Men’s Basketball #8 UC Riverside
After finishing at the bottom of the Big West with a 3-11 record last season, the Riverside men’s basketball team can only hope to improve. After the Highlanders finished the 2005-2006 season with a 76-44 loss to UCSB in the first round of the Big West tournament, they were picked to finish dead last in the Big West by preseason polls from coaches and members of the press.
Men’s Basketball Future Big West Member, UC Davis
From the looks of its performance thus far in the season, the Davis men’s basketball team will benefit from its final year of transition status before becoming a full-fledged member of the Big West Conference in the 2007-2008 season.
Gauchos Ascend Conference
For any team, a combination of talent and hard work generally leads to success.
Patriotic Grief
Of all the things that occurred over winter break, Gerald Ford dying concerns me the least.
¿Qué Onda Guero?: Get Me a Coffee and T.P.
Many things in life please me. Booty shorts, snow cones and refrigerated drinking fountains, for example, are all great things. Unfortunately, these societal gifts are largely outnumbered by an array of confusing and frustrating things like bathrooms without mirrors and restaurants that don’t serve bread with your meal.
Leg Council Begins Quarter With Loss of Two Executives
Associated Students Executive Director Don Daves-Rougeaux has been courted away from his post at UCSB by Santa Barbara real estate investment firm the SIMA Corporation to serve as its chief operations officer.
SB Drops Home Tournament
After asserting their dominance over #12 USC in the opening match of the Elephant Bar Invitational last Friday, the #6 Gauchos floundered against #3 UCLA and landed themselves in the consolation match on Saturday.
Possession, Plunder Questions Answered
Well the holidays are over. As much fun as they are, I have to admit it feels good to get them past me. Don’t get me wrong; I love the giving part. But honestly, it can be tough to keep smiling when great-great-grandma apparently believes yodeling is a lost art that must be revived at all costs.
Officials Charge Three With Fabrication of Woman’s Will
Last week, the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Dept. arrested one man and two co-conspirators for allegedly forging the Will of Beverly Graham, who was killed by postal employee Jennifer San Marco in the Goleta Post Office shooting last January.
UCSB Rebounds From Worst Defeat Since 1979 by CSULB
After the UCSB men’s basketball team closed the books on Fall Quarter, it continued its fast start and emerged as a contender in the ranks of the Big West.