Appeals May Delay I.V. Parking Plan
A plan to require parking permits in Isla Vista is gradually moving from the drawing board to reality, but opposition from the Surfrider Foundation may significantly slow the process.
The Best is Yet to Come
A few years back, students voted for a lock-in fee that gave UCSB Arts & Lectures more funds than it had ever received before, which explains the increasingly exciting lineup of films and performances that A&L is able to bring to campus every year.
When Did Politics Become About Beefcake?
Doping, or steroid use for those of us who aren’t baseball fans, has been banned from major league baseball. I propose that they ban doping from American politics as well.
UCSB Athletes Globe-Trot Over Summer: Women’s Hoopsters Beat Up on Aussie Club Teams in Tour Down Under
Sequels don’t often surpass the success of their predecessors. But with six consecutive Big West titles and an unprecedented Sweet 16 appearance last season under their belts, the UCSB women’s basketball team still insists on setting higher standards.
Mac’s Market To Reopen Following Alcohol Violations
Mac’s Market, a grocery store in Isla Vista, will reopen its doors Sept. 17 after a 15-day suspension imposed by state alcohol control authorities for violations stemming from the sale of alcoholic beverages
Collateral | Nobody Walks in L.A.
Among triumphs like “Spider-Man 2” and disasters like “Soul Plane,” one film emerged from the shadows this summer: Michael Mann’s “Collateral.” This neo-noir romp through the dark alleys and blinding lights of Los Angeles is a breath of fresh air and a teeth-grinding game of cat and mouse.
Round Up Your Friends and Join the I.V. Fun
Welcome back. It’s been a fun summer, and now the school year at UCSB is about to begin. Every time I saw one of those Staples back-to-school commercials, my thoughts would drift to all those incoming freshmen who are about to enter the abyss known as higher edumacation at UCSB.
UCSB Athletes Globe-Trot Over Summer: Gaucho Boys of Summer Disperse Across Country, Pacific During Break
Most college baseball players will play the game, no matter whose name is on the front of their jerseys. Several Gauchos traded in their UCSB gear in late May and scattered across the globe to keep pace with their professional counterparts and play through the summer.
Friends Remember Grad Student
Six members of the Pettus Group, a biochemistry research organization on campus, sat in a vacant lab and stood along its walls Wednesday afternoon. They were all taking this time out of the day to remember their former colleague Jarrod Davidson, a UCSB chemistry graduate student shot to death at his home July 9.
Paul Westerberg | Folker | Vagrant Records
Paul Westerberg is out with another full-length album, less than a year after his release of his last two records, Come Feel Me Tremble and Dead Man Shake.