Uninformed Voting Imperils Civic Virtue
Last week professor Robert Williams wrote an editorial stressing the importance of students casting their ballots in this upcoming November election.
Decorated Scientist To Host Lecture
Nobel Prize winner William Phillips will deliver a presentation entitled “Time, Einstein and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe” to a full house tonight at 8 p.m.
Proposition 23
Passed by the state legislature in 2006, AB 32 is a state law that requires California’s greenhouse gas emission levels to return to what they were in 1990 by the year 2020.
Mustangs No Match for Gauchos
In yet another match that went down to the wire, the UCSB men’s pulled out a 2-1 victory over Cal Poly behind junior midfielder Luis Silva’s last-minute goal on Tuesday.
Locals Rise for Safer Streets
Milpas Street residents and business owners gathered Tuesday to formally announce the formation of the Milpas Community, a group dedicated to reducing the amount of prostitution, drugs, panhandling and public defecation in the area.
I Heart Newbs
How to tell you’re a freshman…
Bright Future for Gaucho Volleyball Behind Two Surprise Freshmen Starters
Two freshmen have impressed immediately for the UCSB women’s volleyball team, contributing in a big way. Starting libero Kelly Heenan and outside hitter Kara Sherrard have both been crucial for Santa Barbara (10-8 overall, 4-1 Big West) in its early season success.
California Candidates To Face Off
Campus Democrats and College Republicans will host a televised broadcast of the debate between gubernatorial candidates Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman at the University Center Hub this evening.
Physicists Make Quantum Leap
Physicists at UCSB recently published a paper in the journal Nature that could pave the way to building the first quantum computer.
Marine Mucus Mucks Up Ocean
Researchers have found that oil released into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon spill has caused stressed-out phytoplankton to create massive globs of “sea-snot”.