A.S. Hosts RecycleMania

UCSB will undergo a green makeover this winter during the ninth annual RecycleMania competition.

UCSB Study Analyzes Financial Future

The deepening economic crisis is expected to intensify throughout 2009 and into ’10, the UCSB Economic Forecast Project announced yesterday.

I.V. Construction is an Eye Sore

Is anyone else as fed up with the construction around town as I am? Following a winter break that can only be described as too short, I return to our beloved party ghetto of a college town only to find the giant fucking eyesore the city calls an improvement-in-the-making still unfinished. Although the current construction […]

We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Band-Aid

Madoff Ruling Ridicules Justice System

Twenty-five years, $50 billion and a $10 million bail. In 25 years Bernard Madoff managed to create a Ponzi scheme of $50 billion, only to get off on a $10 million bail to live in his penthouse as he awaits his trial that he will likely delay for several years before he manages to hide […]

Forum Discusses Future in Light of Prop 8

The Santa Barbara queer community gathered this week to discuss marriage equality in the wake of Proposition 8.

United Way Offers Candy Grams for Charity

The United Way kicked off their annual charity drive yesterday by playing Cupid.

Think Shiny

It’s official: Steve Jobs is taking a leave of absence from Apple.

Gauchos Take Wind out of Vikings’ Sails

Three weeks ago, the UCSB women’s basketball team was off to a rocky start under first-year coach Lindsay Gottlieb. The team had just lost to Kentucky and found itself with an uncomfortable 3-6 record. What a difference most of a month can make.

UC Cuts Enrollment, Freezes Salaries

With the state’s budget crisis deepening, the University of California Board of Regents curtailed freshmen enrollment and froze the salaries of senior leadership yesterday.