Earth Day in Santa Barbara
As Earth Day nears, the Santa Barbara community recognizes its importance, despite its small size, in the environmental movement. The story behind Earth Day is that Sen. Gaylord Nelson visited Santa Barbara after a 1969 oil spill left 35 miles of our coastline contaminated with oil-slicked beaches.
Navy Lecture To Focus on Sonar Effects
Amid environmental groups’ vocal opposition towards the U.S. Navy’s sonar use in the Santa Barbara Channel, Rear Admiral Lawrence Rice will discuss the navigation tool’s effects on marine mammals this afternoon.
Gauchos Look to Move Up MSPF Ladder
The #16 UCSB women’s water polo team heads down south this weekend looking to wrap up conference play with back-to-back wins and tune-up for the upcoming Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament.
Ticket Controversy Causes an I.V. Uproar
I’ve never seen such gross incompetence, especially for people trying to organize something that should run itself. When ads ran for the sneak screening of “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” at Isla Vista Theater, they said tickets could be picked up at the A.S. window OR at www.uberduzi.com. Several hundred people went to the Web site, it seems, but the fine folks running the event – in their infinite wisdom – decided not to honor these perfectly valid tickets.
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One Thing Leads to Another
Sat., April 12, 12:12 a.m. – A man strolling the 6600 block of Del Playa Drive attracted the attention of the Isla Vista Foot Patrol when he was spotted carrying everyone’s favorite police beacon – the infamous red cup.
SB Battles for First With Long Beach
Campus Diamond serves as the site for a clash between the two softball teams currently atop the Big West standings this weekend.
Potential Dangers of MSA Threaten Their Credibility
Editor, Daily Nexus,
Although the advertisement in Monday’s paper regarding the Muslim Student Association’s ties to jihad is a subject of much anger and passion within the Muslim community here at UCSB, it should not be immediately discredited.
Santa Barbara Splits Up for Pair of Meets Over Weekend
The UCSB track and field team returns to the oval this week with two events scheduled. First up for the Gauchos is one of the largest meets in the country with the Mt. San Antonio College Relays, which only a select number of Gauchos are signed up to attend. The majority of the UCSB track team will head down to compete in the Azusa Pacific Invitational, today, against competition from all over the nation.
MSA Hesitates to Distance Itself From Islamic Fascism
Editor, Daily Nexus,
The Muslim Student Association has not made a sufficient response to David Horowitz’s ad regarding the inauspicious origins of the MSA.