Three Men and a Little Bjork
Palm Pictures has released a three-part series called “The Director’s Label,” showcasing the work of three directors of music videos and short films.
UCSB Travels to Frozen Tundra
#20 Santa Barbara (19-8, 14-4 in the Big West) has been invited to its 23rd consecutive NCAA Tournament, but the selection committee gave the Gauchos the cold shoulder, shipping them off to Minneapolis for first- and second-round action.
Nudity for Finals Week Fun
Dead Week and the finals crunch are always a joy – if you like pain. Caffeine overload headaches and delirium are surely right around the corner for many students due to all-nighters, final papers and presentations.
Experts Fault Tech Rush for State’s Budget Woes
Speakers at a forum on California’s budget crisis agreed that the use of “money from heaven” from the late-1990s Internet boom is largely responsible for putting the state in its current fiscal hell.
Michael Jackson | Number Ones | Epic
It seems rather unfortunate for your latest greatest hits CD to be released while you are being charged with child molestation, but such is the life of Michael Jackson.
#15 Santa Barbara Sinks Illini
The #15 UCSB women’s basketball team has found a knack for making games exciting. Led by senior center Lindsay Taylor’s 20 points, the Gauchos rallied from eight points down, with 15 minutes to go, to defeat Illinois 70-59 on Nov. 28 at the Thunderdome
Coffee and Hubard’s Slam Against Grocery Strike Misses Point
In “A Strike Against All Sense,” (Daily Nexus, Nov. 26) Ben Coffee and Brad Hubbard reflect the logic, sophistication and sensitivity of Scientologists on a caffeine binge. I resent their statement, “We chose not to honor the greedy picket lines,” for its malice toward the strikers.
Fireman Earns Award for His Risky Rescue
When firefighter Howard Orr fell on a live power line last August while fighting a brush fire in Lompoc Valley, the thousands of volts flowing through his body shocked fellow firefighter Jonathan Veale as he tried to rescue his comrade.
Johnny Cash | Unearthed (box set) | American
Look, it’s like this: Johnny Cash is my god and I don’t think that I can do his new box set any justice.
Fill Your Holidays With Nachas
I grew up in a kosher home in Southern California. My grandmother was an immigrant from Odessa who had come to New York in 1914 to what Jews of her generation called the Goldeneh Medineh, “The Golden Land.”