He was press secretary to former California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Wilson Riles during Brown’s first term in office. He later was director of communication for the California Medical Assocation; director of media services Office of the Assembly Speaker.

1960sWilliam Conelly, ’66 published TeTHeR’S enD in August of 2013, a young adult novel for all ages. Read the first few pages at Amazon.com

1970sKaren Ramsdell, ’71, has announced her retirement as Director of the Santa Barbara Airport. Ramsdell spent 37 years in public service including work in the city clerk’s office, the Redevelopment Agency, the Waterfront Department and since 1987 Director of the city’s airport. The Airport recently completed a $55 million airport terminal to replace the historic 1942 terminal.

Gene Lucas, ’73, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Lucas, who is the executive Vice Chancellor at UC Santa Barbara and an accomplished professor of mechanical engineering, was selected for his contributions to the field of mechanical deformation and fracture in structural materials and his “extraordinary leadership” in university administration. He has announced that he will retire as eVC at the end of the 2013 calendar year.

Robin Fleming, BA ’77, Ph.D ’84, received the 2013 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, commonly known as the “Genius” grant.

Michael Sugarman, ’77, has been inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame. The former KCSB news anchor and DJ splits his time between KCBS radio and KPIX television. He has won multiple emmy and edward R. Murrow awards. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame’s news category.

1980sGina Cuclis, ’80 was elected in november 2012 to the Sonoma County Board of education receiving 61.4 percent of the vote against an incumbent.

John Gilderbloom, PhD ’83, MA ’78 and BA ’75, has received the outstanding career achievement award for research from the College of Arts & Science at the University of Louisville. He also has received the Distinguished Faculty Award, presented by the President of the university. Gilderbloom does research in the area of environmental studies, sustainability and sociology at UL.

Jeff Severinghaus, ’88, was elected to be a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union for his work on tectonics.

1990sGregg Hart, ’90, the public information and government affairs officer for the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments, has been elected to a four year term on the Santa Barbara City Council. It will be Hart’s second tour on the City Council. He served on the Council from 1996-2004, spent eight years on the Santa Barbara Planning Commission and four

years as a member of the California Coastal Commission. He was the second highest vote getter in the nov. 5 election.

Arcelia Arce, ’98, has joined the staff of Los Angeles City Councilmember nury Martinez. She previously worked in government relations with The Robert Group in Los Angeles. Arce is a member of the Board of Directors of the UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association.

2000sPatrick Muran ’00, was recently named the head winemaker at niner Wine estates in Paso Robles. He has been a team member at the winery since its inception and has been influential in defining its winemaking style and technique.

Valerie Rice, ’01, has a new blog called eat-drink-garden.com that includes tips, recipes, and the best in West Coast Living. She is working on her first book and is a member of the board of trustees of the Casa de Herrero in Santa Barbara.

Skip Schumaker, ’02, Los Angeles Dodger utility infielder, is on the move again. Fox Sports reported that Schumaker will sign a two-year contract with the Cincinnati Reds. Schumaker started 73 games for the Dodgers and hit .263 with 30 RBIs. He was originally drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals and was traded to the Dodgers last season.

Sullivan Solar Power has received a silver medal from the International Academy of Visual Arts for its web site. The site was

Salud Carbajal, ’90

President Barack Obama announced Nov. 1 the appointment of Santa Barbara County Supervisor Salud Carbajal, ’90, to the President’s Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience. The Task Force is made up of 8 governors and 18 local officials and tribal leaders. It’s goal is to collect information on how local communities can prepare for extreme weather conditions brought on by climate change.


Milestones

Campbell Hall on the UC Santa Barbara campus is now a better place for hearing music, lectures and performances as a result of the recent installation work of Thomas Kaufman, M.A. ’12, and his company Otojoy. The company installs special equipment in the speaker systems of lecture halls that enhances sounds for those wearing hearing aids. The special equipment has been installed by Otojoy in a number of locations around Santa Barbara County, including churches, synagogues, the Granada Theater and the auditorium at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. The technology involves a “hearing loop” that is installed in large rooms and then requires hearing aid wearers to adjust their hearing

Thomas Kaufman, M.A. ’12

aids to the loop. Kaufman, who earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Bonn, started his entrepreneurial career as a promoter and scheduler of rock bands, but the hearing loss issue in the music business led him to work on the “hearing loop” technology. He notes that it is widely available in the United Kingdom and Europe but is a relatively new technology in the U.S. His company is also working on a product that will enhance hearing by sending signals at performance halls to a cell phone with the recipient using the phone ear bugs to receive a clear and enhanced sound.

developed by Brian Seymour, ’02. Sullivan Solar Power is a turnkey solar system provider that has installed more than 14 million watts of solar power for both residential and commercial projects. It is headquartered in San Diego.

Bryan Henson, ’03, participated in a panel discussion on “Achieving Wide-Scale Adoption of energy efficiency and Renewable energy.”

As part of its ongoing expansion Asylum Research of Santa Barbara has appointed Amir Moshar MA ’03, to its West Coast technical sales team. Asylum is focused on atomic force microscopy. Moshar has been with the company for nine years working previously as a test engineer and an application scientist.

Melissa Petersen, ’03, has been elected chair of the board of directors of the Santa Barbara County Foodbank. She previously served as the organization’s treasurer. Her firm, Petersen & Co., provides audit, tax and accounting services for non-profits.

Aaron Sharp, ’03, won the Santa Barbara Veteran’s Half International Marathon besting more than 2,500 runners with a time of 1:07:48.

Jim Dewey, ’05, participated in a panel discussion on “Achieving Wide-Scale Adoption of energy efficiency and Renewable energy” where he shared ideas for promoting renewable energy projects.

Ramiro “Curly” Guillen ’05, former standout runner for the UCSB Cross Country and Track teams, posted an impressive 2:27:14 at the Chicago Marathon in October.

Margaret Stonestreet, ’06, has been selected as the student speaker at the MBA graduation ceremonies at Pepperdine University. Stonestreet is completing the Fully employed MGA program at Pepperdine. Upon graduation she has accepted a job at Starbucks Coffee corporate headquarters in their Global Store Development department.

Reza Aslan, PhD ’09, rocketed to viral fame this summer when his interview with Fox news was picked up by millions of social media users. Aslan’s newest book, “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of nazareth” has led to repeated invitations to appear on national talk shows and public lectures. He returned to UC Santa Barbara in november to discuss his book in front of a large crowd in Campbell Hall. Using historical sources as well as descriptions

in the Gospels, Aslan presents a portrait of Jesus as a revolutionary who was full of contradictions. This humanized version of Jesus has brought intense criticism from some traditional religious groups. Aslan received in his PhD in sociology with a focus on religion. His other books included “no god but God: The Origins, evolution and Future of Islam” and “How to Win a Cosmic War.” He currently teaches at UC Riverside. On his return to UC Santa Barbara Aslan said, “I am delighted to be returning to Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara shaped who I am as a scholar and thinker, particularly by its focus on interdisciplinary work and study, which is something that is sorely missing in other academic institutions. UCSB doesn’t just instill a commitment to academic rigor in its students; it encourages students to break through the ivy walls and take an active part in the public marketplace of ideas.”

Sabrina Ricci, ’09 is in the process of fully launching Write or Read, a new website designed to provide authors with reader analytics for their ebooks.

2010sFormer Santa Barbara Independent columnist Teisha Rowland, PhD ’11, has

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William Hedrick, ’68 passed away nov. 3, 2013 after a battle with cancer at age 68. Hedrick was a medic in the US Air Force Reserves and completed his postgraduate work at the USC School of Business 1970. He helped guide numerous small business enterprises from concept to successful, publicly traded companies. He was a lecturer at the graduate schools of business at Stanford University, Pepperdine University, and the University of Oregon. He was also an avid outdoorsman and a proud member of the San Francisco Golf Club, the Valley Club of Montecito, and the Stock Farm Club in Hamilton, Montana. He is survived by his wife, Mer James, step-children Chelsea Sheehan and Madison and Austin Stranahan; sons Todd, Carter, Devin, and Brad; siblings Sandy, Patricia Duncan, and John; and former wife Corinne.

Howard Joseph Phelan, ’70 died August 9, 2013. Phelan worked for the County Probation Department before a lengthy career in Human Resources. He was a fanatic Giants fan and a 30-year 49ers season ticket holder. His proudest accomplishment was building his own home

In MemoriamBob McCutcheon, ’49 died nov. 2 at age 87. He played basketball at UCSB while earning a degree in physical education. He later earned a master’s degree in education from USC. He is survived by his wife, Grace and three children.

William Alfred Bullough, a triple degree holder from UC Santa Barbara, passed away Sept. 1, 2012. He earned his BA in 1955, his MA in 1967 and his PhD in 1970, all in history. After receiving his doctorate he spent the next 22 years as a history professor at CSU east Bay. He was the author of Cities and Schools in the Gilded Age: The Evolution of an Urban Institution (1974), The Blind Boss and His City: Christopher Augustine Buckley and Nineteenth-Century San Francisco (1979), and articles in The San Francisco Irish, 1850-1976, (James P. Walsh, ed., 1978), The Historian, Pacific Historical Review, and California History. Bullough was an accomplished photographer who was published and exhibited his prints and written articles for Darkroom Photography and similar journals.

published two books of her columns, “Biology Bytes: Digestible essays on Stem Cells and Modern Medicine,” and “Biology Bytes: Digestible essays on Animals Both Commonplace and Bizarre.” Both are available on Amazon.com. The first book includes essays about the latest in stem cell research, including that being done at UC Santa Barbara, while the second book introduces lay readers to the “critters all around us,” according to Rowland.

Deseray Solis, ’10 married the man of her dreams on September 28, 2013.

Garrett Heiser, ’12, has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer and Board Member for Vestiage, a premium anti-aging company specializing in cosmeceuticals and nutraceuticals. Heiser has been with the company since 2012 and was its second employee. Vestiage is a publicly traded company based in newport Beach.

Kirsten Tilleman, ’13 has been named a finalist for a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. The england’s Oxford University selects about 32 Americans to continue their academic studies as Rhodes Scholars. Selection is based on scholarly achievement, applicants’ character, and commitment to others and to the common good, and for the potential to be leaders in their career.

in Walnut Creek. He is survived by siblings, Tim, Ray, Grace, Jim and stepchildren Greg and Michelle Slater.

Jonny Wallis, ’71 passed away nov. 3, 2013 after several months of illness. She was former mayor of the Goleta City Council, councilwoman and planning commissioner. She was also co-founder of Goletanow! Wallis was a UC Santa Barbara graduate and was elected to City Council in 2001 and re-elected in 2004. She served as major in 2006 and mayor pro tempore in 2005. Wallis was appointed to the Goleta Planning Commission where she served from Jan. 2009 until stepping down earlier this year.

Judith Ellen Solomon-Marks, ’73, passed away May 8, 2013 from complications of liver disease. She was a native of Los Angeles and loving mother of daughter emily R. Marks and Gabriel J. Marks. She is survived by her brother, Michael and sister-in-law, Lori, also of Studio City plus 4 nieces and nephews.

Christine Ohama, ’74, died Sept. 13 after a long battle with colon cancer. She was born


in Los Angeles and received her degree in economics from UC Santa Barbara. She was vice president of marketing at the enviro Board, which uses recycled straw to build affordable housing. She was also a licensesd securities broker on the new York Stock exchange. She had previously worked in sales and marketing for the International Channel, the Bravo Cable network and the Go For Broke Foundation.

Herbert William Fredlund ’76 passed away nov. 10, 2013 in Santa Barbara. He received his degree in music and taught music at La Cumbre Junior High in Santa Barbara for more than 25 years. He had served in the Coast Guard and for many years was part of the group “Joe and the Kilowatts Dance Band” that played in Santa Barbara. He was a leader in the local chapter of the American Federation of Music.

Colleen Mary Kegg, ’82, died nov. 20 following a long battle with a rare

neuorological disorder known as Cortical Basal Degeneration. Born in Houston, Texas, she received a degree in mechanical engineering from UC Santa Barbara in 1982. At the time she was doing stream flow measurements for the U.S. Geological Survey in Santa Barbara. She did deep sea engineering for Vetco and worked on the International Space Station’s solar panels for Able engineering.

Jayson Windom, ’05 passed away suddenly in Los Angeles. Windom is the son of alumni Gayle and Jerry Windom. He had worked in the City elections Office in Los Angeles.

Jeffrey McManus, ’08 passed away July 5, 2013. He was leader of the Daily nexus Alumni Group and CeO of the online technology startup Codelesson. McManus was known as an alum who brought together all generations of nexites through his own creation: the Facebook Group “UCSB Daily nexus Alumni.” He is survived by his wife,

Carole, and his children Celeste and Revelin

W. Richard Comstock passed away May 29, 2013. He was the first full time professor in the UC Santa Barbara Religious Studies Department. He spent 30 years in the department and chaired the department from 1979-84.

Gerald “Dick” Dal Pozzo died Oct. 19, 2013. He attended the Riviera campus of UC Santa Barbara before joining the Army Air Corps in World War II. He returned to run his family’s tire business in Santa Barbara. He was an avid sailor.

Thelma Wilkes, who passed away on nov. 20, 2013, worked for more than 25 years in the UC Santa Barbara account, education Opportunity Program and Financial Aid offices..

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Bill received his B.A. from UC Santa Barbara in

1955. He returned to UCSB and earned both an

M.A. and Ph.D. in History in 1970. He went on

to a long career in higher education as a faculty

member at Cal State University, East Bay.

In 2007, both Bill and Pat separately took

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Bill and Pat were interested in making an

additional gift but also in ensuring their

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competitive return on their investment and a

stream of revenue for the rest of their lives. They

were additionally able to take a substantial tax

deduction for their gift.

Their gift will benefit future graduate students

– a double return on their philanthropic

investment. “We have been pleased to be able

to support the History Department’s graduate

fellowship programs. In so doing, we try to

return something of what was given to us, an

experience that is becoming increasingly elusive,

given the rising cost of higher education in

California. We feel that we are investing in the

future of the campus and the state that has

given us such a wonderful life.”

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