LBSU Out-Manned at Thunderdome
With the UCSB women’s basketball team stumbling during Winter Break, Long Beach State hoped to catch the Gauchos off-guard and steal a win in the Big West Conference opener on Saturday. Santa Barbara wasn’t buying it.
Hey Thieves: Embrace the Karma Payment Plan
My computer was stolen. My snazzy Gateway portal to the world was taken from my bedroom during a little shindig – on my birthday, no less – that my roommates and I had.
Caller Leaves Bomb Threat at Beep
A suspected client or former client of the Devereux Medical Center on UCSB’s West Campus left a bomb threat on the center’s answering machine sometime late Dec. 29 or early Dec. 30, according to the Isla Vista Foot Patrol.
UCSB Sacrifices Trees, Prepares for Construction
Students returned to school on Monday to find the empty lot near Snidecor Hall a little emptier after the university cleared roughly a dozen trees from the area.
Gauchos Begin 2004 Season Against Quincy
To open its 2004 season, the UCSB men’s volleyball team will host Quincy tonight at 7:05 at Rob Gym. The match will be the third contest of the academic year for the Gauchos, who split two matches with Pepperdine on Oct. 18.
Bruinville Gets Gaucho Love
WESTWOOD – After upsetting UCLA on its home floor on Dec. 16, Gaucho fans began making reservations to the NCAA’s Final Four in San Antonio, Texas.
Visiting Professor Wins ‘German Nobel Prize’
Frank Allgoewer, a visiting professor in the Dept. of Chemical Engineering, was awarded the Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Prize on Dec. 11 by the German Research Foundation.
Anthropology Professor Dies During Break
Professor Emeritus William Madsen died of lung cancer on Dec. 24 in his home in Santa Barbara surrounded by his family. His wife, Claudia Madsen, said he had been diagnosed with cancer three weeks before he died.
Scholar Wins Honor for Work in Chicano Studies
A UCSB professor will receive a national award for his research and writing about Mexican Americans and for contributions to developing Chicana and Chicano studies as an academic discipline.