Obey Your Purse
This quarter I’m taking a class about how to find efficient, low-cost solutions to problems. The textbook for the class costs $160.
UCSB Imports Game Versus Calgary
Dinos will invade Rob Gym tonight at 7:05 p.m.; try not to panic. Hold your loved ones close and try to remember that these massive creatures are just volleyball-playing Canadians.
A Sexual Smorgasbord
I’ll miss you, Winter Break — and when I say “I”, I mean “my guts.” For the three weeks that I was home, my father and I were locked in a ferocious battle of competitive sport-eating. We’d start everyday at breakfast, eyeing the plates of family members the way vultures leer downward over dead water buffalo.
Collector Loans Priceless Work to UCSB Exhibit
A rarely seen multimillion dollar private art collection with 24 pieces by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns, David Hockney, Jackson Pollock and Wayne Thiebaud opens today for public viewing at the University Art Museum.
SB Seniors Aim For MLS
At the time the Major League Soccer (MLS) Combine invitees were announced in December, nothing could have been further from the minds of the members of the UCSB men’s soccer team.
Let’s Do Our Part to Help Tsunami Victims
Throughout my years growing up, I can remember my mom saying the following: “The Lord helps those who help themselves.” This is a saying that obviously sticks in my mind to this very day.
Morris Faces Court, Fans Make Shirts
While his friends at UCSB began organizing a T-shirt sale to help fund his legal defense, Associated Students President Cervin Morris plead not guilty Tuesday to all charges filed against him by the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office.
Surf Column: Johnny Utah
A couple months ago Newsweek magazine rated UCSB the nation’s #1 surf and ski school. You might have seen the ranking; it was accompanied by that classic picture of UCSB taken from out beyond campus point.
County Grants More Time for Erosion Review
Residents of three cliffside properties on Del Playa Drive have staved off possible eviction for another month, as consultants working for Santa Barbara County continue evaluating how erosion has affected each building’s structural integrity.
Recent Donation Secures Future of Ellwood Coastline
Two years of fundraising have paid off for the Save Ellwood Mesa campaign, which has finally raised the $20.4 million needed to rescue the scenic coastal property from proposed residential development.