I.V. Action Group Leaves Students Out of Parking Solution
I read with some concern the article written two weeks ago article and associated Nexus staff editorial (“Leggies Hear Criticism of Arnold, I.V. Revelers,” Daily Nexus, Jan. 29; “Surrender Your Parking Space!”, Daily Nexus, Feb. 2) addressing the Chancellor’s Isla Vista Action Group and the proposed solutions its members have conjured up to make I.V. a safe community on the weekends.
Baseball: Gauchos Beat Aztecs in Opener
The Gauchos (2-1) won two games and lost one with pitching, but their defense, which committed no errors, was there throughout the entire weekend against San Diego State (5-6).
UC Briefs: February 9, 2004
UCI Management Students To Play with Borrowed Money
UC Irvine – The New University
Feb. 2 – Charles Martin, co-chair of UC Irvine’s Graduate School of Management will take a $1.5 million gamble to give students some real-money experience in the world of investing.
February 9, 2004
The Not-So-Jolly Trolley
Friday, Feb. 6, 8:06 p.m. – A passenger on an open-air trolley, which was traveling eastbound on the 6500 block of Pardall Road, threw an empty bottle at a patrol car parked in front of the Isla Vista Foot Patrol station.
Dirty Air Ducts Drive Firemen From UCSB
This morning the Santa Barbara County Fire Dept. is withdrawing its firefighters from UCSB because it is concerned for their health. The department is moving the three-firefighter crew to a station on Storke Road.
Schmuck Hunt
Dick Cheney took the judge handling his Supreme Court case out for a hunting trip. They are saying this might, just might, constitute a conflict of interest. I’d say it does.
Writings of the Chronically Brittle
A vast conspiracy exists against me; I’m convinced of it. I can’t put my finger on a possible ringleader or a grand design, and I don’t know what the intricacies of the plot are, but it’s clear that the whole thing involves drunk people savagely injuring me on Saturday nights.
UCSB Trounces Idaho
For the UCSB women’s basketball team, revenge is sweet. Senior center Lindsay Taylor scored a game-high 20 points and pulled down eight rebounds as the Gauchos defeated the Vandals 86-50 in front of 1,774 fans in attendance at the Thunderdome on Thursday night.
Author Links 9/11, WWII Violence
A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian came to UCSB on Thursday to examine the events surrounding “three of the most horrendous acts of violence” in history.
Anti-Buttny Pamphlets Deliver Misinformation, Comedy
If you’ve received the anti-Buttny attack mailing titled “Can We Afford Any More of John Buttny?” I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Aside from the lovely, colored, glossy paper that the ad is printed on, it contains such enlightening, fact-based assertions such as “Buttny doesn’t care about farming” and “Buttny doesn’t listen to others.”