Women’s Tennis: Gruenig Sparks SB
With the regular season winding down, the UCSB women’s tennis team’s temperature appears to be blazing hot. The Gauchos (12-5 overall, 4-2 in the Big West) raced past Fullerton on Friday afternoon at home before holding off #74 Long Beach State (11-9 overall, 4-2 Big West) in an epic 4-3 road victory Saturday that has propelled Santa Barbara into prime position to capture a two-seed in the upcoming Big West Championship.
A Vote for Torrin is a Vote for Change
Running as an independent candidate can be tough. I don’t get to wear a Christmas-colored T-shirt, I don’t have throngs of zombies cheering me when I say anything at a debate and I am always the outsider of the campaign. I want to set the record straight.
Extravaganza To Host Fewer Bands, Bigger Headliners
Extravaganza will forego quantity for quality this year by cutting the number of groups from the traditional 10 to four big-name bands and one local favorite.
#1 UCLA Shows Gauchos Who’s the Boss in MPSF
Top-ranked UCLA showed the #5 Santa Barbara men’s volleyball team why it’s the best in the country, blanking them 3-0 Saturday in Pauley Pavilion. Santa Barbara (14-12 overall, 12-8 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) had a solid offensive night pounding in 51 total kills for .307, but the defense lacked the necessary intensity, allowing the Bruins (24-3 overall, 17-3 MPSF) to hit .441 and drive home 56 kills.
Joining SAC Means Joining the Fight for the Greater Good
Throughout this week, we’ve seen a new kind of energy spreading throughout this campus as huge colorful signs are put up on grass plots, and the Arbor becomes more populated with fliers.
UCSB Nears Choice of Police Chief
The process of appointing a new UCSB Police Chief is wrapping up as the university’s search committee narrows its pool of applicants down to three prospective hopefuls.
Women’s Water Polo: Santa Barbara Splits on Northern Road Trip
The #10 UCSB women’s water polo team wrapped up its roller-coaster seven-game road trip in appropriate dramatic fashion with a heartbreaking double-overtime loss.
Help Prevent Sexual Assaults During ‘Take Back the Night’ Week
Students walking around campus during the week of April 11-15 will notice a new addition to the lawns. Now the posters, advertisements and campaign banners share a space with hundreds of brightly colored pinwheels on lavender stakes.
Dead-End Jobs Inspire Book, Activism, Lecture
In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich left her life as a writer and joined the millions of Americans who struggle to make ends meet on a minimum-wage salary. Working as a waitress, hotel maid, housekeeper, nursing home aide and a Wal-Mart sales associate, Ehnreich – a renowned author and journalist – tried to see whether one could feasibly rise up from poverty.
Men’s Tennis: Gauchos Swing Wayward
The #66 UCSB men’s tennis team’s quest for the Big West Championship took a huge hit this weekend as the Gauchos lost a crucial conference match at Pacific 4-3, followed by a 5-2 nonconference defeat at the hands of #60 Fresno State. The loss to Pacific all but eliminates the Gauchos’ chance of claiming the tournament’s top seed.