Track and Field: Santa Barbara Treks to Fresno for Mellow Meet
Like most things in Fresno, the Cal-Nevada Championships has become a lackluster spectacle, but the UCSB track and field team will be heading there this weekend to fine-tune its skills.
Queer Pride Week Swings Into Action
UCSB’s Queer Student Union (QSU) will be kicking off its annual Queer Pride Week tonight at 8 with an opening dance party in the Graduate Student Association Lounge.
W.Water Polo: Gauchos to Host Long Beach State, Loyola Marymount
The UCSB men’s tennis team will write what it hopes is not the final chapter in a long, winding season this weekend at the Big West Championships in Indian Wells, Calif.
Sea Center Opens on Stearns Wharf
Stearns Wharf will swell with visitors tomorrow at noon, as the Ty Warner Sea Center — a project six years in the making — celebrates its grand opening.
April 22, 2005
Officers responded to reports of a person passed out in the grassy area on the west side of the Francisco Torres Residence Hall. Upon arrival, the deputies found the subject, an unconscious 18-year-old man, lying prostrate in the grass next to the sidewalk.
I Saw the Sign
Slightly less in-your-face than those pesky campaigners storming the Arbor in droves, the art of political poster-making has taken campus by storm, leaving Artsweek to rate and rank the slogans, slant rhymes and finger painting efforts for the sake of you, the voting public. Currently, our bike paths have become the site of an arts and crafts tour de force, littered with plywood and poster paint products that, after a few weeks of wear and tear, have begun to make the place look like a Michael’s clearance sale rack.
Required Reading
Today’s the last day to vote for me for A.S. president. I’m not a betting ‘human (I forecast instead), but I wager that the winner will be: the signs.
Gaucho Brings New Meaning to Baseball
In the day-to-day life of going through the motions, it’s not often that a college student has a chance to educate his colleagues. If one is so privileged, it’s rare that any of it ever actually hits home. Even more rare does the teaching experience have the potential to change lives.
Taking Back Empowerment
I’m writing in response to the confused and hateful column in Tuesday’s Daily Nexus by Alec Mouhibian (“The Deception Behind Gender Studies,” April 19). I’m writing this for readers who may be interested in an assessment of the accuracy of his accusations.
The Amittyville Horror | The Horror, The Horror
Out of all possible film subgenres, the horror movie remake is almost certainly the least promising. History has shown that two approaches traditionally work, or, given the context, work as well as can reasonably be expected.