Baseball: Mustangs Sweep Gauchos Off Feet
Apparently, for its series against Santa Barbara this weekend, Cal Poly not only packed its bats, mitts and cleats, but also its brooms. The Gauchos (19-22 overall, 1-5 in the Big West) were the victims of some spring cleaning at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium this weekend. Their Big West and Central Coast rivals swept them under the carpet in three games, 6-1, 15-6 and 13-10.
Track and Field: Distance Runners Mix Things Up
Senior Ben Armel finally found the race he has been looking for. He took first in the 800-meter with a season-best and regional qualifying mark in the Cal-Nevada Championships this weekend in Fresno. Junior Scott McConville, normally a 1,500 runner, blasted from the back of the pack to finish second behind Armel.
Softball: Gauchos Salvage Series in Stormy Weather
The UCSB softball team (23-16 overall, 6-6 in the Big West) took a trip to Stockton, Calif., to play Pacific (24-20, 8-4), but had to wait two hours and 40 minutes for a rain delay before dropping one game on Saturday and splitting the Sunday series.
Please Don’t
The other day I saw a car with a sign on the windshield that read, “Please don’t take me.” I guess this makes sense… after all, what sort of thief wouldn’t be moved by the word “please”?
Lost in Rhetoric
As this year’s candidates for various student government positions begin taking down signs, picking up fliers and figuring out where it all went wrong, A.S.’s newly elected officers must face their most formidable enemy: student apathy.
Students’ Party Sweeps Elections, Run-off To Determine Next President
For the second year in a row, the UCSB undergraduate electorate voted Students’ Party into the majority of executive positions and A.S. Legislative Council seats – beating out candidates from the Student Action Coalition.
Baseball: Gauchos Resume Big West Action
For UCSB baseball, the real season starts this weekend. Despite facing the likes of nonconference opponents UCLA, USC and Washington, the Gauchos’ challenge is only ahead of them.
The Downfall of Street Smarts
If you listen real carefully, someone up at the top of the UCSB ladder is popping open a bottle of bubbly. Haven’t you heard? Next year’s crop of undergrads is the smartest — statistically at least — than the last influx of bookworms.
Campus Voters Choose to Increase Student Costs by Approving Five Initiatives, Reinstating Current Fees
Undergraduate students are now responsible for paying an additional $13.74 per quarter in Associated Students and campus-based fees after passing all existing reaffirmations and five new initiatives in this week’s student elections.