UCSB, Police Brace for I.V. Halloween

Residents and local law enforcement personnel are gearing up for tonight’s Halloween celebration in Isla Vista – an epic event for UCSB students and the Isla Vista Foot Patrol and a pilgrimage for thousands of out-of-town visitors.

Slippery Like a Pissed-On Pig

Watch your step tonight. There’s going to be horses with cop-jockeys stalking the streets of I.V. Personally, I’m not sure how we’re going to handle the smell.

Relief for the Rash-Ridden

Do you have questions about your health but don’t have enough time to ask even your permanent couch roommate, a connoisseur of mysterious insect bites, about the effects of an itchy, unknown rash?

Vandals Raid Santa Barbara

As if Halloween night couldn’t get any scarier. The UCSB women’s soccer team not only needs to win its next two upcoming games to even receive a seed in the upcoming Big West Tournament, but also has to do it on the most terrifying night of the year – Halloween.

Officials Urge Safe Partying to Protect Students, Reputation

From national media attention highlighting UCSB student participation in pornographic films to stories about rising violent crime rates in Isla Vista, a variety of factors have shaped university and local law enforcement policy regarding this year’s Halloween celebration.

Cookies ‘n’ Milk: the New Beer for Halloween This Year?

Students of UCSB, I come before you today with intrepid ideas and profound propositions. Gone are the days of the kegger, I say to you – gone, cast into that dark place where such barbaric things of the past go to die.

UCSB Welcomes Tigers, Matadors

That old rule that prohibits midterms, paper due dates, and any other kind of test from falling on Halloween will prove to be a myth for the #19 Gaucho women’s volleyball team this weekend.

Cops Shouldn’t Chat When They’re on the Clock

With Halloween weekend parties upon us, I’m sure the police department has been putting in much time and effort beefing up their force, pulling out all the stops and definitely sparing no tax money for this year’s crazy Friday.

Cute Lil’ Puppy Eyes Ask for Money

Where can gals and guys go in Goleta to meet Laurel and Hardy, Alfie or Joe Boxer, and maybe even take them home? Not Blockbuster or Target – all of these fun-loving individuals can be found at the K-9 Placement and Assistance League shelter.

Gauchos Lack Last Season’s Punch

A year ago today, the # 9 UCSB men’s soccer team was barreling through the Big West with ease, undefeated after five games and going nowhere but up. Today, virtually the same team appears to be headed in the absolute opposite direction.