Students To Spotlight Safety With Improved Campus Lighting Plan

A student focus group is proposing a bright and simple idea to increase safety through the addition of more lights and emergency phones on campus.

Pop Culture May Influence Future

It recently dawned on me that in the future, intellectuals will study Hollywood movies in the same way that they study old literature.

Baseball: Superior Irvine Pitching Tops UCSB

The UCSB baseball team maintained its consistency, dropping two of three games over the weekend at UC Irvine. The Gauchos have won just one game in each of their first three Big West series.

Capps Park Opens With Tribute

After over a decade of negotiations, protests and petitions, approximately 40 people came together yesterday to celebrate the official opening and dedication of Capps Park.

U.S. Government Will Continue Poor Politics With Draft

The draft is coming. Last year in a Black Studies course I took Professor Madison had our class write those four words on our midterms to ensure our bluebooks were not written on prior to the exam.

Softball: Matadors Blow Past SB, Win Series

Despite dropping the series to Cal State Northridge, the UCSB softball team salvaged the weekend with a late win on the road yesterday to avoid a sweep.

Lion Munches Meat-Packed Birthday Cake

Approximately 70 people crowded around to watch Docha, a male African lion at the Santa Barbara Zoo, devour a mane course of beef and ice cream as he celebrated his first birthday Saturday morning.

Condoms Are Not Just a Player’s Wanton Party Favors

Whenever I venture out and about in Isla Vista, I make sure to have a small supply of condoms on me.

Track & Field: Cold, Wind Affect Gauchos’ Game Plan in Oregon

Twenty of Santa Barbara’s top track and field athletes returned from Eugene, Ore. and Hayward Field after mixed results at the Oregon Invitational held over the weekend.

Devereux Athletes Make a Splash at Campus Pool

A crowd of about 100 people gathered at Campus Pool on Sunday as members of the UCSB swim team and students from Devereux Santa Barbara met for the fourth annual Splash Olympics.