Rain Cannot Keep SB Surfers at Bay

The UCSB surf team performed well in both rain and shine this past weekend, proving its place in the top ranks by dominating the National Scholastic Surfing Association’s event at Huntington Beach.

Worst Buy Puts the Best Deals Online

One of the most exciting parts about being a geek is new hardware and new electronics to play with. Whether it be a new Nintendo DS with the built in Wi-Fi that lets me play Mario Kart with seven other people or a new Wii, so I can kill some Nazis in Call of Duty 3, I just cannot satiate my desire for new tech toys.

New Student Resource Building To Open

After undergoing construction for more than a year, the new Student Resource Building will open its doors to the UCSB community tomorrow.

How To Draft a Championship NBA Fantasy Basketball Team, Part 3

In the first part of this winning formula, I unveiled the Ferrari to you. In the second part, I handed over the keys. Now, after you finish reading this last installment, you’ll be ready to get behind the wheel and start the engine.

Biking On Campus Proves to Be Perilous

I was recently in a bike accident, which resulted in my left knee having to be stitched back together. As a brief aside:

A.S. Funds Drama Productions, Cultural Events

Associated Students Finance Board distributed $20,952.29 to 13 of the 15 student groups requesting money at its meeting yesterday afternoon.

Simmons scooper

Since when does ESPN sports columnist post a diary about the Grammys? If ESPN.com was a tool shed, Bill Simmons would be the pooper scooper.

Shoebat’s Autobiographical Speech About Radicals Alone

I must disagree with the letter you printed Friday (“Shoebat Paints Unflattering Portrait of World’s Muslims,” Daily Nexus, Feb. 9). That letter said that Shoebat had given a “negative, hateful message” that “painted all Muslims with a very broad – and very negative – brush.”

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Neglected Holocaust History Touched Upon by Shoebat

I want to elaborate on a subject Walid Shoebat touched upon in his talk last Wednesday. Shoebat never made any blanket statements about all Muslims or “compared the Muslim community to Nazis” (“Shoebat Paints Unflattering Picture of World’s Muslims,” Daily Nexus, Feb. 9).