UCSB Jews, Muslims Sit Down to Talk
The Muslim-Jewish Dialogue Club met last night to explore Muslim and Jewish relations in its newly official and undergraduate format. Seven people attended the meeting, which touched on subjects ranging from the latest referendum vote in Israel, to a discussion of the Mexican population of Isla Vista, to reactions to American Students for Israel speaker Sheikh Abdul Hadi Palazzi.
Men’s Gymnastics: Gymnast-Turned-Mentor Raises Bar for SB at Nationals
Junior gymnast Israel Alatriste stands in the middle of a whirling, tumbling and shouting group of boys on a Monday afternoon. He gently but firmly instructs them as they learn how to flip backwards, bracing each boy as he prepares for his leap.
Emergency Crews Fight Ongoing Forest Fire
Firefighters responded to a brush fire in the Los Padres National Forest near Santa Ynez at approximately 3 p.m. Monday and have continued to battle the fire throughout the night.
Grant to Aid Optic Router Research
A $6.3 million grant will help a research team led by a group at UCSB revolutionize Internet routers. The university announced Monday that the federal Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) had awarded $6.3 million to the LASOR research team (Label Switched Optical Router).
Finance Board Tightens Spring Purse Strings
Associated Students Finance Board made every penny of its spring budget count at its meeting Monday, allocating its smallest sum this quarter to student organizations.
Boxers Duke It Out at Fight Night
Punches were plentiful as clothing was scarce in the ring as thousands of raucous boxing fans filled the Thunderdome last Friday for Pi Kappa Alpha (Pike) fraternity’s 13th annual Fight Night. The charity boxing tournament featured a series of bouts between amateur boxers that included several members of different fraternities.
Blue Traffic Lights: The Ruthlessness of Terrorism
Terrorism is often whitewashed as an inevitable reaction to injustice and oppression. But this idea is a deceitful one because it is self-justifying – that is, it is always true: Terrorism, by its very existence, serves as proof that horrible mistreatment first existed to provoke it.
Baseball: SB Sweeps #4 Long Beach State
The top two teams in the Big West have four losses between them at the halfway point in conference play. The Gauchos (27-17, 5-7 in the Big West) earned them all, taking three games from #4 Long Beach State (30-12, 9-3 in the Big West) over the weekend to narrow the gap between them and the league’s first division.
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