Solar Panels To Empower Local Showgrounds
Earl Warren Showgrounds will be getting a solar power makeover this February. The state-owned facility is set to install 8,000 photovoltaic panels, which will generate enough electricity to power the entire venue.
Trailers Make Way for Sports Building
The area near Robertson Gym began a major facelift on Friday that included the partial destruction of the building known as the “Dance Tent.” The Dance Building was mainly used by the Santa Barbara Dance Theater and the Middle Eastern Dance Ensemble.
KCSB Top Ten: January 30, 2003
1) Hot Cross | A New Set of Lungs | Level Plane2) Morven Callar | Soundtrack | Warp3) Bleeding Kansas | Giving Emo Something to Cry About | self-released
Researcher Links Islam, Academics
A UC Berkeley faculty member was on campus Wednesday to discuss his research on the positive impact Islamic teachings can have on educational achievement in black students.
Meeting To Debate Beach Problems
Erosion is dissolving Goleta Beach. A town hall meeting tonight at 7 will discuss whether a seawall is the best way to save it. Removal of the controversial rock revetments currently on the beach has been scheduled for May 15.
January 30-Febuary 6, 2003
Saturday, Feb. 2 Put the knife down… please… oh, god! No, not the knife! Sorry, all horrendously bad jokes aside, the emo-indie band, No Knife, will be playing tonight at the Hard to Find Showspace with Biblioteca and Nervous Return.
A.S. Debates Hwy 217, Budget, Path
At its meeting last night, A.S. Leg Council listened to a financial report from its executive director Don Daves-Rougeaux and evaluated a resolution opposing the annexation of Highway 217 by the city of Goleta.
Kiteboarders May Ride Waves To New Rules
The sport of kiteboarding -riding a board similar to a surfboard or wakeboard while holding on to a line attached to a large kite, which pulls the rider through the water- has become increasingly popular at East and Leadbetter Beaches.
B-boy Brings Hip Hop Club to UCSB
If hip hop is synonymous to you with a way of life, you may have a new hangout on Wednesday nights. The Hip Hop Club will hold its first meeting today at 5 p.m. in North Hall, Room 1006.
All in the Family
Against all probability, my anthro professor said something interesting today:”You are the product of an evolutionary line of organisms that, over the course of three and a half billion years, has never once failed to reproduce.”