Month: January 2009

Sports

Be a Good Fan, Save Your $cratch

January 21, 2009 by Derek Mead

With the inauguration taking place yesterday, hope and optimism throughout the majority of the American populace are at their highest levels in a decade. Despite the economy going Chernobyl, a tremendous lack of fresh water that will probab...

News

Mister Pontius Goes to Washington, MLS

January 21, 2009 by John Greely

Move over Barack Obama, Washington, D.C. has an even newer face in town. In Major League Soccer's SuperDraft on Thursday, D.C. United selected Gaucho senior Chris Pontius with the seventh overall pick.

Opinion

Regents Threaten UC Admission Standards

January 21, 2009 by Dana Moore

As a 2008 graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, I am bothered by the UC Board of Regents’ proposal to lower admission standards and eliminate the SAT II Subject Tests for several reasons. Most importantly, this prop...

News

Guest Professor Presents New Book

January 21, 2009 by Sheila Ganjian

Paula Fredriksen made an appearance at Corwin Pavilion last night to tackle the subject of anti-Semitism.

Sports

SB Welcomes Weekend Homestand

January 21, 2009 by Miles Yim

The Gauchos (1-3-1 overall, 0-1 in conference) bookended their preseason against a Utah squad (9-2-1) that had won eight out of the last 11 games going into the Jan. 10 contest.