Students Obsess Over Drugs, Alcohol
In the last few weeks I find that I can’t look at the Opinion page without reading some tripe about drugs or drinking. We even have columnists on these subjects.
California Highway Patrol: Kicking Ass and Taking Names
This Memorial Day weekend, the California Highway Patrol plans to fully enforce traffic laws in order to prevent reckless behavior on the road.
New UC Web Program To Assist K-12 Students
Due to a statewide program instituted by the University of California, K-12 students will soon gain free access to UC-approved online college prep courses and lessons.
Nexus Headline Spurs Response
No one cares about the struggle of American Indians. Your life today is way better than it would’ve been if Europeans hadn’t come and ruined the lives of those original Native Americans.
Skater Boy
Is it just me, or do most girls riding skateboards look like a) they’re trying to achieve liftoff, or b) they would be more at home on a Razor scooter? Most of them aren’t going more than a few yards per hour faster than me on foot, and if you weigh that against the (excellent) […]
Hungry ‘Eaters Await UCSB in Season Finale
With its last hopes for the postseason on the line, the UC Santa Barbara baseball team will face #1 UC Irvine this weekend in a three-game home series at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. Since the series is the last of the Gauchos’ regular season, UCSB Athletics will honor the team’s eight graduating seniors in a ceremony before Friday’s game at 2 p.m.
Officials Investigate Questionable E-mail
The controversy surrounding a professor’s e-mail comparing Israeli soldiers to Nazis will be the focus of a panel tonight at Embarcadero Hall.
Surf Into Awesomeness
The summer before I moved to UCSB I was given a surfboard. The nose was split open and it was riddled with dings, but I eventually glued it back together and swore to learn how to surf better. Like many people, I had a few experiences with the sport in my past. I had taken a couple brief lessons and trips with my youth group in high school, but my skills had all but disappeared.
Extravaganza 2009
Hot off the heels of the one-two punch of its 2008 EP, The Bake Sale, and its 2009 mix-tape, Gone Fishing, The Cool Kids played a mid-afternoon set at this weekend’s Extravaganza.
Moran Ends Career on High
Senior midfielder Katie Moran of the UCSB women’s lacrosse club team should be used to receiving awards by now. As a freshman in the 2006 season, she was named the team’s Rookie of the Year. She followed that up as a sophomore by being named to the All-League First Team. As a junior, she was named captain for the Gauchos and received her first All-American selection. This season, the recognitions kept rolling in.