Month: January 2009

Sports

Big West Preview — UC Riverside

January 6, 2009 by Ravi Bhatia

Last season, the UC Riverside Highlanders' run for their third consecutive Big West conference tournament championship ended in the semifinals in a 63-53 loss to #2 seed UC Davis. During the preseason, Riverside was predicted to finish firs...

News

Study Reveals Cosmic Crash

January 6, 2009 by Nadia Ismail

Evidence in a recent study has revealed that a deadly comet may have crashed into Earth 13,000 years ago, raining fire down across the North American continent, wiping out whole species of prehistoric mammals and perhaps setting off a globa...

Opinion

Wacko Tobacco

January 6, 2009 by Alex Coffman

I’ve recently discovered one of the most wonderful, fun, uplifting, abused drugs around. No, it’s not cocaine. It’s not speed. It’s tobacco! This “recreational” drug is one of the most commonly used and a...

Sports

Big West Preview — UC Santa Barbara

January 6, 2009 by John Greely

For the first time in what seems like decades, UCSB women's basketball is a bit of a mystery. After all, it is not every year that a team has to replace a legendary head coach who won 11 of 12 conference regular season titles (and made 10 N...

News

Farr To Fill 3rd District Seat

January 6, 2009 by Travis Miller

Doreen Farr will be sworn in as Isla Vista's sole elected county representative this morning at the first County Board of Supervisors meeting of 2009.