Bill Dares to Take Drugs off FAFSA
The 2003-04 Free Application for Federal Student Aid priority deadline is today. If a bill passes through Congress, honest students convicted of a drug-related offense who answered FAFSA question 35 accordingly may still be able to maintain their financial aid next year.
Baseball: Gauchos Look to Sac Hornets
The UCSB baseball team, winner of four of its last five games, will embark on a stretch of eight games in 10 days. The opening game of the three game series with visiting Sacramento State University begins today at 2 p.m.
Conference To Address War, Racism
In an effort to show that war is not colorblind, students from UC campuses across the state are gathering at UCSB to promote peace.The 13th Annual UC Student Association’s Student of Color Conference is being held Feb. 28 through March 2.
Student Protesters Help Keep Things in Perspective
In response to Cory Anthony’s editorial, I first want to say that I agree that protesting is not “an end in and of itself.” Making noise and marching down the street should be a last resort to get divergent voices heard.
Baseball: Gauchos Sting Hornets
In baseball, sometimes a team must take one step back in order to take two steps forward. The Gauchos did just that over the weekend, as they took two of three games from Sacramento State University (8-8) and won their second consecutive series.
War With Iraq Will Only Bring More Woes
In Matthew Lamont Stern’s opinion piece “What Is It Good For?” (Daily Nexus, Feb. 26, 2003), his arguments boil down to the assertion that an American invasion and occupation of Iraq would be for the Iraqi people’s own good.
‘Boondocks’ Author Visits UCSB
From Al Sharpton’s hair to political hustlers, nationally syndicated comic strip author Aaron McGruder covered a wide range of topics at an open discussion in a packed Isla Vista Theater on Saturday. He is one of the few nationally syndicated African-American cartoonists and, at age 28, one of the youngest.
Poet Explores Struggles of Immigrants
Sarah Jones turned schizophrenic at Corwin Pavilion last night when she brought to life not one, but 11 different characters in her one-woman show.
Softball: UCSB Rolls Dice Against Pack, St. Mary’s at Home
The UCSB softball team lost two games to the UCLA, the nation’s top-ranked team, but the Gauchos played well enough to earn the Bruins’ respect. Santa Barbara, at 15-5, has played well enough to earn plenty of national respect before even facing the #1 Bruins.
Pro-Life Ad Is an Insult to a Woman’s Right to Choose
One of the most common feelings of rape victims is intense helplessness and lack of control over their own bodies. And then we, as a society, have the audacity to tell these women that we will decide what they can do with what is left of them?