Campus Elections Committee Receives Voting Process Complaints
Thursday’s campuswide election results, which included the passage of the Student Resource Building Fee Initiative by nine votes and the failure of the Recreational Sports Fee Initiative, have since met opposition from three parties.
Incompetence Smells Worse Than So-called Swine
Once, when I was a lowly crime reporter, I asked a wise old Isla Vista cop why he was always so polite to us Nexites. He said, “It’s never a good idea to mess with people who buy ink by the barrel.”
Gaucho Baseball Receives Multiple Honors
The Gauchos’ sweep of Pacific this weekend featured some extraordinary individual performances, which were officially recognized by the Big West on Monday.
Former Graduate Student Loses Case Against UC
A judge dismissed a lawsuit by a former university student who denounced mentors in his master’s thesis and then claimed his free speech rights were violated when officials refused to file it on the school library’s shelves.
Santa Barbara’s Black Tide Enters UPA Regional Tourney With Stellar 26-1 Record
The nearly perfect #1 UCSB men’s ultimate Frisbee club team, nicknamed the Black Tide, will be taking its 26-1 regular-season record to the UPA Regional Tournament this weekend in San Diego.
Women’s Tennis Finishes Season Strong
After starting the season 0-8, the Gaucho netters lost only three of their next 11 matches to finish the season with a 9-13 mark, while going 1-5 in the Big West.
Feature Photo: Burning Down the House
As part of a training exercise at a planned house fire on Calle Real Road, a Santa Barbara City firefighter shoots a stream of water into the blaze under the supervision of a Santa Barbara County fire captain Tuesday.
Lunchtime Lockdown
I have observed UCSB departmental offices for four years. As a public service, I will now print the secretive campuswide schedule for these offices.
Utah State Controls Gauchos in Three-Game Series
After receiving a lesson in softball from #9 Cal State Fullerton last weekend, the UCSB women’s softball team was looking forward to its road trip this weekend to battle Utah State and apply what they learned.
A Summer of ‘Gray-Outs’
Oh yes, rolling blackouts (or Gray-outs as I like to think of them) are coming, and they will be here in abundance this summer. The state of California is in an energy crisis and the governor is in hot water.