Purple Hot Line

Being purple must suck. As valid as the other five-sixths of the spectrum, it gets the regularly shaft nontheless. Being split into indigo and violet, for example – totally lame.

Long Beach Invades the T-Dome Tonight

With so many road games and nine new faces on the roster, it’s a wonder that any Gaucho fans have had time to learn the #21 UCSB women’s volleyball team and appreciate the magnitude of this weekend’s games.

Film Examines Warden’s View of Death Penalty

On Thursday, the UCSB chapter of Amnesty International presented an anti-death penalty film featuring retired prison warden Don Cabana in the Multicultural Center Theater.

Santa Barbara Begins Season Against Toreros

The Gauchos host the University of San Diego on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Thunderdome in the first round of the Preseason Women’s National Invitational Tournament.

Hip Hop Poet Brings Rhymes to Students

Poet, writer, actress and hip hop recording artist Jessica Care Moore recited poetry from both of her books, 1997’s Words Don’t Fit in My Mouth, and 2003’s The Alphabet Verses: the Ghetto, in a performance in Isla Vista Theater.

Lost Soles

Fullove Injury Leaves UCSB in Suspense

Senior guard Branduinn Fullove, a three-year starter for the men’s basketball team, went down hard in the first half of Wednesday night’s 74-72 exhibition loss and did not return.

NCAA Slaps Jones for Eight

The verdict is in: Nick Jones will play basketball in his senior season for the Gauchos. The NCAA slapped the guard with an eight-game suspension on Wednesday for playing eight games in an unauthorized summer league team in Mexico several months ago.

Sent From Abroad

Imagine sitting in lecture and hearing words you’ve never heard before, coming home and wondering what planet your roommates are from, and then partying it up because you decide its all too foreign to try and make sense of it all.

All Yesterday’s Memories

When Artsweek was but a mere 10 years old, a family trip through the wondrosity of Southern California led to a tour of the grandiose ocean liner Queen Mary as it rested next to its former neighbor, the Spruce Goose, in its permanent home, Long Beach.