How the World was Won

In a thoroughly researched account of how the modern corporation has come to overwhelm our individual rights in the United States, Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott’s lefty documentary “The Corporation” uses a simple, diagnostic test to evaluate the corporation’s erratic, psychopathic behavior.

Leggies Reconsider Ousting Chair

Associated Students Legislative Council discussed the possibility of removing the A.S. Committees Coordinator at their meeting Wednesday night, but ended up voting down the proposal.

G. Love & Special Sauce | The Hustle | Brushfire

G. Love is back with his Special Sauce crew, who hustled and bustled to create a funky folk album, filled with easy grooves, harmonica-backed blues and Philly rap that pushes you to freestyle, even if you can’t.

October 1, 2004

Officers patrolling Del Playa Drive observed an 18-year-old man standing on the sidewalk, urinating onto a bush. As they approached the man, he began to walk away at a “very fast pace,” stumbling as he went.

Christine McVie | In the Meantime | Koch

While it was a fine – if overlong – comeback, many Fleetwood Mac fans were left high and dry when longtime keyboardist/vocalist Christine McVie chose not to return to the fold for 2003’s Say You Will.

Dry Humor?

Artsweek Calendar

Ever been to the Center Stage Theater? Well it’s about time you cut the shopping spree at bebe short and head up one floor. Tonight the Caught in the Act comedy troupe will be performing.

Noted Physics Professor Wins Nobel Prize

Bringing UC Santa Barbara’s total number of Nobel laureates to five, UCSB Professor David J. Gross will share the highest award in scientific research with two other American scientists for their studies of the structure of matter.

Congratulations, Professor Gross

The last three months have been a season of honors for Gross. In late June, the French Academy of Sciences awarded him the Grande Médaille d’Or, putting him in the company of Louis Pasteur, Pierre and Marie Curie, and Gustave Eiffel.

Too Much Information

Presenting the latest installment of “When Sports Commentators Get Really Desperate”