Armchair QB
So how ’bout them Olympics? Pretty neat, eh*? The one time every four years when networks devote time to women’s sports, and some people even watch them! Huzzah. *Added for Canadianness.
SB Settles Score With 49ers
What a difference a month can make. After being blown out by 20 points in a meeting with Long Beach State back in mid-January, UC Santa Barbara (9-3 Big West, 14-8 overall) rebounded to split the season series in a dicey 64-62 win at the Thunderdome on Saturday. Sophomore forward Jaime Serna’s season-high 17 points led the way in a game where several Gauchos played a key role.
Love Stinks
So did everyone fall in love this weekend?
Rove Opposers Force Greater Security Costs
With Karl Rove’s visit just over a week away, tensions between host-group UCSB College Republicans and SB Anti War are mounting.
Protestors Represent Widespread American Discontent
To date, the revolutionaries have won. Government tax-and-spend stimulus bills are now politically toxic, and the push for a national healthcare bill has been soundly defeated.
Extreme Views Ignore Reality and Offer No Viable Solutions
“Our rich are too poor and our poor are too rich!” It’s a pithy expression that captures the outlandishness of the Republicans’ core ideology. But for those unsatisfied with a party that espouses only mildly insane political views, there is the Tea Party, a national movement of the paranoid right that opposes everything from income taxes and tyrannical federal government czars to the socialist Kenyan usurper in the White House.
Airport Calls for Local Talent
The Santa Barbara Airport is seeking artists to contribute their work to a new terminal structure.
City Strives to Better Local Infrastructure
The City of Goleta is looking to build new highway overpasses in an effort to create safe and convenient crossing points for cars and pedestrians.
Event Explores Racist Zombies
A free discussion on the prevalence of prejudice in zombie movies will take place at 6:30 in the Multicultural Center lounge tonight.
Accident Takes Life of Former UCSB Student
Family, friends and fellow surfers are mourning the death of UCSB alumnus Stephen Schafer, who was killed less than two weeks ago in a fatal shark attack.