Firms Design Earth-Friendly Grad Housing

The San Clemente graduate student housing project, to be built on a portion of Storke Field, will have a lesser environmental impact than previously anticipated.

Closing Down Delta Trail Will Protect Plovers, Keep Beach Open

The snowy plover is a threatened bird that roosts on our coast; they’re the little white and sandy colored guys that hunker down at the mouth of the Devereux Slough.

Feature Photo: The Tree with a Thousand Eyes

Monarch butterflies engulf this Eucalyptus tree near Santa Barbara Shores in Ellwood.

‘A Great Deal of People Get True Enjoyment Out of Seeing Dogs’

I was annoyed to read one Alan Kirk (Reader’s Voice, Feb. 4, “Idiot Hippies Need to Keep Their Flea Bag Dogs Leashed”) berate the notion of unleashed dogs, and me.

Nexus a ‘Disgrace to the Unity and Patriotism of This Country’

After reading today’s editorial I’m completely appalled. How can you mention George Bush and some of those people in the same breath? You’re putting Osama Bin Laden and George Bush on the same level?

’63 Gaucho Says UCSB Website Charges Alumni Too Much Money

I would like to be able to take advantage of the classmate search capability on the UCSB website, but am unwilling to pay the annual dues charged to allow access.

Nobel Peace Prize Alternates

If George W. Bush is Up for One, How About Nominations for Some Other Misfits?

Driving the Weatherhuman

People react to the statement, “I don’t drive” as if one were to say, “I am paralyzed down the left side of my body” or “I am unable to digest any food more complex than toast.”

IVFP Reports 9 Weekend Altercations

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to nine fights and assaults on Friday and Saturday nights, three of which involved deadly weapons. Two male victims were stabbed at about 2 a.m. Sunday morning on the 6600 block of Sabado Tarde Road.

Baseball: UCSB Humiliates BYU

After scoring only 13 runs in their entire three-game opening series against LMU over the weekend, the Gauchos exploded for 12 runs on 14 hits against BYU on Monday, pounding the Cougars by a score of 12-5.