Men’s Baseball: SB Hits the Road Again
The Gauchos (15-18 overall, 2-4 in the Big West) begin the second half of their eight-game road stint today, as they travel to Irvine to face off with the Anteaters. Santa Barbara has dropped the opening two series of conference play and is coming off a lopsided 8-1 loss to Pepperdine, a game in which the UCSB defense committed five errors.
OPP Offends Groups by Claiming To Be Involved
Ah, spring time in Santa Barbara. I have come to love this time of year. With everyone spending more time outside and wanting to have fun, the beach lights up once more. After four years at this school, I have come to love everything about spring – except elections.
EAP Cuts Seven Overseas Programs
As a result of rising costs abroad, the Education Abroad Program was recently forced to cancel some of its upcoming summer and yearlong programs for 2006-2007. EAP Strategic Marketing and Communications Director Bruce Hanna said the program can no longer afford some of its programs due to the rising cost of foreign workers at campuses abroad.
Author Calls for Support Fee for The MCC Lock-in Fee
As I walked through the doorway of the MultiCultural Center with my 10-day-old son last year to meet the radical poet and musician Saul Williams, I thought, “There is no place like this on campus.”
County Links Transportation Tax Bills
The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments approved a proposal Thursday to combine two new taxes designed to replace Measure D, which expires in 2010, into a single measure on the November 2006 ballot.
SB Students Remember Armenian Genocide
Roughly 120 people went to I.V. Theater last night for an Armenian Students Association-sponsored commemoration of the Armenian Genocide – a massacre, many attendees said, that the responsible parties hope to forget.
‘Splash Olympics’ To Assist Disabled
Swimmers from Devereux Santa Barbara plan to make a splash at Campus Pool this Sunday, as they join the UCSB Swim Team for the fourth annual Splash Olympics. Members of the UCSB swim team are partnering with swimmers from Devereux Santa Barbara – a nonprofit organization that provides services for people with emotional, developmental and educational disorders – for the swim meet.
Daylong Fair To Honor Earth
Santa Barbara residents can celebrate the environment, watch belly dancing and check out new environmentally friendly automobiles – all while enjoying the musical styling of local musician Crosby Loggins – this Sunday at the 36th annual Earth Day Festival in downtown Santa Barbara.
Paintings Unveil Females’ Sexuality
To Iranian-born UCSB graduate student Abelina Galustian, being an artist means more than showcasing her work in big-name galleries – it means finding the courage to freely express under-the-radar subjects at great personal risk to herself. Galustian’s latest project, “The Veil Series,” uncovers sociopolitical concerns she was previously silenced about – including female sexuality and the reversal of the “male gaze” – while defying stereotypes about Middle Eastern women.
Bruins Bump Gauchos in MPSF Playoff Game
Last night’s game during the play-in round between seventh-seeded UCLA and #9 UCSB essentially summed up the Gauchos’ entire season. For much of the year, the Gauchos lacked players – whether due to injuries or academic ineligibility – but could not find the consistency necessary to pull out a victory.