Spikers Shank Tritons
UCSB earned its first win of the season on Saturday night, beating UC San Diego 3-2 in thrilling fashion.
UCSB Draws Large Rise in Applications
UCSB’s admissions office received a staggering 58,992 prospective freshmen and transfer student applications for Fall 2010.
Campaign for UCSB Passes Fiscal Target
The number of charitable contributions to UC Santa Barbara reached an all-time high last year, resulting in over $40 million in donations.
Curves Crush “Above Average” Hopes
To be the best, you have to kill the rest.
SB Slammed
The scoreboard claims that the Gaucho men’s basketball team lost to Long Beach State (8-9 overall, 2-2 conference) on Thursday night at the Pyramid, but their season-high 29 turnovers on 32.7 percent shooting suggests they lost to themselves.
Local Nursery Heals Slowly
The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden still has a long road ahead to recover from the devastation wrought by last year’s Jesusita Fire.
Historical Hemp Enthusiasts Disprove Lazy Stoner Theory
There is a common myth going around that cannabis makes a person less productive. People are affected by substances in different ways; to say that smoking pot lessens enthusiasm and vigor for life is nonsense.
49ers Strike Gold in T-Dome
Breaking a curse is never a cakewalk, but Long Beach State certainly came close to making their 78-63 drubbing of UCSB Thursday night look like one. In front of 1,589 onlookers at the Thunderdome, the 49ers (7-9 overall, 3-1 in Big West) ended a seven-game losing streak to the Gauchos (5-11, 2-2) and secured their first win on Santa Barbara’s home court since 1991, thanks in part to 12-22 shooting from three-point land. UCSB was able to cut a once 19-point deficit to eight midway through the second half, but LBSU refused to cool off, issuing a 13-6 run from that point to effectively seal the outcome.
Groups Collect Donations for Quake Victims
In the aftermath of the massive earthquake that rocked Haiti and left complete destruction in its wake, local organizations are coordinating community relief efforts.
Legislators to Blame for Underfunding of the UC
This quarter I am teaching Art History 6B, a lower division survey course. In the past, it has been taught in Campbell Hall, and has enrolled between 650-750 students. This year, owing to budget cuts affecting our TA allocation, we have had to reduce the size of the class to 425, and it is now taught in I.V. Theater. This past week, close to 150 students tried to crash the course, three times more than have ever tried to crash a course of mine before, and I have had to turn almost all of them away.