Santa Barbara Climbs Ant Hill
The smaller but quicker, more energetic and more inspired UCSB men’s basketball team sent a message in bold black ink on Saturday to Irvine and the rest of the Big West Conference: The Big West title is ours.
Feverish
I hate being sick. It started with a sniffle. Then my nose wouldn’t stop running. Then it stopped up and I started coughing instead. Now my day is divided into three parts: sickness, overmedication, and sleep. On the bright side, none of these stages involve the possibility of doing homework.
Plants and Poop
Leafy green tulips to the county for leaving the ficus on Pardall alone. Tulips as well to the tree people who shacked up with mother nature in protest.
Lent Supplies Excuse for a Phat Tuesday
In preparation for the Lenten season’s 40 days and 40 nights free from vice and sin, students and local residents are getting their fill of naughty activities before Ash Wednesday.
Gauchos Blast Beach
After pasting Long Beach State 70-46 before a rocking Thunderdome crowd on Thursday night, the UCSB men’s basketball team positioned itself for a chance to achieve something that no Gaucho squad has ever attained: a regular season Big West Championship.
This is Just the Day
In memory of the late, sweatered Fred Rodgers of “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood,” and out of sympathy for the nation’s embittered obituary headline writers:
Los Padres Crew Searches for Shuttle Debris
Twenty-two employees from Los Padres National Forest have been called upon in an increasing effort to recover debris from the lost space shuttle, Columbia.
Dungeons & Soldiers
Representative Charles B. Rangel, the Democrat from New York, is also staunchly anti-war, but he figures that the folks calling the shots would be less inclined to pick a fight with Saddam if their wealthy children were called to serve.
UCSB Smacks Irvine
Saturday night’s victory over second-place Irvine on the road proved to be a test of character for the #19 UCSB women’s basketball team. Once the Gauchos enter the 64-team tournament, anything is possible.
A Conservative Defense
In response to Rebekah Waldron’s mischaracterization of College Republicans (Daily Nexus, “Dishonesty Is Not the Best Policy, College Republicans,” Feb. 25, 2003) I, the organizer of the Shannon Reeves event, would like to submit the following defense.