M. Lacrosse: Returning National Champs Play at Pit
The defending national champion men’s club lacrosse team will take the field Saturday for two preseason games in the Fall Ball Tournament at the Pit, near Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.
Foot Patrol’s Unfair Actions Leave Isla Vistans Appalled
I am outraged at the Isla Vista Foot Patrol’s strategy this Halloween of arresting possible troublemakers before they created serious problems and the way in which the police dealt with the crowds.
Gauchos Return Home to Extend Win Streak
This weekend the #19 UCSB women’s volleyball team (17-3 overall, 11-2 in the Big West Conference) will bring its seven-game win streak to the Thunderdome for its final two home matches.
M. Water Polo: #1 UCLA Visits Campus Pool
The mountain just keeps getting higher for the UCSB men’s water polo team. The Gauchos will play in one of their last four games this regular season versus the #1 UCLA Bruins for a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation matchup at Campus Pool on Saturday.
OUTrageous Festival Reel Important
OUTrageous! The 13th Annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Film Festival should, by all means, be anything but an outrageous idea. The LGBT population in Santa Barbara is blossoming and campus clubs, like FUQIT and Queer People of Color, are as well.
35th District Awaits Final Ballot Count
Despite Pedro Nava’s current lead in the race for 35th district state assembly seat, both Nava and Pohl continue to await the final tallying of the remaining absentee ballots, with neither side accepting victory or conceding defeat.
Electoral Heartbreak
I’m a political junkie and a sports fanatic. I’m also a Democrat who hails from Chicago, which means that since Michael Jordan left the Bulls and since Bill Clinton left the presidency, I’ve had to cope with a deep and intense pain every single season of the year.
‘Tis The Season To Be Ballin’
Get those yellow shirts from out of the closet, blow the dust off, and do something with that nasty beer stain, for it’s that time of year again. Yes, the Thunderdome will be aglow with v-cuts, arching jumpers, and swaggering young men tonight with the arrival of the hoops season.
There Goes the Sun
I hate it when Daylight Savings Time ends and the sun starts setting right after I wake up. If I’m going to ever see the sun, I need to either wake up earlier or change the angle of the sun relative to the earth, and I’m not sure which of these is more plausible.