Democrats Dominate

Come January, Barack Obama will be president of the United States.

Riding on the coattails of Obama’s victory, Democrats swept the local elections. Doreen Farr eked out a win in the 3rd District supervisor race, beating Steve Pappas by less than 1,000 votes. Hannah-Beth Jackson narrowly defeated republican Tony Strickland in the 19th state senate district, and Pedro Nava, the 35th district state assembly incumbent, successfully trounced republican Gregory Gandrud.

Harder Than Hell

It’s finally playoff time at Harder Stadium, and if you’re reading this, you’d better be extremely excited. In the past 16 years, UCSB has made the transition from showcasing a mediocre football team to become a futból powerhouse, and that means epic postseason games are consistently played every year.

Frisky Late Night Calls

The booty call invented casual sex. Need proof? Think of our world without it. The long courtships, the cutesy phone calls, the forced attentiveness, oh my. The long nights spent feigning interest in her prized bobble head collection. The afternoons spent watching his Rock Band-obsessed roommate shriek, “Wanted, dead or aliiiiiive,” before his imaginary groupies. The thankless effort to be tight with her crew when the only “tight” you’d like to experience is your manhood nestled between her bosom.

The booty call, in all its shameless glory, has restored the “quick” in quickie.

Officials Break Down Clery Report Statistics

While the recently released UCSB crime report shows a dramatic drop in Isla Vista drug and liquor arrests, local law enforcement agencies attribute the discrepancy to a change in reporting requirements.

Armchair QB

Politics is a sport right? You’d think so, with all the talk of Hail Marys and shit that the McCain campaign was pulling. But in politics, as is so often true in sports, the black guy won.

Scandalous Brazilian Nights

When the Samba and hip hop the DJ was mixing together cut out, I managed to retract my face away from the eager girl I had seen eyeing me earlier to discover that the crowd that enveloped us earlier had vanished. Like most Brazilians, she considered kissing to involve forceful tongue wrestling for drawn-out periods of time, allowing other events to pass around her without notice.

Forum To Review Housing

A public hearing for the Ocean Road housing project – which aims to develop a narrow stretch of UCSB property for staff and faculty housing – will be held Thursday night.

Winter Health Depends on Flu Shots

“At Student Health, we have seen well over double the number of flu cases last year [Winter 2008] as compared to the same time periods in the past five winters,” Dr. Elizabeth Downing, director of UCSB’s Student Health, said.

MCC To Offer HIV Tests

The MultiCultural Center will be providing free anonymous HIV testing for all students this Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The process used – Rapid HIV Testing – takes about 20 minutes and involves a quick mouth swab. Tests are completely anonymous, as all results will be attached to numbers rather than to names. […]

Art Aims to Save Seaside

An exhibit benefiting the Gaviota Coast and featuring Santa Barbara artists aims to make a splash when it opens downtown today.