Aggies Accelerate, Power Over Gauchos
The two-time, regular-season Big West champs buggy-whipped the Gauchos from the opening tip to the final buzzer in a 75-59 thrashing before a rabid, sold-out crowd of 9,669 at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah on Saturday.
Santa Barbara Serves Toast at E-Bar Invite
The UCSB men’s volleyball team started the 39th annual UCSB/Elephant Bar Volleyball Invitational with a bang on Friday night, upsetting Pacific at Rob Gym.
Lecturers, Librarians Prepare for New Negotiations With UC
The University of California-American Federation of Teachers has scheduled negotiations with UC administration for February and hopes that the soon-to-be expired librarian contract will pressure the administration to settle the lecturers’ contract more equitably.
Caltrans To Rework SB Bridge, 101
Motorists driving on the roadways of Santa Barbara County will see closures and construction beginning on Sunday, according to press releases from Caltrans.
Small Fire Chars Sunstone Winery
his year’s Sunstone Merlot may contain a hint of a burnt oak taste due to a minor fire. At about 9:17 a.m. on Sunday, the Santa Barbara County Fire Department was dispatched to the Sunstone Winery located in the Santa Ynez Valley at 125 North Refugio Rd.
City of Goleta Breaks In First Manager, Staff
The City of Santa Barbara is no longer the manager of Goleta. That would be Fred Stouder. Stouder is the first city manager of Goleta since it became a city in Nov. 2001.
Pushing the Envelope
Postage goes up because of people like me. I only buy stamps out of absolute necessity, and I refuse to purchase an entire book of them for any reason.
C.U.E., UC To Resume Talks
After nearly two years of contractual difficulties, the University of California and the union of clerical employees will try once again to repair their relationship, this time with a mediator.
Trojans Tumble at Hands of Gauchos
The #21 UCSB women’s basketball team realized that winning a war with the women of Troy required defending its territory and claiming the battle of the trenches. The Gauchos (9-2 overall, 3-0 in the Big West) defended their home winning streak on Tuesday night by knocking out USC.
Genes for All Seasons
It began in the May of 1985 when Robert Sinsheimer, who currently works at UCSB, called a workshop at UC Santa Cruz at which scientists discussed for the first time the possibility of mapping the human genome.