Vision 2025 Apt to Give UCSB Bad Eyesight
The Ocean Road Project and the Long Range Development Plan, a.k.a. “Vision 2025,” are bad for the community, the environment and the university itself. In the article about the Ocean Road Project (“Officials Pause Ocean Road Proposal,” Daily Nexus, Jan. 28) Director of Campus Planning and Design Tye Simpson was quoted saying “I think community […]
UCSB Looks to Ace Opposition on Road
The #60 UCSB men’s tennis team heads to Oregon this weekend to take on the Ducks as well as the University of New Mexico. So far this season, the Gauchos have lost against three ranked teams, including #2 Texas.
By Reason of Insanity
Rating: ***
$96,000 Tax Puts A.S. in a Pinch
The Associated Students Legislative Council discussed approaches to fight the tax increase on the services paid by student lock-in fees.
No Love for Davis And Pacific Rain or Shine
The UCSB women’s tennis team kicks off their Big West schedule this weekend in road matches at UC Davis on Saturday and Pacific on Sunday. Both matches are set to start at 11:00 a.m., pending the stormy weather set to hit California this weekend.
American Hero
I know this is kind of old news, but I feel it’s important for you all to know. Michael Phelps, American hero and holder of a million Olympic golds, has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs. Well, not so much performance-enhancing, unless his next remarkable feat will be downing eight bags of Doritos and watching Half-Baked for the 17th time. That’s right, Phelps was caught smoking pot at a college party months after his Beijing badassery. Then his bones disappeared and he collapsed into a pile on the couch. Be careful kids: smoke weed and you might end up like Michael Phelps.
Writer Anna Quindlen Speaks at Campbell
Anna Quindlen – a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author – stopped by UCSB last night to share her thoughts on reading, the media and the value of education.
In Bed, the Bad Ones Win
More often than I should, I’ll appease the hormonal monster rumbling inside me and watch re-runs of Sex and the City. While most of the time it’s just fun to bask in its girly triteness (Prada bags and gay B.F.F.’s, omg!), there are often some real gems of truth hidden in the fluff. The other […]
Gauchos Geared for Opener
Picked to finish third in the Big West according to the preseason coaches’ poll, UCSB softball heads to Tempe, Ariz., this weekend to kick off the 2009 campaign at the Kajikawa Classic against marquee schools like Oregon, Penn State and Arizona. The Kajikawa Classic is one of four invitationals the Gauchos will attend before setting foot on Campus Diamond, a reunion scheduled for March 11.
Pappas Serves Student Leaders
Leading officers of the Campus Democrats and a member of the Associated Students Executive Board were subpoenaed last night to appear at court and testify in Steve Pappas’ suit against 3rd District supervisor Doreen Farr.