Lab Rat: Remember the Beauty of Exploration
More pressure, less funding – this is the true recipe for disaster. Corporations, politicians and public interest all have something to say about how scientists ply their trade. And as I learned about it, I learned about the other side of NASA – the administrative end, where dollars and cents arbitrate discovery. The shuttle was designed in the late 1970s. It was the country’s long-anticipated reusable spacecraft, and it resulted from two conflicting visions. The winning design for the shuttle was a compromise between the two visions, and as a result it couldn’t accomplish much of either. The shuttle is too bulky to reach the high orbits most satellites require, and too temperamental to be launched regularly, cheaply or easily.
SB County Firefighter Dies on Duty
A Gaviota firefighter died Saturday of what officials said appeared to be a massive heart attack. The death of 51-year-old Moseley is the first on-the-job death the department has experienced since 1967, Johnson said.
Softball: Early Gauchos Get the Worms Out
Santa Barbara won all five games it played against Long Beach State, Santa Clara, and Illinois-Chicago. From the looks of things, the confidence is here to stay and the winning is too.
Lecture To Focus on Women’s Sports
In the midst of a renewed national debate over Title IX, professional volleyball player and 1988 United States Olympian Liz Masakayan is kicking off National Girls & Women in Sports Week at UCSB with a lecture on her life’s accomplishments and struggles in sports.
Gauchos Throw the Book at LBSU
And just like that, they’re back. In the battle for first place at the Thunderdome on Saturday night, the #19 UCSB women’s basketball team proved that it is by far and away the best team in the Big West.
Police Arrest 2 Boys for Bomb in Parking Lot
On Sunday, Jan. 26 a homemade bomb was thrown in the parking lot of Albertsons on Calle Real in Goleta. The device exploded at about 4:40 p.m., causing no damage.
Pyramid of Pain for Gauchos
The UCSB men’s basketball team suffered a frustrating and unexpected blow at the hands of the Big West’s bottom feeders, dropping a 68-67 stunner to LBSU at the Pyramid on Saturday evening.
Federal Report Shows Abuses of Lab Funding
Over $1.5 million in lab property was lost by or stolen from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, birthplace of the atomic bomb, between 2000 and 2002, a recent government report says.
Pacific, Stanford Spoil UCSB’s Plans
The Gauchos endured another tough weekend by dropping both of their matches to Mountain Pacific Sports Federation opponents Pacific and Stanford. After playing five straight road games, the UCSB men’s volleyball team found out this weekend that winning isn’t necessarily easier at home.