Month: January 2009

News

Officials Pause Ocean Road Proposal

January 28, 2009 by S.F.

Plans to demolish Ocean Road this year have been postponed amid mounting public pressure to halt the housing project's rapid progression.

Sports

Gauchos Hit the Road to Northridge

January 28, 2009 by John Greely

Can the UCSB women's basketball team make it ten wins in a row? It has that chance Wednesday night against Cal State Northridge, and the Gauchos certainly hope to capitalize.

Opinion

Society: Quit Ignoring Rape

January 28, 2009 by Kyle Stewart

Rape is a taboo subject in our society. Many people don’t want to even acknowledge the existence of rape and how disgustingly frequently it occurs. Ignorance is bliss, right? The word “rape” has somehow become a commonplac...

News

UC Workers Protest for Better Wages

January 28, 2009 by Evan Sherwood

A swarm of over 70 protesters marched to a campus administrator's doorstep yesterday, demanding wage increases for UC service workers system-wide

Sports

A Stupefying Surfventure

January 28, 2009 by Elliott Rosenfeld

In the waning summer months before my freshman year at UCSB, I told my parents that I – along with two buddies – was going to blaze down the North American coastline into Baja, Mexico, on an epic surfventure. My mom, knowing of ...