Accident Kills Student Overseas
One week before his scheduled return to UCSB, senior religious studies and Spanish major and former Daily Nexus staff member Michael Porzucki died from injuries he sustained in a hiking accident while studying abroad in Spain.
Garden State | Everything’s Coming Up Jersey
Mark Twain once said, “You can never go home.” His indelible words were surely the inspiration for the summer’s indie sleeper hit “Garden State.” Who knew that first-time writer/director Zach Braff, of television’s “Scrubs” could concoct something so full of charm and cynicism?
FedEx Kinko’s Replaces The Pulse
Students accustomed to making copies at the Pulse will find a new copy shop has taken its place in the UCen.
Bjork | Medulla | Elektra/Atlantic
Bjork has never shied from eccentricism or extremism in her music, and Medulla, her seventh studio album, turning on the axis of vocalization, is no exception.
Feature at the Black Lagoon
Herds of students migrated to the lagoon lawn Wednesday evening to enjoy a free showing of “Napoleon Dynamite” sponsored by A.S. Program Board, which also hosts movies in I.V. Theater on Tuesday nights throughout the year, typically for $3.
KCSB Top Ten
1) BJORK | Medulla | Elektra/Atlantic
2) THE ORB | Bicycles and Tricycles | Sanctuary
3) MING AND FS | Back to One | Spun
UC Briefs: September 24, 2004
UCSB received a total of $80 million from private donations during the 2003-04 school year. The money, donated by alumni and friends of the university, will be used for teaching, research and support for programs.
County Plans to Evict DP Residents
With the end of summer approaching, Santa Barbara County officials greeted more than 150 students moving into residences on oceanside Del Playa Drive with unusual housewarming gifts – eviction notices.
The county posted the notices Aug. 27 at nine properties along the cliffs of the 6600 and 6700 blocks of DP, indicating that erosion of the bluffs underneath the houses had made them unsafe for habitation.
I Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll All Night
Though once a magnet for up-and-coming bands, larger touring acts and jaw-dropping performers, Santa Barbara’s musical reputation has waned in the last few years.
Welcome Back
Oh boy, a new school year. It’s times like this I wish I could travel back in time and start summer all over again but this time that goddamn balloon salesman would BEG to …