Board Funds Group After Nexus Misprint
The Associated Students Finance Board allocated $60,669.46 to 20 groups at Monday night’s meeting.
The Weather Platform
Vote Weatherhuman! I’m running on a platform of embarrassing A.S. for all the stupid shit it pulls and bringing it down from the inside.
Tweet, Pay Attention to Me
Last Saturday was as typical as any other one this year. I was slightly hung over, worn from a night’s worth of dancing, drunken and impromptu wrestling and other shenanigans, and I found myself lying on my living room carpet, mind absorbed in an intense game of Mario Kart. I had been playing with my roommates for over an hour when suddenly a thought entered my head as quickly as the green shell had just blasted Toad off his turnpike: If I were to spend half as much time as I do playing this game doing something productive, I could really accomplish something special in my life. I could make a difference.
County Approves First Wind Farm Electricity
Santa Barbara County will be among the growing number of communities relying on wind energy come next year with the completion of a planned wind farm in Lompoc.
#1 SB Shoots Down Title
Last Saturday marked the opening of the 2009 Western Women’s Lacrosse League Championship, which Santa Barbara entered ranked first overall. UCSB began the tournament with a 15-2 record, having not lost since Feb. 15. Coming into the tournament looking to capture a WWLL title, the team had to first get through #24 Arizona State.
Gauchos Help Tidy Up Coast
Despite the litter-fest that was Floatopia 2009, more students are participating in beach cleanups than ever before, coordinators say.
Through efforts organized by a variety of environmental groups on campus, many students are spending their free time working to keep the beach and local community clean and garbage free.
This Earth Day Think About What You Eat
Much of 21st century agriculture occurs in fields far removed from the urban areas they feed. The visualization of food itself has, in large part, been transplanted from the farm and juxtaposed upon billboards, airbrushed into our magazines, pixilated and digitized into our televisions and computer screens and packaged into boxes and already made food items like the infamous Twinkie. Not everyone has the time to visit the farm where their food comes from or delve into the mysterious origins of their favorite dish.
Balling on Buddha
In a professional sports world where undercover steroid abuse runs rampant, there is another drug, or plant really, that is slowly returning to prominence. Somehow, players continue to receive serious fines and suspensions for its use, despite the fact that it is considerably less dangerous than anything you could inject into your ass with a needle. And I’d bet some athletes would even argue, through a cloud of skunky haze, that it helps out their game.
Nexus Fails to Factually Cover Any Relevant News
I am increasingly frustrated by the consistently irresponsible reporting by the Daily Nexus.
UC Spends to Save Energy
UCSB dedicates millions of dollars each year to its quest to “go green.”
The campus is home to a wide range of environmentally minded organizations and programs all working to ensure that the carbon footprint of the university diminishes with each year. As a leading proponent of sustainable design, the campus has an annual budget in the tens of millions for environmentally sound “green” practices.