Visiting Professor Explores Light Perception in the Infrared
In infrared light, water and sky look black and smooth like a chalkboard, plant leaves glow like bioluminescent jellyfish, and the red and white colors of a stop sign blend together to make a dull grey-colored octagon.
Student To Face Charges After Recent Incident
Following a call from his girlfriend, who alleged domestic violence, a UCSB student was apprehended Saturday on charges that included resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer with spit.
Gauchos Hope to Down Matadors
After taking two out of three games from Pacific over the weekend, the UCSB baseball team will wrap up its five-game road trip tomorrow at Cal State Northridge in a nonconference game against a surging Matador squad that is coming off a series sweep against Cal Poly.
“Real Time” Misleadingly Attacks PATRIOT Act’s Purpose
While flipping through the channels one Saturday night, I stumbled upon my old nemesis: Bill Maher. Now I know the idea of Maher being a douche bag is a tough concept to handle, but go with me here. I’ve always wondered how this lunatic managed to convince HBO his verbal diarrhea is worth airtime. Desperate for something to watch, I decided I would tolerate his latest garbage, and with record speed he managed to piss me off.
Nicki’s Nifty News:
Everyone’s talking about jobs today. There’s the career fair over there in the alumni house (side note: do I get to stay there after I graduate?) and with graduation in t-68 days, it seems like everybody is discussing the future and careers and crap like that.
People I Don’t Like
I really can’t stand this new “People You May Know” section on Facebook. Yes, I know these people, but I don’t want to know them anymore. If I did, I’d search for them myself and add them as friends. I don’t need Facebook to tell me who I should be friends with. Plus, I don’t […]
Book-Buying Blues
With Spring Quarter fully upon us, most of us have already made our way to the UCen to buy new books and sell our old ones that we wish we could burn instead (OK, maybe I just want to burn mine). “Cash for books” should really be called, “We’ll steal your books for a buck.”
Police Arrest Suspected Laptop Thief
Following eyewitness accounts of a Trigo Road burglary on Saturday night, police have arrested a suspect.
Bathroom Reading Material:
Youth movement… I suppose those two words could mean a number of different things depending on your perspective, but from a baseball point of view, it means your team is getting younger.