Drought Plagues State; SB Remains Resilient
Never mind the puddles, dark clouds and little drops of water falling from the sky – California is currently experiencing a drought several years in the making.
SBIFF ’09: Festival Honors Five Virtuosic Actors
Last Wednesday evening, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival honored five actors for being standout performers in 2008. The award was created last year to “recognize a select group of actors who have distinguished themselves through performances in film.”
Veteran Professor Passes Away
UCSB anthropology professor Phillip L. Walker died after a suspected heart attack last Friday. He was 61 years old.
SBIFF ’09: “Ink” Is Stained With Promise **
“Ink” is a frustrating movie. It is generally idiotic but has brief moments of genius, totally half-baked but kind of fascinating, a cheap knockoff of other films but also surprisingly filled with ingenuity. Unfortunately, the story disjointedly flows from one needless plot convolution to the next and it becomes increasingly difficult to care about any of it.
SBIFF ’09: Twisted Pleasure *
As a rule of thumb, anyone who claims to do something in order to “protect the children” is more than likely ethically bankrupt and morally repugnant. I really should have known better than to go see “Follow the Prophet,” a film that boasts the tagline, “Polygamy: Who will save the children?”
Making Time
Seeing as I’ve been in and out of midterms these past few weeks, I’ve learned something really important: Sleep is overrated.
UC Profits From Patent Technology
While UCSB has felt the constraints of campus budget cuts, the Office of Technology Transfer has continued to issue patents and reap the rewards generated from new technologies.
Mullin, Mopeds, Madness
Coming off a promising 2007-08 season that saw the Warriors end up with the best record in NBA history not to make the postseason, it’s confounding to get a handle on what exactly happened with the once-promising boys in blue and gold.
This V-Day, Try a Three-Way
Remember those shoebox mailboxes you made for Valentine’s Day in elementary school? Remember how you would stay up past 8 o’clock the night before, sorting boxes of candy hearts for each cutie in your classroom? Ever end up one treat short, and two little sweethearts volunteered to share your candy? Good, you see where this […]
Police Blotter
Sun., Feb. 8, 1:55 a.m. – Officers working the red-eye were called to action when they spotted an inebriated man struggling to walk down the 800 block of Camino del Sur.