Gauchos Love the ’70s…

When one thinks of the ’70s one usually remembers Watergate, Star Wars, disco and Club 57. Right up there in history, undermined by the aforementioned historic events, is UCSB’s most significant athletics accomplishment in its history – its lone NCAA title.

UCSB, I.V. Parking To Be Restricted Over Busy Weekend

More than 40 Transportation & Parking Services (TPS) staffers and 28 Community Service Organization (CSO) officers are scheduled to patrol on-campus parking lots to issue tickets to vehicles that violate the restricted on-campus parking policy, TPS Director Tom Roberts said.

Keep Out or Keep Us Out of Jail?

For years, the police, the administration and county officials have targeted out-of-town visitors as the prime source of Isla Vista’s annual Halloween crime sprees. But for them, a possibility looms that is scarier than the ghosts and goblins of this fright-filled holiday,

The End Is Nigh

Two rare events

Halloween Subtext Kills Inner Child

Beneath the pimp costumes and “skankified” Disney character outfits often donned by Isla Vista Halloween revelers, a UCSB Ph.D candidate has found student partiers seeking more than just free beer and easy sex on the annual celebration’s packed streets – although free booze and sexual gratification still fit into the picture.

Crowds May Clog Cell Network

UCSB and Isla Vista’s enormous volume of cellular phone traffic – which normally exceeds that of Los Angeles International Airport and the entire state of Hawaii – will likely cause communication problems this Halloween weekend as thousands of out-of-town partiers enter the area.

A Golden Halloween

Here it is, kids – the spookiest time of year. The one weekend when you can wake up betwixt a Friendship Manor resident wearing their Depends and a confused, young man, and the worst thing that can happen is you being late to bobbing for apples.

A.S. Needs Your Help

Heyyyyyyy kids! Wouldn’t you like to feel as if you had a say in student government? Now you can feel as if you do!

Women’s Club Soccer: SB Finishes Behind Cal

The UCSB women’s club soccer team barely lost in a double overtime shootout in the finals of its regional tournament. The Gauchos advanced to the upcoming national tournament with their second-place finish behind Cal.

A Lesson in Philosophy

During my chosen screening of “I Heart Huckabees,” I couldn’t help but be distracted by a slow yet steady trickle of audience members who, peace made with the loss of seven dollars, stood up and shuffled toward the green glow of the nearest exit sign.