Online Alternative Lowers Book Fees
Calculus Professor Martin Scharlemann did his math this quarter when choosing course materials – he offered students a $50 cheaper alternative to the required textbook.
A Dream Come True
Sometimes, it feels like directors are stuffing us with so much realism we’re likely to choke on it. However, director Henry Selick’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” which was recently re-released in 3-D after its initial run 13 years ago, proves that, sometimes, a little fantasy can be… well, fantastic.
Save Large Tips for Workers Who Actually Deserve Cash
In reply to “Tipping for All Hard-Workers, Please”, Daily Nexus, Oct. 30, 2006, Adam, I’ll tell you why I don’t tip those UPS workers!
Library Asks for Student Input on Face-Lift
Campus Planning and Design is looking for suggestions from students, faculty and staff to improve the appearance and usability of the area between Davidson Library and Girvetz Hall today and tomorrow.
Untamed Lyon
From the name, you would think that the Lyon Opera Ballet is a traditional French dance company. But last Tuesday night, the troupe demonstrated why they are billed as contemporary dance. Departing from everything classical, the Lyon Opera Ballet, under the direction of Yorgos Loukos, showcased a myriad of progressive elements exploring the furthest reaches of dance.
Prop 87 Curbs Oil Spending and Seeks New Alternatives
It has been said that there is a one-to-one correlation between the affluence of a society and the amount of energy it consumes.
Blinded By the Light
Judging by his work, Haruki Murakami bears ambivalence toward a great many things – his homeland, the literary establishment, his generation, the stability of identity and the conventions of narrative structure – to name just a few. Even if he doesn’t actually feel that way on a personal level, you’d be hard pressed not to get the impression, especially after reading a career-spanning short story collection like Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.
Prop 86 Harms Big Tobacco and Reduces Smoking Rates
Proposition 86 is a $2.60 tax per cigarette pack increase. It funds health care and anti-tobacco programs.
Don’t Drink the Water
As part of a whirlwind tour of Southern California and Las Vegas, Dave Matthews – minus his titular band and plus guitarist extraordinaire Tim Reynolds – stopped by the Santa Barbara Bowl this weekend and managed to blow the sold-out crowds’ minds both nights.
A.S. Finance Board Decision Squanders Students’ Money
A.S. Finance Board’s recent decision to squander every penny it had allocated for use during both Winter and Spring Quarters of this year really proves that the Students’ Initiative is a useless waste of students’ precious paychecks.