Congress Adopts New Budget Bill, Decreases Loans
After months of protests by student activists, the U.S. Congress passed the Budget Reconciliation Bill by a margin of two votes yesterday, cutting $12.7 billion from federally funded student loans.
The Matador | Grabbing the Bull By the Horns
For an actor, few ideas are more dreaded that that of being typecast: so set in a certain role that the audience refuses to acknowledge you in other roles. Just ask Mark Hamill who still is recognized as space-age wunderkind Luke Skywalker.
Men’s Basketball
Carrying a four-game losing streak and the worst offense in the conference, the UCSB men’s basketball team looks to get the monkey off its back when it hosts UC Davis in the final game of its three-game homestand tonight at the Thunderdome.
Time Well Managed Means Excluding Edward Forty-Hands
“Edward Forty-Hands” is played thusly: The participant’s buddies duct tape a pair of cheap malt liquors to his hands. Said participant cannot, until the combined 80 oz. are imbibed, remove the bottles. This simple rule set causes untold difficulties – mostly bathroom-related – for the player, just like those experienced by Tim Burton’s tragic hero.
Researchers To Trace, Predict Diseases
New research at UCSB is making strides at tracking potential epidemics by following the money. UCSB Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics post-doctorate fellow Lars Hufnagel, along with fellow researchers, recently completed a project analyzing how diseases spread by using www.wheresgeorge.com, a website that allows anyone to track any denomination of U.S. paper currency by inputting the serial number.
Paging Dr. Moog
Noise, sound, car scratch, nails on a chalkboard, the sound of the morning paper thumping against the door at some odd hour in the morning; somewhere amongst that comes a man that championed himself on this palpable eeriness. Somewhere amongst that comes a man who lived his life in the underbelly of clickity-clack-clack noises.
Gaucho Marketing Department Must Get Off the Bench
Last Saturday, UCSB’s men’s basketball game versus the University of the Pacific (UOP) was broadcast on FOX Sports West. I attended the game but watched the taped version when I got home. What brings about this letter is the lack of marketing commercials about UCSB. We did not have any promo pieces during the commercials and UOP had six.
Flaw Postpones Housing Process
Students looking for university-owned housing will have to wait a few days more, as a technical difficulty caused the Housing & Residential Services’ (HRS) website to crash yesterday morning.
Love for All Things Silly
In the course of 90 minutes, a self-proclaimed “pompous old bastard” shot a mock cat out of a cannon, while making fun of old people and trophy wives in between. A mock coffin was rolled out on wheels, and a mock mistress with DD cups intermittently interrupted the onstage antics.
Leg Council Reviews Funding Changes Within UC System
The Associated Students Legislative Council voted unanimously last night to extend the due date for A.S. budget proposals, discussed issues related to the upcoming election and heard the plans of a new committee chair Monday night.