Dalai Lama Enlightens UCSB
“The 20th century has been the century of violence. The 21st century should be the century of dialogue.”
Mustangs Come Back to Topple Gauchos
For the second straight week, the UCSB baseball team walked off with its series opener thanks to a game-winning hit, giving them the control in a three-game series at home. Unfortunately for the Gauchos (23-14 overall, 6-6 in the Big West), their inability to close out a series would repeat, as the visiting Cal Poly Mustangs (29-10, 10-5 Big West) upended the home team in Saturday and Sunday’s games in a crucial conference clash.
Calling Women “Hoes” Is Demeaning, Appalling
After reading Jesse Byrd’s column (“I Got Hoes,” Daily Nexus, April 23), I nearly vomited my Pita Pit, not just because of the phrase “summa cum Ho-de,” but because of the sheer demoralization of women that it presented.
Open People’s Party Sweeps A.S. Election
The 2009 Associated Students election ended Thursday in a landslide victory for the Open People’s Party.
Gauchos Charge Through the Oregon Trail
The Santa Barbara track team competed in the highly touted Oregon Relays this past weekend, and several Gauchos enjoyed success with freshman middle distance runner Ryan Martin and sophomore hurdler Barbara Nwaba leading the way.
A.S. Elections Are Only What You Make of Them
As a student of politics, I am somehow interested in processes as mundane, hapless and quasi-important as A.S. elections. The recent election saw the Open People’s Party take a hold of A.S. with proportions similar to certain third world regimes. Is this a problem? Not. One. Bit. A.S. is what you make of it.
AXO Wins Third ASVT
The promise of scantily-clad volleyball players drew thousands of eager voyeurs downtown Saturday for the sixth annual All Sorority Volleyball Tournament.
UC Berkeley Wamboozles SB
The newly crowned Big West Champion Gauchos took a last-minute offer to play UC Berkeley yesterday, hoping to improve on their seeding for the NCAA tournament. Unfortunately, the #38 ranked Golden Bears proved too much to handle, mauling the Gauchos in a 5-2 victory.
The Case Against Legalizing Marijuana
Many people blame the government for the war on drugs because the government refuses to legalize the drug. But the war on drugs isn’t as shortsighted as proponents of legalization would like to think. Legalizing marijuana will not solve all of our drug war problems and certainly won’t make our country a better place to live.
Students Rally Against Use of Child Soldiers
At one o’clock in the afternoon on Saturday, hundreds of UCSB and SBCC students were “abducted.”