Board Manages Deficit With Fewer Resources
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors met yesterday morning to examine possible ways of balancing the budget in the face of a shortfall that may trump last year’s whopping $40 million-plus deficit.
Halloween and the IVFP
LT. Ray Vuillemainroy speaks with the Daily Nexus about the preparations the IVFP have made for Halloween.
Center Seeks to Speed Up Ethernet
Last Wednesday, UCSB announced the launch of the Terabit Optical Ethernet Center (TOEC), a new research center focused on developing the technology for advanced terabit-speed networks. “We’re going to need much faster networking to handle the explosion in internet traffic and support new large-scale applications like cloud computing,” Daniel Blumenthal, professor of electrical and computer […]
Scientists Use Lasers To Detect, Control Diamond Quantum States
The physicists and researchers of UCSB’s Awschalom Group are one step closer to harnessing the potential of quantum computers, according to a paper published on Oct. 14, 2010 in the online version of Science. UCSB physics and electrical and computer engineering professor David Awschalom and graduate student Bob Buckley have led research into using thin […]
Big Brother Raises Hiring Standards
“What is in a name?” Juliet famously asked Romeo. “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
Measure S Enforces Dehumanizing Status Quo
Well I never thought I’d see the day when I agreed with the “Right Said” opinion piece instead of the “Left Said,” but that day has finally come in the form of Measure S.
The Biggest College Party In California: A History of Isla Vista’s Halloween pt. 2
Although it began as a water balloon and mud fight between dorms in the early 60’s, Halloween in Isla Vista has entirely warped the traditional notion of “trick or treat.”
Cannabis Capitalism Deserves Freedom to Profit
The Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Dept. recently raided the local medical marijuana dispensary Helping Hands Wellness Center to confiscate a hundred pounds of pot, over a thousand cannabis plants and twenty grand in cash.
Experienced Democrats Offer Tested Leadership
Jerry Brown should be California’s next governor, not only because of the future he promises to provide for California, but also for the past accomplishments which he has already demonstrated as California’s governor from 1975 to 1983.
Research Counters Gay Policy
While the LGBTQ community gained a short-lived victory from the overturn of the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy earlier this month, a federal appeals court has already reversed the repeal.