In The Trenches: You Be The Judge
It’s becoming routine around these parts. Another year has passed, and with it another dominant display of women’s basketball at UCSB has gone largely unnoticed: ho-hum.
Disagreeing Views Belong in Universities
When did America become a nanny state, where everyone has to feel loved by all they come in contact with? Where anyone who disagrees with us is considered ‘treasonous’? I don’t know.
Island Pig Eradication Spurs Wild Controversy
The National Park Service’s decision to gun down the Channel Islands’ entire population of wild pigs has left some community members squealing in protest.
Women’s Lacrosse: Top-Ranked Santa Barbara Remains Undefeated
Undefeated seems like a nice place to be for a team, but perfection in the rankings just isn’t good enough for the UCSB women’s lacrosse team these days. The Gauchos downed St. John Fisher 14-7 Saturday on Cal Poly’s home field in San Luis Obispo and squashed conference foe Pomona-Pitzer 12-2 Sunday afternoon in Pomona.
UCSB’s Lack of Lots Drives Need for Valet Parking
To compensate for the decreased on-campus parking availability due to ongoing construction, Transportation & Parking Services (TPS) has implemented a free valet service for students, faculty and staff.
City Gets Rolling on Goleta Bicycle Path Expansion
The Goleta City Council has adopted a $15 million interim bicycle transportation plan that proposes to add 30 new bikeways to Goleta in the next 20 years.
Locally Raised Relief Funds Near $50K
As of this week, campus organizations and local Isla Vista businesses have raised nearly $50,000 of relief money in the wake of the tsunami that hit Southeast Asia last December.
Moyers Discusses Iraq,President Bush, Poetry
Bill Moyers, renowned journalist, author and television producer, drew a full house to Campbell Hall on Tuesday night as he conversed with award-winning Arab-American poet Naomi Shihab Nye for a UCSB Arts & Lectures fundraiser.
Drunk Driver Injures CHP Officer During Getaway
A California Highway Patrol officer sustained minor injuries to his hand when a drunk driver trying to avoid arrested attempted to run him down.
Whiter Shade of Lame
Today I saw a commercial advertising a revolutionary(!) teeth-whitening product that can make your teeth