She Got Game
If you’re opening to the sports page out of your own free will, chances are you’ve already read Moneyball from cover to cover. Even for the average non-East Bay baseball fanatic, the book was genius. It captured the essence of the “American Dream” for many sports fans across the nation. So, if Billy Beane can do it, why can’t we?
Overnight Relay Tramples Cancer
This year, cancer will strike more than 1.3 million Americans and take more than half a million lives. As friends and family, we can do something to save lives and help those already fighting this disease. The Colleges Against Cancer club on campus, a division of the American Cancer Society, wants to do something to help, and we want you to help us do it.
Hearings Continue in Bicyclist Death Case
Marcos Angel Almaguer, the asphalt-truck driver who struck and killed UCSB senior Kendra Payne last January will now face a settlement conference in June to determine whether he will be tried on charges of vehicular manslaughter. On June 29, Almaguer, his defense attorney William Duval and county District Attorney Pat McKinley will meet with Judge Clifford R. Anderson III to determine whether Almaguer will stand trial or settle the case out of court. As of yesterday afternoon, Almaguer had pleaded not guilty to the charge of vehicular manslaughter. If convicted Almaguer could receive up to a year in Santa Barbara County Jail, McKinley said.
Baseball: UC Davis Moseys to SB for Last Home Series
After three stellar series in conference play, the UCSB baseball team faces its final nonconference opponent of the season this weekend as UC Davis comes to Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. Santa Barbara (23-25 overall, 8-10 in the Big West) currently sits in sixth place in the Big West with one conference series remaining. With a strong finish, the Gauchos could potentially finish as high as third, a definite turnaround after a slow start to their conference play. The only Big West series remaining on the year is at Cal Poly.
UCSB Officials Should Stay in School, Out of I.V.
Zachariah Hubbell got many things wrong in his article, “UCSB Should Punish Serious Crimes Committed in I.V.” (Daily Nexus, May 17). The article discusses the Campus Regulations Review Committee’s proposal to punish students for their criminal behavior out in I.V. Here is its first deceiving statement: “The Associate Dean of Students promised students that administrators would not put drug and alcohol offenses in the hot seat. …” Well, perhaps the student body should also know that Dean was quoted by the Nexus as saying, “What we’re proposing to do is include explicitly … arson and prohibiting alcohol to minors and sales or provision of illegal substances to other people,” They should also know that Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Michael Young stated, “We’re only looking at egregious provisions of alcohol to minors.” Seems to me that the people in this committee are quite interested in busting people for alcohol and other drugs.
Park District Debates Later Noise Ordinance
Members of the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District’s Board of Directors met last night to decide whether to fight for local residents’ rights to party by taking a proposal to amend Santa Barbara County’s noise ordinance before the county board of supervisors. The proposal, which was presented by Santa Barbara City College Associated Students Vice President of External Affairs Keith Russell, would amend chapter 40-2 of the Santa Barbara County Ordinance Code, which mandates that amplified music must cease at midnight Friday and Saturday nights.
District Attorney Candidate Christie Stanley Sleeps Alone Tonight
The district attorney’s race is heating up, and the recent article in the Daily Nexus shows that all three candidates are vying for the support of the students of UCSB and the population of Isla Vista. I think that when we make this decision on election day, we should carefully weigh what each candidate has done and what they promise to do. Admittedly, I do not know much about either Doug Hayes or Gary Dunlap. However, after studying at UCSB for almost four years, many other students and I have seen and lived the effects of Christie Stanley.
English Club Brings the Galaxy to UCSB in Marathon Session
With towels in hand, a long line of students and passersby started reading an important guide to the galaxy yesterday and will not be finished until 11 a.m. today – that is if they don’t panic. Hosted by the English Club: Santa Barbara Chapter, the first annual 24-Hour Reading Marathon features Douglas Adams’s Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series, read aloud in front of a microphone.
Surfrider Hosts Benefit Concert
Beer and bands are coming together for the Isla Vista Surfrider Foundation’s Concert for the Coast in Anisq’ Oyo’ Park on Saturday. The Concert for the Coast, which runs from noon to 7 p.m., is an annual event designed to help local groups dispense information about environmental and coastal issues and raise money for local organizations, I.V. Surfrider co-founder Scott Bull said. Bull, who is the grants manager for the Associated Students Shoreline Preservation Fund, said money raised at the concert will also go towards I.V. Ocean Kids, a local group that works to educate teenagers about coastal resources, as well as Goleta coastline preservation group the Save Naples Coalition and the construction of a skate park in I.V.
UC Adopts New Apparel Policy
After repeated systemwide protests made by groups like the UCSB Student Labor Action Project, the University of California agreed earlier this month to comply with a policy helping bar the use of sweatshop labor in the production of UC logo apparel. The Designated Suppliers Program, supported by several universities nationwide, requires licensees supplying UC apparel to buy at least 25 percent of their product from preapproved factories that allow their workers to form unions as well as provide them with living wages. According to SLAP member Alyssa Go, about 100 factories are currently approved to produce apparel.