Student Recounts First Days Under House Arrest
Answer me this: What would you do for 52 days in Isla Vista if you had to live on terms forbidding you from leaving the house after 10 at night – if you were lucky – and reporting where you were 24 hours a day?
SB Opens Big West Play Against Rival
After six exhibition matches, the UCSB men’s tennis team will now embark on a stretch of Big West Conference road matches, beginning with rival Cal Poly Sunday at noon in San Luis Obispo.
Bren School To Search for New Dean
The Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management faces changes in the future with Dean Ernst von Weizsäcker’s announcement of his plans to step down from the position.
Gaucho Remembers Denison With Love and Admiration
This past August, I moved into a house with three other girls I had never met. Wanting to make new friends as an entering transfer student at UCSB, I reluctantly answered a “roommate wanted” poster taped to the women’s bathroom paper towel dispenser at Santa Barbara City College, which I was then attending.
Santa Barbara Looks to Raise Game in Arizona
After taking care of business at home in a 6-1 victory over Eastern Michigan, the UCSB women’s tennis team begins its three-day Arizona road trip today in Flagstaff against the University of Northern Arizona.
Attack on Obama Devotees Sickens Recovering Neocon
You know, Zac Gates, your most recent column (“Good Sense Hinders Ability to Obamasm,” Daily Nexus, Feb. 26) really takes me back to my freshman year. Conservative leanings, taking everything at face value, never questioning my beliefs, thinking “liberals” ruin everything, considering Fox News a legitimate news source… Oh, how times have changed.
SB Closing In On Regular Season Crown
With last week’s loss to second-place UC Davis, the UCSB women’s basketball had their undefeated run in the Big West snapped. With three games left in the season, the Gauchos (18-7, 12-1 in the Big West) have a two-game lead over the Aggies (17-9, 11-3 Big West). The tight race means that the Gauchos need to win two of their last three in order to clinch the season title and #1 seed in the Big West Conference Tournament, which takes them into a heated match-up this Saturday at UC Riverside (13-12, 10-3 Big West).
CA Objects to Forest Policy Violations
The state of California filed suit against the United States Forest Service yesterday over federal plans that would allow road construction and oil drilling in some of the state’s largest national forests, including Los Padres National Forest.
Gauchos Skip Town for Difficult MPSF Road Trip
The roller coaster season for the #12 UCSB men’s volleyball team continues today, as the Gauchos face two SoCal teams on the bottom end of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation spectrum. Tonight’s game pits Santa Barbara (7-8 overall, 5-6 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) against #11 UC San Diego (4-12, 1-10 MPSF), followed by a Saturday game against first place #2 Long Beach State (12-1, 8-1 MPSF).