Success One Glass At a Time
By day, Coffield is an administrative assistant for the Military Science Dept. By night, he’s a wine connoisseur. As the instructor of the World of Wine class, the most popular Leisure Review class offered through the UCSB Recreation Center, Coffield teaches important things: like why some wines stain teeth, the differences between types of wine, what type of glass to use and which old wives’ tales are wrong.
When Did College Become All About Sex?
It is only in my last year here that I have noticed that UCSB is a world of its own. The fact that I haven’t “gone home for the weekend” for the past three years has given me a chance to observe the way people interact in this world. The challenge lies in not getting sucked into the modes of thought operating behind these instances.
Frat Helps Locate Bone Marrow Donor
Nu Alpha Kappa fraternity’s annual bone marrow registration drive may have helped save the life of a 17-year-old terminal leukemia patient. Felipe Infante, a 23-year-old fourth-year global studies and political science major, underwent a 90-minute operation to extract a quart of bone marrow from his lower spine.
Boxing: Frenchman Steals Show at Fight Night
It’s official. Nothing brings people together like sex and violence.
Pi Kappa Alpha’s Fight Night brought challengers from all over California – and one from France that ended up stealing the show – save the crowd-pleasing, scantily clad sorority ring girls.
Not All Cubans Think Alike; Dictators Have Fan Clubs, Too
While I feel for Henry Sarria’s necessary emigration from his native Cuba (“A T-shirt With a History, Daily Nexus, April 30), I feel that I must point out that one ex-patriot cannot speak for an entire dispersed nation of people.
Boy Saves Apartment From Stovetop Flames
A 10-year-old boy climbed into his neighbor’s apartment to prevent a potentially serious fire Saturday afternoon. When firefighters arrived at an apartment on the 6800 block of Phelps Avenue, they learned the fire had already been put out by a boy living in the apartment below it, Santa Barbara County Fire Dept.
Women’s Water Polo: SB Captures Seventh in MPSF Tournament
Santa Barbara’s women’s water polo team left everything in the pool this weekend at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship tournament. The Gauchos closed out their season with a 2-2 record in the tournament, finishing in seventh place.
AOL Instant Messenger and the Deterioration of the Human Race
It is obvious the Internet is killing us – not mentally, but physically. For example, when I checked my e-mail this morning, I fell out of my chair and broke my right nut.
Warm Weather Kindles Early SB Fire Season
Hot weather and low winter rainfall totals have prompted local authorities to declare the onset of this year’s fire season earlier than usual.
Softball: Gauchos Sweep Utah State in Must-Win Series
The place was getting a little dusty at Campus Diamond, so the UCSB softball team (28-26 overall, 10-4 in the Big West) brought out their brooms and swept the weekend series.