UCSB Briefs
UCSB Nobel Prize Winner Awarded Top Engineering Medal UCSB professor and Nobel Prize winner Herbert Kroemer has been awarded the 2002 Medal of Honor by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Kroemer was given the IEEE’s highest-awarded medal for his work on the heterostructure devices in technology that use high-speed communications, such as the […]
Plover Porno
Plovers are chubby chasers. That is why most of Sands Beach is closed off. Too much exercise kills the erotic tension on the beach, destroying the plover’s natural chunky love. Flying, running or even shifting their weight burns valuably sensual calories. I have begun acting as the plover pimp. In the night I descend upon […]
More Than the Sum of its Parts
Come on, it wasn’t that long ago that when you looked at a large packing box, instead of seeing trash you saw a spaceship, a racecar or maybe even a dragon.
UCSB Cuts Available Parking
Parking services restricted 218 parking spaces previously available to C permit holders – mostly students – to staff (S) and faculty (A) permit holders during Winter Break.
There’s No Pill for Proper Parenting
Accutane, adolescents and single-engine aircraft are the latest recipe for disaster, at least according to officials in my former home state of Florida.
Gauchos Follow Lead of Christensen
Playing with a sense of urgency, Christensen steadied the Gauchos with her rock-solid play, leading Santa Barbara to its eventual conference title.
Santa Barbara Prepares for 38th Annual E-Bar Tournament After Sharp 3-0 Start
After sweeping through the competition at the Millie Severson Tournament last weekend at Malibu, Santa Barbara captured the title by winning all three of their matches.
Jan. 10 – Jan. 16
Thursday, Jan. 10 Who would have thought that David Lynch could appeal to the masses? Perhaps best known for his enigmatic “Twin Peaks” television series, Lynch has always skirted the line between originality and incomprehensibility. But Lynch’s latest offering, “Mulholland Drive,” seems to have wooed audiences and critics alike – receiving four Golden Globe nominations. […]
Digging Up the Dirt
Your hometown can leap out and grab you at the oddest of times. In this case, Isla Vista leapt out of the carpet backstage at the El Rey during the penultimate Murder City Devils’ Los Angeles gig.
Plover Researchers To Request Fence Funding
UCSB’s Coal Oil Point Reserve will turn in an application for a grant this Friday to pay for permanent fencing around the habitat of endangered western snowy plovers on Sands Beach.