Painters Union Seeks Delayed Pay for Workers
Nearly two months since their strike first began, contracted painters at UCSB are still demanding wages that were allegedly withheld from them.
Mega McCain Leads After Super Tuesday
Super Tuesday has completely shifted the momentum of the Republican race for the party’s presidential nomination. In only 24 hours, Ariz. Sen. John McCain was catapulted into the lead with 680 total delegates, while Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney trailed in second with only 270 delegates. Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee remains in the race with 176 total delegates to his name.
Gauchos Put Win Streak on the Line
Currently riding an eight game Big West winning streak, the UCSB women’s basketball team goes for its best conference start since the 2001-2002 season tonight on the road against Cal State Fullerton.
Jonesing for Tommy Lee
Life sometimes imitates art. In the role that solidified his status as one of the great Western actors, Tommy Lee Jones portrayed the inimitable Woodrow F. Call, one of the rugged and taciturn protagonists of Larry McMurtry’s “Lonesome Dove.” At the end of the saga, a bubbling journalist trails Call like a puppy dog. He questions Call about his legendary exploits – Call remains silent.
New Measure Aspires to Save Gaviota Coastline
Students and representatives from various local environmental groups met at Tuesday’s Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meeting to support a measure aimed at protecting the coastal bluffs north of Goleta from urban development.
Pavlovian Sayings: Complaints about Cribbing Columnists
Quick: what do you think the best part about writing a weekly sports column is? No it’s not the scratch, the hot and horny groupies, or the fact I regularly get to turn down people who want to write their own column by telling them my sob story about how “I earned it, dude. I used to cover women’s water polo. Women’s water polo!” – although all of those things are nice.
Bird Soars
Brad Bird, writer and director of some of Pixar’s most successful films, sat down with Sean Smith of Entertainment Weekly as part of the film festival, to discuss his life-long obsession with animation. And with one Oscar under his belt for “The Incredibles” and another nomination for “Ratatouille” in 2008, it’s clear that Bird’s persistence and talent have won the admiration of both the entertainment industry and audiences worldwide.
Armchair QB
Whoa, when did Cavaliers guard Aleksander Pavlovic go down with a sprained foot? And why hasn’t Lebron James called the Nexus yet to get himself a new Alexander Pavlovic?
Oh, Angie
In the bitter cold outside the Arlington on Saturday night, a mob of reporters, onlookers, film festival attendees and random bystanders verged on hysteria. It was 7:40 p.m. and Angelina Jolie was nowhere to be seen. Even the reporter standing in line next to me was becoming doubtful. “I think she might blow us off. She isn’t too talkative with the whole pregnancy thing,” he said nervously. The only action on the red carpet so far had been an inexplicable Christopher Lloyd, who, when asked about his career, responded, “I’m just waiting for the phone to ring.”