Month: January 2009

Opinion

Energy’s Sunny Future

January 15, 2009 by Jordan Pokross

Part of Barack Obama's stimulus plan will certainly focus on financing alternative energy projects, probably the building of windmills, geothermal power plants and such. And as Orwellian the task of semi-eternal and laborious windmill build...

News

Slow Business Forces SB Shops to Shut Doors

January 15, 2009 by Kristin Ferrell

Vacant storefronts are the newest trend hitting Santa Barbara's downtown commercial district, as retail shops and restaurants face the economic crisis that has gripped the nation.

Sports

Irvine Spoils SB’s MPSF Opener

January 15, 2009 by Ravi Bhatia

UC Irvine's 6-5 redshirt freshman opposite Carson Clark from Santa Barbara hit a career-high of 24 of the team's 59 kills on 32 attacks and four errors for a .625 hitting percentage on the way to a 30-23, 30-25, 26-30, 30-17 win over the #9...

Opinion

Even Tourists Can Love the Weird Santa Cruz Culture

January 15, 2009 by Janna Bowman

Upon reading Todd Prodanovich’s surf column about the inherent “weirdness” of Santa Cruz (“Birkenstocks and Banana Slugs,” Daily Nexus, Jan. 14), we were disheartened to realize how stereotypically he portrayed...

Sports

SB Heading for SLO Victory

January 15, 2009 by Derek Mead

After giving up yet another come-from-behind loss to Cal State Fullerton last Saturday, the UCSB men's basketball team will be shooting to pick up some Big West momentum this Saturday night against conference rival Cal Poly.