New Students

Every year a new influx of students moves into Isla Vista and takes over. They bring with them their ideas about partying, home maintenance, and their responsibility for the social good.

As everyone knows, many of the students are conscientious and thoughtful individuals who party sometimes, but not always, pick up their trash, and worry about the environment. There are those, however, who think that I.V. is their personal playground.

There are a load of stupid things these unconscious individuals do to upset the natural balance in I.V., but one of the primary problems is noise pollution. While you would think that all noise is bad, that’s not so in I.V. Some of the noise, like sounds coming from a party with a live band and talented musicians is acceptable; what isn’t is horrible music played at earsplitting levels with the bass turned up. Have you ever been driving down a road and felt your car shake with that boom, boom, boom sound from a radio in the car passing by? Well, that’s what many residents have to deal with on a weekly or daily basis.