Baseball: UCSB Heads North for Pac-10 Series
After opening the season with a six-game homestand, the UCSB baseball team hits the road for the first time in 2006. The Gauchos (3-3 overall) head to Berkeley to take on Cal for a three-game series this weekend.
The Readers Voice
I’m afraid Mr. Aduba has it all wrong in his article (“Racism Should Be Judged By Actions, Not Deliberations,” Daily Nexus, Feb. 23). There’s nothing “subjective” about racism.
Environmentalist To Speak About Condors
National Public Radio (NPR) Environmental Correspondent John Nielsen will lecture to a Santa Barbara audience this Sunday about the history of the $20 million California Condor Recovery Program.
Santa Barbara Kicks Off Four Games at Home
Tonight the #8 UCSB men’s volleyball team opens up a four-game homestand with the first of two nonconference matches against #1 Division II opponent Cal Baptist (7-6 overall).
Artist in Profile: A Portrait of the Hairbrain Scheme as Young Men
Rome wasn’t built in a day. Neither was the Hairbrain Scheme. Each member of this Santa Barbara quartet was carefully constructed over the course of approximately nine months inside his mother’s womb. I’ve been told that all four band members were particularly ugly babies, but I’ve been unable to confirm this report.
Aberhuman and Fitch
The ‘human thinks that winter quarter sucks. The homework sucks, the lack of baseball sucks and the weather sucks.
SB Vies for 25th Straight Against Fullerton
With just four conference games remaining, the UCSB women’s basketball team has tradition on their minds while they head south to face Fullerton tonight. The 10-time defending champion Gauchos (12-11 overall, 7-3 in the Big West) know that every win is crucial, especially considering that they currently sit in second place in the Big West Conference behind Long Beach (16-8 overall, 9-3 Big West).
Curb the Binge-Purge Cycle
I’ve been going to school for about 18 years. You don’t last 18 years in the cruel world of academia without learning some serious tricks of the student trade. One of my favorite high school techniques was to stare intently at my teachers as they spouted their nonsense.
Victims’ Families To Reflect on Crash, Lives Lost
Five years to the day after a high-speed crash on Sabado Tarde Road killed four people, the victims’ family and friends will gather tonight in Isla Vista for a candlelight memorial service.
The Last of The Mountain Kings
If you’re craving some serious outdoor adventure, go no further than Campbell Hall next week. The Best of the 30th Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival, a showcase of short independent adventure films, is coming to UCSB next Wednesday and Thursday night.