Santa Barbara Hopes for Taste of First Place

With Big West positioning on the line, the UCSB baseball team will host #16 Long Beach State this weekend with hopes of climbing into the race for the conference title.

Outage Illuminates Its Bonding Power

On Tuesday, I came back from one of the best single day excursions I’ve had in the San Fernando Valley to find that the power had gone out at UCSB.

Business Brews at New Nearby Pub

Beer aficionados ready for unique local flavors can now quench their thirst at a newly opened brewpub in Goleta.

After Stellar Title Run, UCSB Heads to NCAA Tournament

The Essentials Who: #12 USC Trojans What: Men’s Tennis NCAA First Round Where: USC’s Marks Stadium When: 4 p.m. today

Drink

SB School Board Terminates Employment of 48 Instructors

The Santa Barbara School Board laid off 48 local teachers Tuesday night, adding to the already tense relations between the district’s educators and the board.

So Long #8

So Dale Earnhardt Jr. is leaving his father’s company. My stepmom and I aren’t the best of friends, so maybe I’ll become a NASCAR fan now.

TGIF Website Welcomes Sustainability Suggestions

After a lengthy delay, The Green Initiative Fund is accepting proposals for potential sustainable projects on campus, ranging from increased ways of using renewable energy to educational programs.

How Resourceful

Students Go On Hunger Strike to Protest Weapons

Chanting “UC Nuclear Free” as they marched toward Cheadle Hall yesterday, about 80 people protested the University of California’s ties to nuclear research and weapons development, eventually leaving a subgroup of 15 to embark on an indefinite hunger strike and tent-city style campout.