Nonprofit UCSB student organization Environmental Education for the Next Generation is eligible to win $100,000 in the Dockers “Wear the Pants” contest. Founded by UCSB students in 2009, the EENG is one of five finalists from an applicant pool of 3,300 and the only student-run association in the competition. The group discusses environmental issues in […]
UCSB physics graduate student and teaching assistant Mananya Tantiwiwat passed away on April 18 after a three-year battle with breast cancer. She was 28 years old. Tantiwiwat, known to friends and family as Nammon, died at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara after undergoing a year of chemotherapy and surgery due to the reemergence of her […]
The Goleta City Council distributed a federal grant of roughly $40,000 between several local organizations to support low-income residents in the community. The Santa Barbara Food Bank and Community Action Commission’s Senior Nutrition Program received $5,400 and $5,000 respectively from the grant, which is allotted through the national Community Development Block Grant program. The U.S. […]
John Hollinger’s Player Efficiency Rating pissed me off more when it was used to prove LeBron was better than Kobe a few years back.
Lindsay Gottlieb, head coach of the women’s basketball team this season, announced Monday that she was leaving the program to coach at UC Berkeley. In three seasons at the helm of the Gauchos, Gottlieb led the team to a Big West Tournament championship as well as a pair of regular season titles.
With two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Ben Edelstein came up to the plate for his first at-bat of the game, with a runner on second and the score tied at four. The senior sent a three-and-one fastball up the middle to center field, driving in sophomore shortstop Steven Moon and securing the eventual game-winning run over Northridge.
Last week’s campus-wide Associated Students Spring Elections yielded two new undergraduate student fees as well as cuts to long-standing programs. Students approved a $4.24 per quarter increase to the existing Arts & Lectures fee as well as $3.00 per quarter for the newly-formed UCSB Community Financial Fund. In addition, 36 fees were reaffirmed. La Cumbre […]
UCSB’s Pride Week kicked off yesterday in celebration of the university’s LGBTQIA community and wide range of gender diversity. Associated Students Queer Commission and Queer Student Union will host a series of open events to address pertinent issues within the LGBTQIA community such as homophobia, stereotypes and sexual assault. Writer, performer and queer rights activist […]
The Associated Students Finance Board doled out over $19,000 to 15 student organizations during last night’s three-hour meeting. The board voted to fully fund 12 campus groups, leaving over $8,000 in the Spring Quarter unallocated budget. Board members also debated the ethical and legal ramifications of funding further Student Initiated Outreach Program events after exhausting […]
“War and violence are constantly in our eyes and ears,” acclaimed economist and Harvard professor Amartya Sen told a full house in Campbell Hall last evening.