Men’s Water Polo: Gauchos Close In on 20 Wins

Sunday will be the last chance for Gaucho fans to cheer on the #6 UCSB men’s water polo team as it hosts its final game of the regular season at 12 p.m. at Campus Pool.

Travel to Lavish Irvine, See Its Majestic Bubble

Irvine and neighboring Newport Beach remind me of what Santa Barbara would be like in a Republican parallel universe. We’re not so different from the 949, after all. We’re both beautiful beach locations with beautiful weather, beautiful people, beautiful views of beautiful mountain ranges and beautiful gobs of money.

Tent City Protest Heads to Cheadle for I.V. Residents

A group of protestors who camped out near Storke Tower for over two weeks on behalf of the evicted Cedarwood Apartments tenants issued new demands to the university yesterday – staging a small protest at Cheadle Hall in hopes of amplifying the efforts of campus administrators to remedy the situation.

Groups Rally for Minority Admissions

Several hundred protesters assembled outside the UC Board of Regents meeting at UC Los Angeles yesterday, demanding the board to reverse the trend of a declining number of minority students entering the UC system.

While UCSB itself has become more diverse, other campuses such as UC Berkeley have seen over a 2 percent decrease in the enrollment of African Americans and Chicano/Latino students since voters passed Proposition 209 in 1996. The proposition prohibits public institutions from discriminating on the basis of race, sex or ethnicity.

UCSB Searches for Late Season Run

With the Big West Conference season a week behind it, the UCSB women’s volleyball team still has a lot of ground left to cover in order to make a late-season push to earn an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament next month. Tonight, the road to the NCAAs takes UCSB through Davis, Calif.

Freedom Territory: Democrats Win House, but Politics Continue as Usual

Tis’ the season to be jolly. Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. Time to pack up the mashed Republicans and gravy leftovers from the midterm elections and get out the mistletoe and nutcrackers for ’08. Pundits and proletariat! Get on your marks! Set bets! VOTE! Not quite yet. Slow down. Take a deep breath. Reflect.

News-Press Files New Suit After Union Protest

The Santa Barbara News-Press filed another unfair labor practice charge against the Teamsters Union on Wednesday for having its members protest during the newspaper’s 18th annual banquet last weekend.

Get Wet: The Big Commitment

For years now, the male half of our species has had it a little rough. They are constantly given slack by females about their ability, or should I say inability, to commit. In Isla Vista, with 20,000 hormone-driven, party crazed 20-somethings, the streets are crawling with fellas. Yet there seems to be a common misconception by the ladies that these oh-so available guys are single for a reason; they simply cannot commit. While Carrie Bradshaw and her Sex and the City column are a far cry from the life of a surfer, ironically enough, the ever-complicated notion of a relationship has many striking parallels to the sweet simplicity of surfing.

UCSB Finds Ducks on Menu

Thanksgiving might come early this year for the UCSB women’s basketball team as they look to roast the Oregon Ducks tonight.

Weekend Tow Trucks Plunder Isla Vistans

In about five weeks, Isla Vista is going to be nearly completely empty when its residents venture home for the holidays and Winter Break festivities. Why, then, are our cars being towed for being parked on the streets of Isla Vista so the roads can be repaved?