Hogwarts Professor Misinterprets Student Art Exhibit
The article written in The Bottom Line on Nov. 9, 2011, regarding my solo Art Exhibition titled “Pretty Fluffy Squishy Hard: Neo-Feminism Through Sensuality”, stands as a paramount example of what not to do as a journalist. In all honesty, I was excited to see what The Bottom Line could produce, and I was thrilled […]
Exercise Logic: Work Hard Now for Easy Booty Later
I was in class last week reading a texting conversation over this guy’s shoulder (stop judging me) where he was trying to hang on to his fuck buddy here in I.V. while simultaneously texting his ex-girlfriend from high school that he loved her. Yeah, I was pretty committed to gathering all of this information, sue […]
Exploring the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave
Walking through Isla Vista, one notices a common theme draped across balconies and hung up in living rooms: the American flag. It makes me proud to see that “The Stars and Stripes” have become a staple piece of décor in our patriotic city by the sea. As we go into this unique American holiday, it […]
Finding Zion in Libya
As I watched a streaming video of 56-year-old David Gerbi hack away at a wall of brick and mortar surrounding his childhood synagogue in Tripoli, Libya, I couldn’t help but facepalm. To me, his tears and apoplectic breakdown seemed to be a cleverly placed advertisement for maintaining a stalemate in Israeli-Arab diplomacy. Could the timing […]
UC Davis Protests Police Actions
An estimated 5,000 students, faculty, alumni and community members gathered at UC Davis yesterday for a rally in response to the campus police’s use of pepper spray on peaceful student protesters last Friday. UC Davis Police Chief Annette Spicuzza and the two officers responsible for administering pepper spray during the peaceful protest — which resulted […]
Police Investigate Additional Vandalism
Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. detectives found several defaced surfaces at UCSB’s Snidecor Hall that contained graffiti referencing last week’s arson attack on the Isla Vista Foot Patrol station. An unknown suspect threw two Molotov cocktails at the police substation on Trigo Road last Tuesday, damaging its “Operation Medicine Cabinet” drop box and the building […]
Local Launches Support Site for Abuse Victims
Zoie Brown, a 19-year-old Santa Barbara resident, founded the online organization Victims Get Vocal as a network of resources and support for victims of sexual abuse. Brown and her mother Kristin co-founded the site to provide a forum for survivors of abuse — including Zoie — to speak out about their experiences and hear the […]
Nature Groups Combine to Conserve Local Trails
Four of Santa Barbara’s trail organizations have collaborated to form the Santa Barbara Outdoor Volunteers program for local residents to collectively organize trail maintenance projects throughout the county. The Santa Barbara Trails Council, Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers, Los Padres Forest Association and Santa Barbara County Outdoor Foundation combined forces to provide the county […]
Why It Pays To Be Social: How Companies Profit From Your Facebooking
Once a website targeting mostly college students, Facebook’s popularity has exploded in recent years, a testament to its universal appeal. However, the numerous benefits of online social networking make it easy to overlook the risks associated with sharing private information on Facebook. Boasting membership numbering into the several hundred millions, Facebook seems a ubiquitous part […]
UCSB Researchers Grow Understanding of Plant Evolution Through Flower Petal Cells
Along with a group of researchers from Harvard University, Scott Hodges, professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology at UCSB, recently discovered a mechanism of flower petal evolution that contradicts previous scientific theories that have been widely accepted for the past 60 years. Using Columbine flowers, also known as Aquilegia, the team […]