Star Wars Episode III | GRRRURRR!!!

Watching “Star Wars” is like going to your first baseball game; it’s just good, clean fun. Whatever your level of love affair with “Star Wars” may be, it is hard to deny that the series is more than a movie – it’s a cultural phenomenon.

Coach of the Year: Tim Vom Steeg Fronts SB’s Best

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) National Coach of the Year calls UCSB’s Harder Stadium home. In his seventh year at the helm of the Santa Barbara men’s soccer program, Head Coach Tim Vom Steeg received the top honor the NSCAA could give to a coach after guiding the Gauchos to their first National Championship appearance.

Dear Disrespectful Guests, Die Slowly

This is an open letter to anyone who has partied at our house this year. Everyone else in I.V. who has had a rager at their place, you’ll probably understand.

County Plans to Extend Segovia Paths

Students frustrated by the incomplete sidewalk and lack of bicycle access along the trek from Segovia Road to campus may see a respite to their commute troubles by the end of the year.

That’s No Bull Shirt

“Wearable art” is how up-and-coming fashionista Scarlett Baily describes her line of handmade, hand-painted and designed T-shirts. Baily, a sophomore art history and Spanish major at UCSB, has a unique style that is eminent in her line called “Made In China.”

Freshman of the Year: Gaucho Center Back Andy Iro Is a Head Above the Competition

At 6’4″ and 200 pounds with the soccer skills of a veteran starter, it’s hard not to mistake Andy Iro for an upperclassman. Yet, the Liverpool, England native was merely a rookie on the UCSB men’s soccer team in 2004.

UC-wide Union Strikes for Higher Salaries, Fairness

University of California research and technical workers will strike today at campuses throughout the UC system, including UCSB, to protest what union leaders claim are unfair wages and negotiation practices.

Band of Brothas and Sistas

Admit it. When you think no one’s listening, you bust out singing at the top of your lungs in the shower, car or anywhere else you feel like. Four out of five times, however, your friends would actually pay you to stop singing.

Men’s Lacrosse: Santa Barbara LAX Shifts Gears With Clutch Captain Will Patton

The Chicago Bulls had Michael Jordan, the New England Patriots have Tom Brady and the UCSB men’s lacrosse team has Will Patton. Every championship team has a player who comes up big in the clutch, and Patton has repeatedly done just that for the two-time National Champion Gauchos. In this year’s Western Collegiate Lacrosse League (WCLL) championship game, Patton scored the game-tying goal with two minutes left, and then scored the game-winner from his knees with 1:17 remaining.

PAC/GPAC Propose I.V. Lights, Walkways

The Project Area Committee and General Plan Advisory Committee (PAC/GPAC) considered two programs at its meeting Wednesday that could help make Isla Vista streets brighter and easier for pedestrians to navigate.