Santa Barbara Nabs Ten Top Recruits

Determined to pick up right where they left off, the UCSB men’s soccer coaching staff landed 10 top-of-the-line recruits this past week to strengthen its Sweet 16 team from the fall 2004 roster that finished #12 in the nation.

Details Magazine Defames Asians, Gays

I was extremely sickened by this month’s issue of Details magazine. In the April 2004 issue, author Whitney McNally writes a nasty article about Asian men with a title that reads “Gay or Asian?”.

Art School Expels Overly Creative and Offensive Student

When someone brings up the subject of suppression of free speech, I tend to think of right-wing hatemongers who want to use their Second Amendment rights to shoot the First Amendment in the back of the head.

A.S. Springs Into Quarter Doling Out Campus Dough

By the end of its first meeting of the quarter Monday, the Associated Students Finance Board had voted to spend $10,553 – more than a third of its spring budget.

Insiders Notes on Iranian Politics and All of Its Dangers

It is of obvious consequence that the events on 9/11 rendered the world a different place. Many of the actions the United States has taken, whether unilaterally or with international support, can be directly linked to the heinous attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Groups Mount Annual Fight Against Rape

Various groups are using everything from shoes to bright blue T-shirts to get the public’s attention this week and kick off Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

UC Briefs: April 6,2003

University of California President Richard Dynes announced his selection of a finalist for the chancellor position at UC San Diego 10 days before he planned due to a news leak.

Correction: I’m the Champ

The weatherhuman has once again won the prestigious weatherhouse NCAA pool.

Blue Traffic Lights: One Major Breach in Security…

One bright morning in 1999, former counter-terrorism czar Richard A. Clarke walked into his office and knew something was wrong. His secretary of 10 years was looking at him in a way she never had before. A minute later, his aide runs in. “Have you seen the cable?” He hadn’t – but apparently Osama bin Laden had put a contract on his life.

UCSB Puts New Spin on Computing

UCSB is at the cutting edge of a new field of technology called quantum computing, which may revolutionize the way people think of computers and information. Physics professor David Awschalom and a team of researchers are rapidly advancing the understanding of quantum computing by putting theory into practice.