Engineers Take Grant to Heart
LaunchPoint Technologies, a Goleta-based engineering firm, recently received a $4.4 million grant to create the world’s first internal heart-assist pump for infants. LaunchPoint will share the five-year grant with a consortium made up of researchers, engineers and doctors from the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and MedQuest Products, Inc.
Redshirting Produces Prepared Athletes
To redshirt, or not to redshirt. That is the question that perplexes NCAA coaches and players. The system in which the NCAA has the power to save collegiate athletes a year of eligibility to hone their undeveloped skills or give them another year to compete due to injury is not without various benefits and drawbacks.
UCSB To Study Commutes of Students, Staff
Researchers at UCSB want to know how students, faculty and staff get to campus every day – and they’ll be using everything, from surveys to global positioning trackers, to find out.
Rapists Should Own Up to Their Crimes
Two of my friends were almost raped this year. Two. I never thought that it would happen to anyone I know, and since no one around me had ever been affected by this before I moved away to college, I’ve never been so closely affected by it.
Don’t Let Authoritarianism Creep Its Way Into Society
In the political arena, there seem to be only two sides to events – the Republicans and Democrats. There is little talk about any other alternatives today. While both sides battle each other to reign American society, I must say that they both already do.
Political Editor Scrutinizes U.S. Labor, Economy
Washington Post columnist Harold Meyerson came to UCSB Tuesday to discuss the potential threats to President Bush’s re-election campaign.
A Nexus Liaison Eliminates the Chances of Biased Journalism
The opinion column by Scott Talkov, “True Free Speech Can’t Be Censored” (Daily Nexus, May 20) argued against A.S. Legislative Council’s proposed liaison with the belief that “we are to trust our campus newspaper as a fair and unbiased source.” That is the problem.
Student Efforts Bring Lecturer to Campus
Conservative political commentator and California State University, Fresno Professor Victor Davis Hanson will speak tonight about terrorism, the war in Iraq and politics across university campuses.
University Needs to Maintain DP’s Coastal Bluffs, Roads
The path from Isla Vista to Sands Beach has always been popular with students and the Isla Vista community. The university improved the dirt path in 1986, when faculty housing was constructed, and it has since been ignored.
Tenant Class To Teach How to Move Out
Students living in Isla Vista will have the chance to learn about their rights as tenants and the move-out process at a workshop tonight at 7 in I.V. Theater.