Baseball: Santa Barbara Heads to Seattle
After having wet weather cancel one game, suspend another and ruin numerous practices, it seems ironic that the UCSB baseball team is traveling to Seattle to get out of the rain this weekend. Washington (5-7) plays host to the Gauchos (8-6) for three games, starting tonight at Husky Ballpark.
IVRPD Gouges Greeks Bearing Park Permit
The Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) unanimously voted at its meeting Thursday night to issue a 900 percent permit fee increase for a fraternity’s invitational volleyball tournament.
All Bets Are On
From left to right, freshman Mackenzie Mee-Lee, junior Joshua Spertell, sophomore Ryan Mock, senior David Eghbali, junior Hamid Tahsildoost and junior Tony DiNoto gather around the table for a round of poker at the 2nd annual tournament hosted by Hillel.
Mazeltov!
On March 3-6, you better quit your kvetching, stock up on plenty of your bubbe’s kugel and make the shlep downtown for the first annual Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival (SBJFF).
Cyber Castaways
I recently read some poll results – either that or I’m making it up – that said most Americans, if they could take one thing with them to a desert island, would bring the Internet.
Seniors Prepare for Final Home Games
When the final buzzer blares this Saturday night, the Thunderdome will lose just a little bit of its thunder. Senior forwards Kristen Mann, Brandy Richardson, Kate Bauman and senior guard Mia Fisher will bid farewell this Saturday to the court they have called home at UCSB.
Cleaning Up Your Crap
Last year, a group of A.S. Legislative Council members, myself included, and the current execs broke off from the Student Action Coalition (SAC), Student Unity Now (SUN) and the Gauchoholics. We were very upset with the perceived exclusiveness of the parties and the direction that A.S. was heading, and we wanted to do something about it.
Leggies Vote on Recruiters, Lock-in Fees
At their Wednesday night meeting, Associated Students Legislative Council voted to support an Academic Senate proposal — signed by 17 UCSB professors — that seeks to ban military recruiters from the campus.
Slighty Off-Key
There was a time before “Chicago” and “Moulin Rouge” when the movie musical was an endangered species in Hollywood. Musicals are expensive and risky sells to American audiences.
Sports Column: Foul Cooking
On the evening of Jan. 2, one night before UCSB students returned to classes from Winter Break, the UCSB men’s basketball team entered the Matadome to rumble with conference rival Northridge in an early Big West challenge. After struggling on the road to begin the 2004-05 season, Santa Barbara had convincingly seized two victories to start the conference schedule.