County Remains Parked Over I.V. Permit Decision
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to further postpone its decision on the proposed Isla Vista parking plan in order to work out several kinks.
Quit Jamming, Trip to These Instead
I don’t like jam bands. It’s not their fault; I just think they’re mediocre. But hey, you’ve got to listen to something when you’re on drugs right? Well, you have options… trust me. Here are some great albums and songs, old and new, that might make your summer more interesting than another spin of that Phish bootleg:
Team of the Year: Women’s Basketball
It’s a bad time to be in the Big West. Unless of course, you are Santa Barbara. After ripping off its unparalleled eighth consecutive Big West title coupled with its first ever Sweet 16 appearance, the UCSB women’s basketball team is this year’s team of the year.
The Artful Dodger: The Lone Trek to Super Seniordom
It’s June. This year – my senior year of college – is nearly done, yet I keep thinking about books I read in grade school. You know the kind.
IVFP Battles Increasing Crime Rates
More UCSB students received parental notifications regarding their illegal behavior in Isla Vista this academic year than last, and records from the Isla Vista Foot Patrol show an upward trend in the occurrence of violent crime over the past four years.
Electrelane | The Power Out | Too Pure
Free from the eternal rat race to break the Billboard Top 40 list, Electrelane’s The Power Out declines conventional song structure with its complex, genre-crossing blend of moody and alluring experimental rock.
Coach of the Year: Kristy Schroeder
Head Coach Kristy Schroeder took the UCSB softball team to its first ever NCAA postseason appearance in only her third year as head coach, earning her Coach of the Year honors.
So What Did You Say?
“I faced the facts: I am a 21-year-old male – the worst demographic to rent to, bar none. We are dirty, we get drunk and break stuff, we don’t even own vacuums and the only time our apartments are clean are when our moms visit for the weekend.” “A Subdivided Closet Case,” Travis Cannell, senior CCS computer science major, Sept. 29.
SB County To Charge King With Four Felony Counts
At a preliminary hearing Wednesday morning, a Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge gave prosecutors permission to pursue felony charges against Ricardo Apollo King, Jr.
Shrek 2 | Pretty Things in Ugly Packages
I like ugly things. There exists an underlying beauty in all things repulsive, a magnetic force tapping into an unconscious wasteland of perversion, a force that explains why humans like to smell their farts and pick their scabs.