Post-Mother’s Day Blues
I sincerely hope that you all had a pleasant Mother’s Day. I know you all went home or called or sent nice cards.
Baseball: Gauchos Cage Tigers at Home
For the first time this season, the Gauchos used one of their many opportunities to climb out of last place in the Big West. Fittingly, it was limiting Pacific’s opportunities to score, and cashing in on their own that netted the Gauchos the 2-1 series win over the Tigers.
Peace on the Horizon?
The “Roadmap to Peace” has been presented to the Israelis and the Palestinians. This noble plan for something so elusive hinges on many factors, but there is one factor most prevalent in the big picture that will make or break the upcoming peace process.
I.V. Improvement Cuts Trees
Today is the last day for Isla Vistans to object, at least officially, to a county plan to cut down several trees. Signs explaining the county’s intention to remove the selected trees have been posted since May 5, the beginning of the public comment period.
Softball: Santa Barbara Finishes With 34 Wins, Ties School Record
Entering their final series of the regular season, the Santa Barbara softball team knew that playing at perennial conference powerhouse Cal State Fullerton was a tall order. Although they failed to produce a victory, the team once again proved it could play with any team in the country.
Sex Research Strips Opinion From Fact
In response to a column by Trey Myklebust (Daily Nexus, May 1). Apparently, Myklebust is less than supportive of a research project that was conducted by a team of professors at UCSB. This project included a study of men who frequent establishments in which women parade around in the nude for economic exchange, also known as strip clubs.
Locals Plan Frisbee Golf Tourney
Estero Park will host more airborne Wham-Os than a 1960s episode of “Batman” this Saturday during the first annual Isla Vista Frisbee Golf Tournament. Senior global studies major Colin Buck, who organized the event with his neighbors, said participants who pay a $5 registration fee will compete for cash and other prizes like gift certificates and Frisbee flying discs.
Campbell Hall To Host Presidential Hopeful
Break out the American flags and partisan rhetoric because presidential election season starts today for UC Santa Barbara. Democratic presidential candidate and Ohio senator Dennis Kucinich will speak at Campbell Hall today at 4 p.m. as part of his campaign for the Democratic Party presidential nomination.
On a Path to the Edge of the World: The Sands of Jalama
An unspoiled stretch of sand curves into the northern horizon, bending beneath rolling coastal hills turned light brown by the approaching summer.
Eeny-meany, Mediany, Mode
Weatherfriend 1: “They’re opening a new statistics department.”Weatherfriend 2: “We don’t have one?”Weatherfriend 1: “Yes, but we’re starting another one.”