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Moving Units is one band trying quite hard to learn everything they can. Having opened shows for the holy disco-punk trinity of the Rapture, Hot Hot Heat and Radio 4, they debut four songs (a prelude to a purported major-label deal) of, well, disco-y punk.

Physics Professor Earns Funding for Stellar Studies

UCSB astrophysicist and assistant physics professor Crystal Martin has recently been awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship. The Sloan Fellowship includes a $40,000 grant to be spent on research over the course of two years.

A Man Apart | At Least Give us an Arse Cheek

The only thing worse than seeing a predictable, paint-by-numbers action movie is seeing it and walking out confused. The audience expects “boom!” “bang!” “pow!” and some gratuitous plot involving some nekkidness.

Beware of Motives Behind Supposed Liberal Organization

In the past few weeks, I have seen an information table from Lyndon LaRouche’s organization – the International Caucus of Labor Committees/LaRouche in 2004 – in front of the Arbor.

IVRPD Critic Donates Park Use Fee

The Isla Vista Recreation and Park District was presented with a generous offer from an unlikely source at their bimonthly meeting Thursday night.

The Elusive Weatherbutton

What is a campaign anyway? Let’s start with the word and break it down. “Camp” – to live somewhere temporarilyin rugged conditions. Okay, that’s college. I can dig it.

Baseball: Santa Barbara Takes Full Swing at Titans

Currently locked into a five-game losing streak, UCSB will open a three-game series today against #2 Cal State Fullerton at Goodwin Field.

Fuzzy Math

From the same people who squandered student money in tech stocks and have continually asked students for more cash in the past three elections comes another Associated Students blunder – the sliding-scale constitutional amendment.

UCSB Dethrones Bruins

The defending Big West champion, the UCSB soccer team, put the nation on notice this spring that it has bigger aspirations this upcoming season.The Gauchos defeated defending national champ UCLA 2-1 April 13 in Fullerton.

All Three Election Parties Come With Their Share of Problems

Walking around campus these days, I see tons of signs littering the lawn. Smells like election season. From what I can tell, there are three major political parties on campus: The Student Action Coalition, Student Unity Now and Gauchoholics.