The Artful Dodger: Don’t Tell me What Classes to Take
Forcing people to do something won
SB Mayor To Bring Back Bluer Skies
Santa Barbara Mayor Marty Blum’s pledge to support cleaning up Santa Barbara’s skies will give local residents and environmentalists alike cause to breathe what could soon be a healthier sigh of relief.
Men’s Golf: SB Finishes Sixth, Feuerstein Third
Though Santa Barbara came out with a strong stroke, it couldn’t keep the ball rolling, finishing sixth overall at the Big West men’s golf championships held Monday and Tuesday at the Tijeras Creek Golf Course in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.
Blame Your own Irresponsibility for the Untimely Eviction
Last time I checked, there was no oil in Santa Cruz Hall, and Wilfred Brown, the executive director of Housing and Residential Services, was not a Republican legislator from Texas lobbied by the rich corporations, nor a Puritan claiming that your auras attacked him in the name of a witch hunt.
PAC/GPAC To Discuss Improvements for I.V.
The Project Area Committee and General Plan Advisory Committee (PAC/GPAC) will meet tonight to discuss the financial fate of the Isla Vista Community Center, improvements to I.V. bus stops and funding for the I.V. Master Plan.
UCen Bigot Undermines Reason for Queer Pride Week
I am writing to the Nexus in response to several acts of homophobia that occurred around the UCen during and after the queer pride rally. Although people may not understand the importance of having events like Queer Pride Week at UCSB, the protest of one religious individual, as well as homophobic slang such as “queer shame” and “sin” written on the sidewalks in front of the UCen, made evident the reality of homophobia in the mind-set of others.
Goleta Youth Dies of Single Stab Wound
Police are investigating the murder of a 17-year-old man who died from a stab wound late Tuesday night after he was attacked by knife-wielding assailants in Goleta.
Speaker Maps Out Road to Success
Roger McNamee, a self-made Silicon Valley pioneer, mapped out the four steps of success in the new economy to a crowd of UCSB students yesterday in Corwin Pavilion.
Professor Gets the Dirt on Societies
Despite its constant presence beneath feet, few people recognize that soil is the key to both humanity’s past and future – but one UCSB professor is trying to change that.