Isla Vista: Pay Your Party Dues
As a UCSB alumnus, I keep up to date with the Isla Vista news by reading the Nexus online. It’s awesome to see that the rafting craze that hit Del Playa Drive during my senior year in 2005 has turned into such an event as Floatopia. While things seem like they may have gotten out […]
Controversial “Bashir” To Screen at Campbell
There are few topics more divisive and polarizing on our campus than that of the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Even half a world away, this subject is something that almost no one is willing — or perhaps able — to discuss without involving massive emotional baggage. One side will weep, holding up shocking images of slain children, while the other questions the ethics of using children as human shields. And even as leadership from both sides tries to find a solution, the body count keeps rising.
SB To Cross Claremont
Two weeks ago, the UCSB women’s lacrosse club won three games to take home the Women’s Western Lacrosse League title, but that did not mark the end of the season.
Playboy Drops SB Party Rank
UCSB has apparently plummeted from the hearts of Hugh Hefner’s playboy bunnies.
Classical Dance With a Modern Flair
Featuring experimentation with movements as diverse as the troupe of dancers who performed them, last Friday’s performance by Spain’s National Junior Ballet Company was exquisite. The company performed three pieces, all choreographed by Artistic Director Nacho Duato, whose work featured the use of graceful and strong technical ballet combined with an innovative contemporary flair.
Pardall Shows Off New Makeover
Pardall Road will host an opening festival today to celebrate the end of the extensive renovations that have plagued the street for months.
Jazz Legend Plays in SB
This past Monday evening, 78-year-old jazz virtuoso stepped out on the stage at Campbell Hall and, without a word, lifted his tenor saxaphone to his lips and began to play. Beginning with a repetitive bebop line as his backing jazz combo laid out a groove, Rollins wasted no time before he unleashed one of his trademark improvisational solos, to the great delight of the mostly middle-aged crowd.
Writer To Talk About Issues in U.S. Workplace
New York Times labor and workplace reporter Steven Greenhouse will appear at UCSB tonight to introduce his newest book, “The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for The American Worker.”
Council Barely Achieves Quorum
Many Associated Students Legislative Council members apparently thought better of attending last night’s meeting.
Got the Clap?
Imagine contracting an STD. Imagine having to inform your recent sexual partners that they, too, might have an STD. If you are not the type to ever tell your recent partners, imagine you’re not a complete dick. When I get my routine peek under the hood, despite having nothing to worry about, the paranoid lunatic […]