International Students Journey to Yosemite for Recent Holiday
While most of UCSB’s population was elbow deep in their turkey dinners last weekend, more than 50 of the university’s international students were enjoying the natural splendor of Thanksgiving in Yosemite National Park.
The Art of Giving Thanks
While Thanksgiving is recognized as a time of appreciation and generosity, it can be unimaginably difficult to find a restaurant-crafted Thanksgiving dinner that is truly worth being grateful for. More than 40 dining establishments in the greater Santa Barbara area offer a traditional Thanksgiving meal, complete with oven-roasted turkey and all the decadent trimmings. As […]
UCSB Scores a Three-Peat
For the last two years, the UCSB women’s club soccer team reigned as champions over the rest of the league. However, when this season began, the offense took some time to come together, and it looked as though this might be the year that Santa Barbara would be ousted from its throne. Luckily, the Gauchos […]
“Dead” Demand Answers
With skeletons painted on their faces, a group of students fell to the ground in the Arbor yesterday to protest the “death” of public education.
Evangelical Ideas About Evolution Ignore Established Scientific Facts
On Thursday, Nov. 19 the scientific community celebrated the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s ground-shaking work, On the Origin of Species. Unfortunately, not everybody was excited about this event. Evangelist Ray Comfort took it upon himself to organize a mass distribution of an abridged version of the text in question to nearly 100 of the nation’s top universities including UCSB.
‘Chos Outplay Poly to Take Down Title
No one person is perfect. As a team, however, perfection can be reached. The UCSB women’s field hockey team posted an undefeated record this past season, going 16-0-2. After winning the Big West conference and capturing the conference’s tournament title, the Gauchos entered the postseason and persevered, winning the entire Western Collegiate Field Hockey Conference […]
Fill Thanksgiving Weekend With More Than Turkey
Thanksgiving weekend is right around the corner — and it’s sure to be stuffed. Stuffed with turkey, stuffed with pie, stuffed with kamikaze shots with Grandma and, if you have any respect for your beloved sex columnist, stuffed with kinky turkey games with your high school honey. The hookups during your first eight weeks of Fall Quarter were simply a warm-up for the sprint that is Thanksgiving weekend.
Ex-Gaucho Becomes Catwalk Contender
In just a few days, former UCSB student Jamie Lee Darley could be strutting down the runway as a Victoria’s Secret Angel. The Victoria’s Secret’s “Angel Boot Camp” Competition, which began with over 20,000 hopefuls across the country, has been whittled down over the last month to the final two: Darley and fellow Californian Kylie […]
Police Blotter
That’s a Bush, Not a Bed Sat., Nov. 14, 12:03 a.m. — A heavily intoxicated man seated on the curb attracted the attention of several passing revelers and, subsequently, the Isla Vista Foot Patrol. Seated near the intersection of Pasado Road and Camino Corto, the 18-year-old had seemingly reached, and then surpassed, his limit. The […]
Turkeys Fill Tummies
Thousands of local residents will be able to celebrate Thanksgiving this year, thanks to the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County’s annual turkey drive. The food bank began collecting donated turkeys earlier this month and has distributed nearly 2,700 turkeys as of yesterday. Over 200 local agencies including the Salvation Army and the Santa Barbara Rescue […]