A.S. Mulls Sanctioning Nexus for Housing Ad
A.S. Legislative Council called for the possibility of boycotting the Daily Nexus, freezing its funds, auditing its finances and asking for the resignation of its lead editors at its meeting last night in response to an advertisement printed in the newspaper’s pages.
Get Wet: Who’s Got the Raddest Swell?
Localism always has been and always will be prevalent in society. Everything that has breath somehow feels as though it owns special rights and privileges to its place of birth.
Under the Table: Boarding High Atop Ol’ Mount Smokey
My mom never bought me frosted cereal – willingly at least. As much as I begged her for Tony the Tiger and his sugary flakes of corn, she rarely gave in to my childhood sugar fixation.
So Dreamy
Vibrant colors and lively music immediately greet moviegoers within the first few minutes of Bill Condon’s musical drama “Dreamgirls,” a fitting opening for the dazzling film.
Company Conserves Land Through Donation
After almost a decade of controversy, local government officials joined Bermant Development Company yesterday in dedicating approximately 200 acres of open space to be permanently preserved in the San Marcos Foothills.
A Revolutionary Read
Nothing about Only Revolutions, Mark Z. Danielewski’s most recent book, is easy – least of all reviewing it. It’s built like practically nothing else on the literary shelves, save perhaps for House of Leaves, the author’s previous release. Some of that book’s sizable cult following pitched in with ideas for the follow-up, and a select group were given earlier drafts.
GOLD To Undergo Upgrades
UCSB’s online class registration system has once again buckled under the stress of the thousands of visitors who log in at the beginning of each quarter, but university officials are reassuring students that problems that arise during the familiar Gaucho On-Line Data rush will soon be resolved.
Write Out
UCSB’s Screenwriter’s Co-Op is sowing the seeds for a few future screenwriters next weekend, as it hosts the annual Word Farm event from Jan. 19 to 21. Word Farm is a three-day screenwriting “camp” that allows students to interact with writers who work in the film industry in a small classroom setting.
Student Dies After Sustaining Injuries in Car Crash
An undeclared UCSB sophomore recently passed away in an El Monte, Calif. hospital, after sustaining fatal injuries in a car crash.
Soapy, Sappy & oh So Scandalous
“Notes On A Scandal” is the kind of film Hitchcock could have created – had Hitchcock been less into thrills and chills and more into soaps and salacious scandals.