Gaucho Gamer / Science & Tech / Weekend Edition
Rumors have been circulating that the next Xbox will always require an Internet connection to use the console. These rumors resulted from twitter posts made by a creative director at Microsoft Studios named Adam Orth. He publicly tweeted that he didn’t understand “the drama around having an ‘always on’ console” [...]
Left Said, Right Said / Online / Opinion
Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in the case of Shelby County, Alabama vs. Holder. The case concerns Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which stipulates that particular areas of the country that do not meet a certain threshold for minority [...]
Fan Mail and Shouting Matches / Online / Opinion
by Ben Moss × on January 27, 2013 at 12:40 pm ×
I learned the difference between dissociative identity disorder and role-play in my first year at UCSB. My freshman roommate, who declared in psychology during Zero Week, went a long way to help me understand. One day, early in our first quarter, he came back from class breathless; his bike ride [...]
Letters to the Editor / Online / Opinion
On behalf of the tens of thousands of UCSB students who transformed our Campus Events Center into one of the loudest, most raucous places to watch a college basketball game in the mid ’80s through the late ’90s, we ask UCSB Athletic Director Mark Massari to tear down the Thunderdome [...]
Letters to the Editor / Online / Opinion
The Lady Elephant’s article published Friday, Nov. 30 reminded me of an important truth: Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but that does not mean all opinions are created equal. Let’s start with the Elephant’s generalizations. She seems to believe all communication majors are rich girls in yoga pants who [...]