Human In Black
The weathercomputer is on the fritz once again. The friendly technical support representative diagnosed my grumblings as resulting from a faulty motherboard.
How the Grinch Stole Halloween
“Halloween in Isla Vista: The Party Is Over.” This is the subject line of the anti-fun e-mail that Richard Jenkins at the Office of Student Life sent out to students at UCSB, schools across California and schools nearby in Arizona and Nevada.
Man Attempts to Kill Officers
Andrew Carston Smith, 49, was arrested for allegedly attempting to kill a police officer Wednesday in Montecito. Smith used his pickup truck to ram four sheriff’s patrol cars and one motorcycle after threatening the officers with a hatchet and a knife.
Pearl Jam Brings it Back Flannel Style
It was an occasion to dust off the ol’ flannel shirt and ripped jeans when Seattle rock stalwarts Pearl Jam played the Santa Barbara Bowl on Tuesday night. With an eerie orange and smoke-filled sky providing the backdrop, Pearl Jam took the stage without an opening act.
Santa Barbara Loses Control of Match
When you’re a member of one of the top 10 teams in the nation, you’re a marked man on everybody’s agenda. Red-hot Irvine invaded Harder Stadium last night and handed the Gauchos their second straight Big West loss, stumping Santa Barbara 1-0. UCSB had not lost a Big West contest in two years.
Will Your Politics Be on the Final, Professors?
Students don’t pay for lectures about why the president is an asshole when they should be teaching them how to make a macaroni sculpture or interpret Dostoyevsky. Neither should they expect to learn about a professor’s bowel movements.
Proposed Plan Kills the Mood for Office Love
A September 25 draft from the Office of the President of the University of California would alter University policy to prohibit “romantic, physically intimate and/or sexual” relationships in which one individual has power or authority over the other person.
Burn Britney Burn!
Britney Spears is going to hell. But she didn’t get her reservations in Perdition for D-grade musical stylings, her vapid personality or her contamination of American young women with her whorish fashion sense.
M. Water Polo: Olympic Team Drowns UCSB
Losing is never a good thing, but knowing the loss is against the U.S. National Team might ease the pain. “It was nice playing in front of a crowd that was so enthusiastic and supportive,” Schonberger said. The National Team beat the Gauchos 17-3, but the loss was not a big letdown.
Halloween Could Be Fun if I.V. Were a Democracy
On Monday I realized a much more important side of the issue: Our ability to party this Halloween is directly proportional to the amount of democratic might we wield over our own destinies. Isla Vista, the people. Yes.