One for the Road
“I’m tired of Budweiser,” said Spencer Moody. “I drank four and a half years of Budweiser on tour, so I’m drinking Heineken on this one.”
No Matter Who Won the PAC Election, We All Come Out on Top
As one of the candidates, I must admit that my vote was for myself, but then again I could’ve easily voted for any of my fellow candidates since they’re all good people with good intentions for our community.
German Government Honors UCSB Professor
Electrical and computer engineering Professor Herbert Kroemer, one of UCSB’s three Nobel laureates, was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, the highest honor awarded by the German government, on Oct. 20. Kroemer is best known for his invention of heterostructured semiconductors, which are used in all computers. He has also pioneered many […]
A Love Supreme: Remembering Sweetness
Around the middle of a football season that trudges into the heart of autumn, my thoughts always take me back to one man – Walter Payton. Two years ago on this day, Sweetness passed away from bile duct cancer. Payton was a phenomenal running back for 13 years as a Chicago Bear. He missed only […]
‘Mulholland Drive’: The Long and Winding Road
After his Oscar-winning Disney departure from new noir, “The Straight Story,” director David Lynch returns to the off-kilter, double fantasies that made “Lost Highway” so maddeningly enthralling.
Nexus Letter of the Quarter
Call me a prude, but I was very surprised to find a large ad for the Riviera Adult Superstore in the paper.
4 Community Members Fill I.V. PAC Seats
Renters, long-term residents and business owners chose four representatives for the Isla Vista Project Area Committee (PAC) yesterday.
Borcich Collects Second Accolade
UCSB women’s soccer forward Jen Borcich was named the Big West Women’s Soccer Player of the Week on Monday for her exploits against University of California-Irvine and Long Beach State last weekend.
The Best Words in Their Best Order
“You can analyze the music of poetry, but it’s difficult to conduct an argument about its value, especially when it’s gotten into the blood. It becomes autobiography there.” -Robert Haas
Conservative Medusa Wears a Miniskirt, Still a Moron
Not all conservatives may be bigoted harpies, but all bigoted harpies are conservative – at least all bigoted harpies who come to speak at UCSB for a $5,000 fee for an hour or two.