Prop 56 Seeks to Smooth Out Budget Work
Proposition 56, the Budget Accountability Act, aims to amend the state constitution by lowering the amount of votes the legislature needs to pass a budget and related tax bills.
Don’t Let UCSB Squash Soccer in Storke Field
Over the last five years, you have all probably grown accustomed to the sight of soccer mania on Storke Field every Saturday during Fall Quarter.
Sorority Hopes to Raise $8K With 5K
Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority has invited the greek community, students and Isla Vista residents to jog for a good cause this Saturday in the third annual Kappa Dash.
Drowned Worm Hot Line
Shame on you who so casually step over your fallen squirmy comrades. It’s these pink, earthbound S, I and J shapes that make life worth living. They aerate our ground, bait our fishhooks and frighten our little sisters.
Campus Wolfs Down Film on Price of Lupine Liberty
A film showing tonight will bring a heated environmental debate from the wilderness of Idaho to the screen at Campbell Hall.
“Cost of Freedom” follows wolves relocated from Canada to Idaho as part of an effort to restore endangered species in the United States.
That Is Sooo Rufus!
When the average 14-year-old becomes lost in the pubescent angst of sexual frustration and family dysfunction, he or she often turns to drugs, drinking or even premature sex. For singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, son of legendary folk musicians Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, internal conflict sucked him deep into the sticky web of… opera music.
High and Dry
John Kerry’s wife was supposed to speak on campus yesterday, but she didn’t. In the afternoon her press people said the appearance was cancelled because of inclement weather.
The Artful Dodger: An Ugly Presidential Race
Will America elect an ugly president? I know it sounds like a silly question. A scan over a gallery of our nation’s past leaders will reveal a host of presidents whom the American public clearly did not elect on looks. There’s Warren Harding, the definition of curmudgeon. There’s Andrew Jackson, who looks like the Rolling Stone who got lost in time but still did too many drugs.
Santa Barbara Searches for Eleven
Tired of beating up on Big West Conference opponents, the UCSB women’s basketball team takes its 10-game win streak to Los Angeles tonight for a game against USC at 7 p.m. at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.
Public School Bond Act To Go Before Voters
UCSB and public schools at all levels could benefit from hefty state funding if Proposition 55 passes next week. Proposition 55, the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004, would allow the state to sell $12.5 billion in bonds to investors if it passes.