Bands Blast to Preserve Local Beach
Surfers, students and local residents gathered in Anisq’ Oyo’ Park on Saturday for a concert to save More Mesa. The Isla Vista chapter of the Surfrider Foundation organized the fourth annual Concert for the Coast, sponsored by the Shoreline Preservation Fund, to benefit the More Mesa Preservation Coalition.
In Your Eye
I love I.V. the most when the Lakers win a big game. I love laughing at the NorCals who pick a new team to root for each week (whoever the Lakers are playing) and talk shit just because there’s less than half a second left and the Lakers are down.
Softball: Postseason Bid on Line For UCSB
After a grueling schedule, the UCSB softball team (30-28, 12-6) will wind up its season against Cal State Fullerton (17-32, 6-12) at Campus Diamond this weekend.
Not Planning for Everyone
The I.V. Master Plan proposes in its opening statement of the initiation draft to “make strategic adjustments to the way the community is designed and operated, so that it will better suit the needs and aspirations of its residents.”
Opponents of Outreach Cuts To Take Stand
Students concerned with budget cuts to UCSB outreach programs are holding a rally today at noon in Corwin Plaza outside a meeting between Chancellor Henry Yang and the UCSB Foundation Trustees’ Executive Committee.
Baseball: Gauchos Takes 8-Game Win Streak North
Even though their toughest competition is out of the way, there isn’t much doubt that the Gauchos’ next two Big West series are their biggest of the season. In a fourth-place tie, one game out of third place, Santa Barbara (31-17, 8-7 in the Big West) still needs a three-game victory over Pacific (18-29, 3-12 in the Big West) to close the gap in the standings and gear up for a stronger Cal Poly team the following weekend.
Should ‘Army of One’ Be for All?
Two recent articles in the Nexus concerning the military draft have stayed much in my mind. One, “Army Recruitment Dangles Deceptive Bait” (April 9, Daily Nexus) frankly censures the military for foisting false promises.
Kings, Queens Hold Audience at MCC
Sex is sex regardless of your sex, members of a MultiCultural Center discussion panel said. A panel of drag queens and kings and UCSB professors met at the MultiCultural Center Theater on Thursday night to discuss such issues as self-identity, self-expression and public image. The panel, titled “Absolutely Fabulous: Race, Gender, Class and Drag King and Queen Culture,” was sponsored by the MCC, Sociology Dept., Women’s Center, Women’s Studies Program, Queer Student Union and the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity.
A Tale of Two Teams
Hey boys and girls. Thought pennant races were reserved for September? Well, you’re wrong. There’s actually two happening this weekend – one in our own back yard and the other just outside our beloved state capital.
True Patriots Must Acknowledge American War Atrocities in Iraq
This quarter I am taking History 4B, a class that studies the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, Salem Witch Trials and countless atrocities against nonbelievers. Luckily, it’s all ancient history – unless you read the news this week.