CalPIRG Meets at Poverty Event
Students gathered at UC Davis this weekend to participate in the 2009 West Coast Student Conference on Hunger and Homelessness.
UCSB Cleans Out Northridge
After coming all the way back from a 6-3 deficit to win the first game in the bottom of the seventh, the UCSB softball team utilized another complete-game shutout from freshman Krista Cobb to take the doubleheader against Cal State Northridge last Saturday at Campus Diamond. Cobb earned wins in both games, entering game one in a relief role.
There’s No Excuse to Trash the Beach
Regarding the Daily Nexus’ recent story on Floatopia’s threat to the environment (“Floatopia Threatens Environment,” April 9, 2009), and Josh Taylor’s column (“Don’t Trash Our Trade” Daily Nexus, April 9, 2009), I think there’s a very strong need for students to reflect on what happened.
Police Apprehend Suspected Heroin Dealers
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept., working with several other law enforcement agencies, made the largest brown powder heroin bust in the county’s history Tuesday, working off months of investigation.
SB Takes Series But Drops Finale
The Gaucho offense flexed its muscles in Davis this past weekend, punching out 40 hits over a three-game span to achieve its second straight Big West series victory. However, the UC Santa Barbara baseball team (19-10 overall, 5-4 in the Big West) also had the final game of the series slip away for the second consecutive weekend, losing a 9-8 nail-biter on Saturday after convincing 8-3 and 14-1 routes on Thursday and Friday respectively.
Sexual Assault Affects Us All
This week marks Students Stopping Rape’s annual “It Affects Me” campaign, an annual opportunity for students to reflect on how sexual assault impacts their lives and score a free T-shirt. Female students rarely, if ever, have trouble identifying how sexual assault impacts their lives.
Campus Study Evaluates Coastal Hazards
A two-year UCSB study has created a methodology to effectively manage the world’s threatened coral reef ecosystems.
UCSB Assaults Washington
After beating Washington State and Eastern Washington in Pullman this weekend the UCSB women’s tennis team ended their regular season 15-5, winning four consecutive matches – six of their last seven – going into the Big West Championships.
UC Considers Employment Cuts Due to Budget Crisis
With the University of California millions of dollars in the hole, UC President Mark G. Yudof announced the University will consider issuing employee furloughs and salary reductions.