Chicana Author Delights MCC
An up-and-coming Chicana writer read stories on topics ranging from failed appearances on The Price is Right to grocery store mayhem to a full MultiCultural Center Theater in a light-hearted lecture Tuesday.
Gunn-ing for the Globe: Giles Gunn
Professor Giles Gunn will go to almost any lengths to get his point across. He loves teaching so much that one day two years ago, the quiet, easygoing professor shocked Global Studies 1 students and fellow Professor Mark Juergensmeyer by riding a BMW C 1200 CE motorcycle into the Engineering I lecture hall…
Candidates Await Election
Today is Election Day, and nine candidates are competing for three seats on the Santa Barbara City Council. Voters will also elect two board members for the Embarcadero Municipal Improvement District, a division of Goleta West Sanitary District, and two board members for the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District.
Hold the Phone
Someone on campus gave the ‘human an ugly look because she was standing next to me using a hands-free phone and I asked if she was talking to me.
Cross Country: Gauchos Run Wild at Big West Finals
Imagine standing at the finish line of a cross country race, focusing on the crest of a hill. You wait in anticipation to see who leads the pack. A runner comes slightly in view, eyes straining in the bright sunlight.
Scheming With the Enemy
You missed an impressive milestone last week, if you did not have one eye watching the news ticker. The Associated Press, the largest newsgathering organization in the world, released a story about the ties between George W. Bush’s grandfather, Prescott Bush, and Nazi Germany.
Roads Turn Deadly in Rainstorm
While the rainy weather this weekend may have helped fight wildfires, it also caused several car accidents and two deaths in the Santa Barbara area.
Santa Barbara Excites in Exhibition Game
Playing in her first competition since the 2002 NCAA Final Four in Tennessee, April McDivitt led the #10 Santa Barbara women’s basketball team to an 87-71 win over the Latvian Select Monday night at the Thunderdome.
PATRIOT Act Threatens the Future More Than Liberals
The Nov. 3 editorial, “Your Friendly PATRIOT Act,” missed a crucial piece of “whiny liberals'” objection to the USA PATRIOT Act. It isn’t a misguided fear of government that leads such notoriously liberal organizations as the American Library Association to object to the PATRIOT Act.
Plans Proceed for Hwy 217 Intersections
Last night, the Goleta Redevelopment Agency (RDA) met at the Goleta Valley Union School District building and to discuss plans to extend two small roads east of Highway 217 to intersect the highway.