Liberty Belle: Higher Education Fails to Pass Test
Higher Education in America has floated lazily down the river of complacency and emerged in a sea of mediocrity, where it is presently being pulled by a strong current of denial toward a steep waterfall where a sparkling pool of failure awaits at the bottom.
Snail Harbors Sea Parasites, Harms Local Ecosystem
UCSB Marine Biology researchers have just solved a mystery with potentially life-saving implications – why West Coast beaches are plagued with non-native mud snails and parasitic flatworms.
UCSB Goes Undefeated Up North
The #6 UCSB men’s volleyball team traveled up to Northern California for two games over this past weekend, coming away with a three-game winning streak and a 2-0 record in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play.
Technology Bytes: A Little Bit of Technology Savvy Goes a Long Way
Now that we are all in college, I think it is time that the majority of you got an education. Not the education where you sleep through class, playing sudoku and doing crosswords while the professor drones on. I am talking about a real world-applicable education.
Sigma Alpha Mu Opens at UCSB
Jewish men interested in joining a Jewish fraternity will have a second option to choose from this quarter, as Sigma Alpha Mu opens its first rush season.
SB Succeeds in Friendly Waters
It was a successful weekend for the UCSB swimming program as both the men’s and women’s teams earned wins over Davis in a dual meet showdown Saturday at Campus Pool.
Gauchos Grab Fifth Straight
With its last loss coming way back in 2006, the UCSB women’s basketball team extended its win streak to five with Saturday’s defeat of UC Davis.
UCSB Plans Earth Day Program
As many local organizations are putting the finishing touches on their own projects and Earth Day celebrations, a coalition of campus groups is making its own eco-conscious efforts to commemorate the holiday by launching a new interactive program designed to educate UCSB students about global warming.
Hypocritical A.S. Reps Use Student Body as Piggy Bank
I tend to follow the news at UCSB regularly. Since my UCSB diploma has afforded me the opportunity to have gainful employment, I now pay an abhorrent amount in taxes to the state of California.