UC Imposes End to ’03-’04 Wage Debate
After months of negotiations over 2003-04 wages, benefits and parking rates for clerical employees, the University of California decided to implement a final contract proposal, despite its rejection by the Coalition of Union Employees (CUE). The University informed CUE of its decision last Thursday, March 24, despite CUE’s objections.
Lefty Column Ignores the Profound Significance of Livelihood
Neil Visalvanich’s column, “Twisted Right-Wing Morality Values” (Daily Nexus, March 28) is a textbook example of the hypocrisy and intellectual slothfulness that epitomizes the worst of the contemporary Left.
Parking Services Changes Day Pass Policy
Students using their ACCESS Cards to pay for on-campus parking for single daily use must now have enough money on the card to pay for the pass. Beginning March 1, Transportation & Parking Services (TPS) no longer allows students to charge day passes for on-campus parking fees to their BARC accounts.
That General Time of Year
Yesterday was the first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox. That is how the date of Easter is determined each year. Does that make sense to you? Of course it does.
Baseball: Gauchos Brush Off Oral Roberts
While other students lounged in the exotic locales of Cabo San Lucas and Costa Rica, the only break the UCSB baseball team got was in the batter’s box. The Gauchos went 6-1 during their Spring Break, earning their first series sweep of the season last weekend at home against Oral Roberts.
Riding Firestone’s Waves
In a welcome reversal, Brooks Firestone and the rest of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors decided earlier this month to keep trying to purchase the vacant land on Del Playa’s 6700 block, dubbed by some as “Claire’s Park.” Hopefully, the restarted negotiations will ensure the construction of a new park – not an apartment complex – on DP’s largest and most beautiful piece of continuous open space.
Jugglers Honor Life of Activist
It may seem odd that 28 years after the rape and murder of a UCSB student, her death is commemorated by laughter and games at the Isla Vista Juggling Festival. But to the 250 people who attended last weekend
Softball: CSU Fullerton Foils SB
Fullerton swept the UCSB softball team (14-13 overall, 0-3 in the Big West) in a three-game series at Campus Diamond this past weekend. The Titans (12-11 overall, 3-0 Big West) were victorious twice on Friday by scores of 3-2 and 1-0 (10) and came out on top of a 1-0 decision again Saturday.
Left Lane Driver: Twisted Right-Wing Morality Values
Over the last week, the events surrounding Terri Schiavo have led many Americans to question both their views on the sanctity of life and the government’s role in protecting life. While conclusions about the former must be reconciled privately between oneself and one’s faith, it is fair to say that, in the case of the latter, the government has moved one step away from being a democracy and one step toward becoming a theocracy.
Police Capture SoCal Criminal Living in Brazil
Fugitive Jesse James Hollywood, wanted for allegedly kidnapping and murdering a San Fernando Valley teen, is back in the United States after a five-year run from the law ended in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.