Regents Vote to Bid for Lab Stewardship
The University of California Regents decided to bid on the Los Alamos National Laboratory management contract Thursday, citing the importance of national security and the two institutions’ historic relationship.
Head: ¡Viva Las Vegas!
Yeehaww, the Nexus is going to Vegas! Forecasting the weather is a lot like gambling, so I expect to clean up. And by clean up, I’m referring to the mess that will result from cramming a dozen people into a single room.
W.Track: 2005 Track and Field Regional Championships Preview
They’ve proven that they are the best in the Big West, but this weekend in Eugene, Ore., at the storied Hayward Field, nine Gauchos from the women’s track and field team will try to prove that they are best in the entire West.
Drugstore Cowboy: One Final Ride Into the Sunset
Here it is: sitting with a cup of $6 whiskey (Canadian Springs from Rite Aid, $6 for a 750), writing the old fare-thee-well column. In my mind, it starts something like this: It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times — excuse me, worst of times.
SB Courthouse Acquires Historic Status
The Santa Barbara County Courthouse joined the likes of the U.S. Capitol Building, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Alamo Thursday evening, when United States Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton announced its designation as a national historical landmark.
M.Track: 2005 Track and Field Regional Championships Preview
Every sport has a holy ground. Basketball has Duke, football has the Rose Bowl and track and field has Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., the site of this weekend’s track and field NCAA Western Regional Tournament.
BFA Major Bogusly Dismissed
Many people at this university take their education for granted. This is hard to do, however, once your right to an education as a student has been taken away from you. This is what has happened to a man here named George Detroit Dunwood.
UCPD Chief Mystery Nears Finish
Only two candidates remain in the hunt for a new chief of police of the UCSB Police Dept. (UCPD), as a university search committee enters the final phase of its selection process.
Baseball: SB Seniors Suit Up for the Last Time
There’s nothing like the possibility of a last-place finish to motivate a team. For UCSB baseball, the final series of the weekend presents just that type of challenge. The Gauchos travel to Northridge for their last series of the 2005 season this weekend.
Watch Where You Tread, Biker Laws Have a Purpose
Lately it seems that one of the more common topics I have been asked about is the increase in bicycle enforcement at UCSB. Some people are happy about us being out there enforcing the rules and encouraging bicyclists to obey the traffic laws.