City To Confront Underage Drinking

Local and national organizations are coming together this week to encourage students, parents and local residents to tap into one another’s thoughts about underage drinking, thanks to a proclamation from Mayor Marty Blum designating April 10-14 as Prevent Underage Drinking Week in Santa Barbara.

Board Finances Campaigns, Groups

The Associated Students Finance Board meeting passed relatively quickly Monday afternoon, despite the funding of 15 student groups in comparison to last week’s five.

Take a Step in the Dark

Perhaps the name of our website, www.thedarksideofucsb.com, is just too subtle; or perhaps we are merely misunderstood. Let us reason together to clarify our mutual positions.

Damn, When Was Cesar Chavez Day?

It’s riveting to watch how politically active, and aware, UCSB students are.

Track & Field: Gauchos Give Preview to Rest of Big West

The UCSB track and field team got a glimpse at this year’s Big West Conference competition last weekend in Irvine during the Big West Challenge Cup, and apparently it liked what it saw.

I.V. Rallies to Celebrate Earth Day

Approximately 2,000 people attended the Earth Day celebration in Anisq’ Oyo’ Park on Saturday, where ideas about peace and environmentalism flowed as freely as the beer. The Associated Students Environmental Affairs Board and the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District sponsored the annual festival, which featured free yoga lessons, massages and eight different bands.

Party, But Not At the Earth’s Expense

While I rarely find an appropriate time to wear it, the tie-dye T-shirt I have stashed away in the back of my closet represents every facet of my ever-fascinated, ever-stoned outlook on the wonders of college life.

Men’s Baseball: Santa Barbara Drops First Conference Series

The UCSB baseball team kicked off Big West action this past weekend, dropping two out of three games to UC Riverside at home. After winning an 8-6 decision in the opener, the Gauchos (14-15 overall, 1-2 in the Big West) dropped the final two 13-4 Saturday and 8-1 Sunday.

IVFP Leads Inquiry Into Assault of Unconscious Woman Over Weekend

Officers from the I.V. Foot Patrol are currently investigating a sexual assault that occurred while the unidentified victim was unconscious in Isla Vista on Saturday night.

Hideous Storke Plaza Desperately In Need of Remodeling

It’s an indisputable fact that the UCSB campus is one of the most spectacular college campuses in the history of mankind. That’s a given.