Don’t Miss the Big Point, Ignorant Grammar Geek
Daily Nexus humour columnist Dylan James did a push-up for every grammatical mistake his editor fixed in his opinion column (“Grammar Nazi Joins Word Reich,” Daily Nexus, Feb. 3), but I’m afraid he has one push-up to go.
UCSB Treads Water in SD
Senior utility Gillian Morgan tied, broke and tied again her career single-game scoring mark as the #20 UCSB women’s water polo team split four games at UCSD’s Triton Invitational last weekend.
SB Museum Celebrates Life, Theories of Darwin
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History kicked off its weeklong celebration of the life and work of Charles Darwin this Sunday.
Pappas May be Justified in Pursuing Voter Case
The recent coverage of the continuing situation of the Pappas-Farr candidacy for 3rd District supervisor has been a little skewed to one side. We are so quick to vilify Mr. Pappas and say how wrong he is when all he is doing is keeping our government from fraudulent actions and making sure the election that happened on our watch, on our campus, in our community, was legitimate and without cause for concern.
SB Splits in Norcal
The UCSB women’s tennis team split matches on their NorCal road trip this weekend, opening Big West play with a 5-2 win over UC Davis on Saturday and losing 5-2 to Pacific on Sunday.
A.S. Deals Funds Amid Tax Hike
Associated Students held an impromptu Legislative Council meeting on Sunday to discuss fighting the rising tax increases on services paid by student lock-in fees.
Spring Quarter Advice
Don’t know whether you can weather this weather or not? Yeah, me neither, but dumb English jokes aren’t going to make it better.
Weekend Personifies Perfection
Last weekend, it turned out that the only force capable of stymieing UCSB’s softball team wasn’t any opposing team, but the weather. Freshman Krista Cobb threw a perfect game in her first collegiate start and the Gauchos (4-0 overall) tore through lesser opponents like Oregon, Wichita State, McNeese State and Wagner during the first two days of the Kajikawa Classic, but when it came to the third-day matchups against Penn State and #7 Arizona, the clouds above Tempe, Arizona opened up, forcing the games to be canceled due to rain.
Pappas, Farr Face Off in Court Today
A Superior Court judge will hear evidence today concerning a handful of pre-trial motions that could largely affect Steve Pappas’ chance of unseating 3rd District Supervisor Doreen Farr.