Black Bear Roams Near Campus (Seriously)
After numerous sightings, authorities have confirmed that nestled deep within a thicket near Harder Stadium lurks a 250-pound black bear.
Not-So-Beachy Summer Reads
Summer shouldn’t be an excuse to sit around by the waves working on your deep bronze tan, frying your brain reading Cosmo and listening to your iPod for three sweet straight months (though there’s more than enough time for that, too). If you’re beach-bound and don’t want your brain to lie completely sentient, there are […]
Meeting Sees Few Student Attendees
A public forum held in Isla Vista Theater last night for the UCSB Long Range Development Plan – a campuswide construction plan that directly impacts the future of UCSB – was attended by just one student.
The Lineup
NEW TRACKS Last week, L.A. underground hip-hop artist Busdriver released another eclectic single, “Ellen Disingenuous” on iTunes. Also floating around the Web for your (legal) downloading pleasure: new tracks by Sigur Ros (Gobbledigook), Ratatat (Mirando), Albert Hammond, Jr. (GfC) and The Clientele (Share the Night). ART EXHIBITION The University Art Museum will host the Art […]
Students Discourage Study Drug Use
In an effort to combat the growing popularity of Adderall, one student group waged an anti-study drug campaign on campus this week in the hopes of offering alternatives to the substance.
Farr, Pappas To Face Off in November in 3rd District Supervisor Race
With none of the five candidates able to obtain a majority of votes, the race for 3rd District Supervisor will continue until November, in the form of a run-off election between Doreen Farr and Steve Pappas.
Chicken Tikka Misspellers
Man this Scripps National Spelling Bee is quickly turning into the ultimate beauty pageant for Indian families eh?
Athletic Department Report: Part III
During our combined years at the Nexus, we’ve done just about everything you can do involving Gaucho athletics. We celebrated in the St. Louis snow when the men’s soccer team won the National Championship in 2006, and we sat outside the Anaheim Convention Center in stunned silence this March when the men’s basketball team was knocked out of the Big West Tournament.
Grand Old Party Teeters on Collapse
What is it about Republicans that drives them to pick the wrong side of every issue?