Loretta Lynn | Van Lear Rose | Interscope

Let’s face it: The Nashville country music industry is one of the most despicable operations in show business today. While Nashville force-feeds America the glitz of Shania Twain and the grunt of Toby Keith, authentic country artists of merit are swept under the rug and kept off the radio.

Coke Pokes Its Nose Into Some Serious Criminal Activities

What is really going on with Coca-Cola? There is overwhelming evidence that management at Coca-Cola’s bottling plants in Colombia routinely allows paramilitary death squads to murder, torture and kidnap union leaders and organizers.

All Hot and Bothered

April 29, 2004 – May 6, 2004

Thursday
A solemn mood can be felt this evening at the MCC at a free showing of “The Children We Sacrifice,” a moving documentary about incestuous sexual abuse as seen through a South Asian experience.

UC Briefs: April 29, 2004

In an effort to cut down on possible targets for a nuclear terrorist attack, the U.S. Dept. of Energy may remove Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s plutonium and uranium reserves.

Smitty Checks Out

This box says ‘Weather’ on top, so I guess I should mention it’s been hot enough to kill the elderly lately. Whoops – I guess that was kind of insensitive. There goes my readership at the old folk’s home on El Colegio.

Men’s Lacrosse: Santa Barbara Trounces Tigers in WCLL Tourney

Last Saturday, the UCSB men’s lacrosse team came down with a case of d

A Pubic Hairy Situation

Hair is a part of life. Whether you like it or not, hair is an inescapable certainty that we must live with. Many of you may have a bit of the amazon growing between your thighs, and others still may call themselves Captain Fire Crotch, but either way, the hair in your nether-regions is there for some reason or another – it’s part of evolution.

UCSB Gambler Holds Ground Against Pros

A UCSB senior will return from Las Vegas nearly a half million dollars richer after taking fourth in the most lucrative poker tournament in history. Richard Grijalva, 22, won $457,408 at the World Poker Tour Championship held at the Bellagio Hotel last week.

Tennis: Gauchos Earn All-Big West Honors

Hard work always pays off. With the completion of both the UCSB men’s and women’s tennis team’s seasons, the All-Big West Conference teams were announced on Tuesday.