Gauchos Battle Bay Area Foes
After holding serve at home against #8 UC San Diego in epic fashion, the #7 UCSB men’s water polo team hits the road to resume Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play against defending national champion #3 Cal and #19 Pacific this weekend.
‘Day of the Dead’ Show To Help Save Coastline
The Santa Barbara Surfrider Chapter will co-sponsor a concert this Saturday to raise money for the foundation and its efforts to preserve the Gaviota Coast.
Doreen Farr Is Up to Par
Editor, Daily Nexus,
Isla Vista. One square mile of a city inhabited by mostly college students. It has the best-acclaimed food joints, local businesses that give it extra charm and, of course, let’s not leave out the infamous reputation of I.V. parties. More than a party, a lifestyle some would say. Now, why is it with a city as fabulous as Isla Vista, we all too often allow our homes to appear as run-down shacks? Some I.V. houses even have “Warning: hazardous chemicals in reach” signs posted within feet of our residencies. Is that what we like to call “home sweet home”?
Armchair QB
Phillies in five? If the QB recalls correctly, a certain Daily Nexus Sports Editor called it. Then again, that doesn’t provide any solace considering just how pathetic and depressing this series really was. Way to go, MLB.
Police Blotter
Thurs., Oct 23, 5:50 a.m. — Custodial staff working an early morning shift at Ellison Hall on the UCSB campus called the police after coming across a young man asleep outside a door to the building. Isla Vista’s finest responded and found the inebriated subject lying upside-down on a handicap ramp. The deputies roused the […]
Doreen Farr Is Up to Par
Editor, Daily Nexus,
In his final days, 3rd District Supervisor Brooks Firestone has once again demonstrated his unwillingness and inability to accurately and passionately represent the true desires and emotions of the Santa Barbara, Goleta and Isla Vista communities as he staunchly argued as one of the go-ahead votes for the Naples development project. Despite the fact that a majority of Santa Barbara residents protest this project, Firestone has long been a supporter of what would constitute a massive, multi-million dollar development overhaul of the coastal land, stripping away public beach access with a plan that currently has been found to not fully fulfill the Environmental Impact Report’s requirements for mitigation.
Yet, this is a step that can be righted.
New Study Focuses on Strengths
A UCSB researcher recently discovered that by age four, humans can accurately size up a potential opponent’s fighting skills with a single glance.
MacKinnon Serves to Balance SB County Bench
To the students of UCSB:
My name is John MacKinnon, and I am asking for your vote for Superior Court judge on Nov. 4. Back in June, I came in first place out of four candidates with 40 percent of the votes. I hope that this letter will give you the information you need to vote for MacKinnon.