Living Room Patrons Sound Off During City Meeting
Over 30 local high school and Santa Barbara City College students came to Monday night’s meeting to make a plea to save the soon-to-be-liquidated Living Room – Goleta’s only all-ages, drug- and alcohol-free concert venue.
UC Briefs: February 10, 2003
UCLA Runners Robbed at Gunpoint The Daily Bruin Feb. 7 – Two UCLA student athletes were allegedly robbed at gunpoint last Sunday while leaving their suite at the school’s Saxon dormitory. Three armed men forced Matt Bruno and Chris Dunbar back into the suite then tied the victims’ hands and ankles before stealing thousands of […]
‘NASA Will Move On,’ Official Says
In recent days, the national media has been filled with wild speculation concerning the shuttle disaster. Dr. Kenneth Baldwin of UC Irvine is a biophysicist and one of four UC professors who serve on the NASA Advisory Council, which reports directly to the agency administrator. Here is what he had to say.
Week 6: Introduction to Apathy
Chances are you spent the weekend studying for midterms. If you didn’t, you had more fun than me. Monday’s forecast: Remember, you don’t need to know how to do it, as long as you know how to criticize it. God bless a liberal arts education.
Gauchos Stagger Before Swagger
The UCSB men’s basketball team took control of a physical, low-scoring game with a 15-0 run in the final 4:38 to put the Vandals away 52-44 and remain in first place in the Big West Conference.
Frog Legs Sauteed in Oil
The biggest outcry against U.S. military action on Iraq comes from France. Given the current situation with Iraq, the French government has zero room to talk, as it would show its true intentions, past and present. But talk they do and a quite lot at that.
Local Judge Pleads Not Guilty
Superior Court Judge Diana Hall is contesting the six criminal counts she faces, including a felony count for driving under the influence on Dec. 21. A sheriff’s deputy pulled Hall over at gunpoint just over a mile from her house and arrested her after she failed a sobriety test.
Baseball: Santa Barbara Soaks Up Battle of Beach
Despite opening the weekend with a gutsy 12-inning, 4-2 victory over #11 University of Houston on Friday, the Gauchos blew leads in the ninth inning against Washington and Pepperdine. The Huskies defeated Santa Barbara 6-5 and the Waves stunned UCSB 5-2.
Pi Kappa Alpha Works Up a Sweat at Coal Oil Point
Sweaty with exertion, bent over in effort, 40 members of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity came together last Saturday to clear weeds and pull out rusty fence posts and pipes from the Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve.
Firearms Violence Is Just a Symptom of the War on Drugs
Gun control advocates are always quick to point out the high number of fatalities due to gun homicides. My question is what percentage of these gun fatalities is related to our failed war on drugs?