Women’s Softball: UCSB Mixes Up Potent Solution
After taking one giant leap last year, the UCSB softball team will attempt to take another step in the right direction on the backs of a proven workhorse, a freshman phenom and a versatile veteran.
Fugitive Evades Trial, Not Verdict
The Ventura County Superior Court jury found the millionaire great-grandson of Max Factor guilty of 86 counts, which included rape, sodomy, drug and weapons possession, and poisoning. The jury deadlocked on one count of poisoning one of the victims.
No Matter How Old You Are, No Still Means No
I must have a sign on my forehead that reads, “Please sexually harass me if you are over 40 and you love to go to 634 on college night. I’m desperate.”
Men’s Baseball: Gaucho Hurlers Ready to Throw Heat
In 2002, the UCSB baseball team struggled to a 22-33 record. The Gauchos’ pitching staff, statistically near the bottom of the Big West last season, will welcome several solid veterans and a much-needed injection of young talent to help gun down opposing batters in 2003.
NBC May Feature Solvang in Sitcom
The lights! The glamour! The… Danish butter cookies? Comedian D.L. Hughley and NBC Studios are in talks to develop a sitcom set in the Danish-themed village of Solvang.
We Came, We Saw, We Dot-commed; Could You Spare a Nickel?
Oh to be a dot-commer when the world was rife with stock options, catered two-hour lunches and, last but not least, jobs. That was then and this is now.
Men’s and Women’s Swimming: Santa Barbara Drowns in Pacific
The Gaucho women lost 173-89 while the men suffered a 169-94 defeat. Although the Tigers took this meet, the last word might be up for grabs. Santa Barbara could still face UOP again in the Big West Championship Tournament, scheduled for next month.
Developers Bring Suit Against Goleta
Goleta has had its first mayor, its first city council and its first city manager. Now it’s facing a less pleasant milestone: its first multimillion-dollar major lawsuit.
War in Iraq? Yes, Just as Long as It Doesn’t Come Back Home
The only point on which I could find agreement with the handful of war protesters and pacifists on the central coast is that war should be avoided at all costs on the North American continent.
Gross Receives Real Chair at Theoretical Physics Institute
Fred Gluck, the former head of McKinsey & Co., recently donated $1 million to UCSB’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics to endow a chair. A ceremony was held over Winter Break to commemorate the occasion and included actual chairs.