Rally To Offer Safe Haven for Sexual Assault Victims
Students and activists will take over Anisq’ Oyo’ Park this evening for a rally supporting survivors of sexual assault, as part of Take Back the Night’s week of sexual assault education.
The Kills | No Wow | Rough Trade/RCA
For the Kills, executing their minimalist sonic blitz with nothing more than a guitar, a drum machine and a lyrically unflinching fuck-you resolve is all in a day’s work, and however miscalculated the formula might seem, it plays out with startling genius.
Kaiser Chiefs | Employment | Universal
When you hear the first measures of “Everyday I Love You Less and Less” off of the Kaiser Chiefs’ Employment, don’t be fooled. You haven’t accidentally put in a Roxy Music CD, nor have you magically been transported back to the days of synthesizers.
New Order | Waiting For The Sirens’ Call | Warner
On the album’s first track, “Who’s Joe?” New Order gains the disdain of rock critics across the land by quoting Jimi Hendrix; asking, “Hey, Joe. What you doing?”
Artsweek Calendar
This winner of the 2005 Oscar for best documentary gives a grim look into the notorious prostitution rings of Calcutta, India, while attempting to enlighten and educate future hookers everywhere.
Et Tu, Nexus?
What the hell, Nexus? For the zillionth year in a row, the paper has failed to endorse the Weatherhuman for A.S. president. My own paper!
Women’s Tennis: Cal Poly Match To Determine Seed
Playoff fever has struck the UCSB women’s tennis team but none of the Gauchos seem to be concerned about the diagnosis. Santa Barbara (12-6 overall, 4-2 in the Big West) hosts Central Coast opposition Cal Poly this afternoon at 2 at the Rob Gym courts in its most crucial contest of the 2005 regular season.
You Can Do It Anywhere
What does it take to get away from these student government crack-smokers? Somehow, despite wearing an outfit that consisted of sunglasses, beanie, iPod, lit cigarette and swiftly moving skateboard, I look approachable to these red and green attention-cravers.
Faculty Member Wins Research Excellence Prize
Using a laser beam to chisel light passageways through exotic semiconducting material, researcher Evelyn Hu helped secure this year’s highest UCSB faculty honor. A committee of faculty chose Hu last month to receive the Faculty Research Lectureship Award, given each year to recognize outstanding work by a specific UCSB researcher.
Surf Column: A Surfeit of Labels
A large portion of our society is defined by labels, and the life of a surfer is no different. Professional, amateur, ripper, kook, grom, local, poser, shortboarder, longboarder, sponger – all are labels used to remove people from the general category of “surfer” and identify them according to more specific characteristics.