Sports Column: For This Team, It’s All About Ex-Acting Success on Field

Ex-Presidents fans are grumbling after their team has again opened the 2002 intramural coed softball season with three consecutive losses. Expectations had been high for the team this season.

Preventing Babies Has Never Been So Much Fun

I’ve mentioned before that sex can suck because of all those consequences that come from it. Pregnancy, for example. Or STDs. AIDS. Lots of fun stuff.

Overhaul of Los Carneros Bridge To Start in 2003

The Los Carneros Road overpass will be rebuilt in the next year – as soon as the Goleta City Council determines whether or not it is responsible for overseeing the task.

Elvis Costello | When I Was Cruel | Island

Elvis Costello released his first record a quarter century ago. When I Was Cruel, his 17th album proper, proves time hasn’t mellowed the lyrically acerbic wit of this man behind the glasses.

State to Consider Bill to Track Oil

The State Assembly Appropriations Committee passed a bill last Wednesday that will allow the state to more closely monitor the marine transport of petroleum and refined oil off the coast of California.

Sports Feature Photo: Give Me Some Skin

Freshman slugger Matt Wilkerson broke the UCSB freshman record for home runs after he smoked his 14th of the season against UCLA on Tuesday afternoon.

May 1, 2002

The suspect looked at the officers and yelled, “Fuck yeah! Woo-hoo!” and ran along the side of a parked car, where he slipped and fell.

Chris Isaak | Always Got Tonight | Reprise

Chris Isaak’s most polished album is also one of his best, focusing more on Roy Orbison-style rock ‘n’ roll than broken-hearted ballads.

Feature Photo: As Good As it Gets?

A student peddles past the steps of Physical Sciences South along a mock Broida Expressway laid out with Duct Tape. The path appeared two days ago and runs from Broida Hall to Engineering II.

Hot Hot Heat | Knock Knock Knock | Sub Pop

Stealing liberally from the Cure, the Stooges, and piano-driven post-punk groups, such as the Get Hustle and Tarot Bolero Hot Hot Heat knocks out an album full of dry danceable indie rock.