Gaucho Volleyball Can’t Overcome BYU, Pacific
Reeling from the loss to BYU, Santa Barbara came out a shadow of its former self against #11 Pacific (5-7, 3-5) on Sunday. UCSB didn’t put up much of a fight against the Tigers, losing for the fifth match in a row, 30-21, 30-23, 30-20.
Four Alarms (Staff Editorial)
Santa Barabra County Fire Chief John Scherri said the county fire station, located on University Road behind Harder Stadium, lacks the equipment and manpower to handle a major fire in the Isla Vista/UCSB vicinity.
FAFSA: My Anti-Drug; Removal of Aid Sparks Congress Battle
Drug War promoter Mark Souder, R-Ind., has leveled his legislative guns at the financial aid of hundreds of thousands of college students, but anti-drug war activists nationwide are taking their own potshots and mounting an organized defense.
DP Fall Victim Named; SBCC Student Dies in ‘Saltwater Drowning’
The victim who fell from a Del Playa Drive balcony Saturday night has been positively identified as 20-year-old Clint McDonnell.
SB Fire Chief Cites Inadequate Preparations on UCSB Campus
Fire Chief John Scherri said the university has expressed little interest in helping to pay $1 million for a new fire truck and another full-time firefighter – measures he said are necessary to potentially save student lives.
A.S. and Local Media Negligently Overshadowed Isla Vista’s Tragedy In a Quest to Make Headlines
A display of shameless, sensationalist journalism and attention-seeking student politics tainted the public outpouring.
UCSB Women’s Basketball Whips Long Beach State on Senior Day
The UCSB women’s basketball team honored the careers of its three departing seniors Saturday night at the Thunderdome, but it was the clutch play of a freshman that lifted the Gauchos to the win over hated rival Long Beach State.
Women’s Tennis Finds Power to Overcome Riverside
It has taken them a while, but the UCSB women’s tennis team sliced and diced its way over Riverside at Santa Barbara on Saturday afternoon.
Disabled Student Conference Aims at ‘Accessing Education’
The organizers chose this theme for the conference because we believe that education is a right, regardless of one’s socioeconomic status, gender, race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, and/or ability.
Environmental Group Helps Homeless, Local Shoreline
Alan Hunterman says he’d clean up the beach below Del Playa Drive whether he got paid or not.