Nuglets of Wisdom: The Tale of Tails
By Max Wilshinsky
An anal fissure is a small cut or tear in the thin sensitive tissue of the lower rectum. It tends to hurt. Like most people, I was unaware of this before Veteran’s Day 2009.
Rivalry Continues at #5 UCLA
UCSB men’s volleyball (6-5 overall, 4-4 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) takes on fifth-ranked UCLA (8-5, 2-4 MPSF) tonight in Los Angeles for the first time this season. The team is coming off a weekend trip to Hawaii in which the Gauchos split a pair of matches with the Rainbow Warriors.
The “Crazy Wisdom” of Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche
What if I told you that there was a Buddhist monk that escaped Tibet just as the Chinese invaded, smoked, hung out with Allen Ginsberg and married a 16-year-old girl? Oh, and I forgot to mention that he opened the first Buddhist retreat in the Western world.
Climate Change May Decrease Rainfall Levels in Eastern Africa
UCSB geography researchers have published a study that presents a link between warming temperatures over the Indian Ocean and projections of decreased precipitation in East Africa. The study, published online in the journal Climate Dynamics, used principal component analysis, or PCA, to measure precipitation levels, wind velocity, vertical velocity and air temperatures in East Africa […]
Health Care Act Threatens Individual Liberties At Steep Price
President Obama and Congressional Democrats have had some disappointing court rulings in regards to their cornerstone Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
Individual Mandate Ensures Responsibility of American Citizens
What do Richard Nixon, George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama all have in common? All of these men supported the extension of health care to more Americans through what is called an “individual mandate.”
UCSB Welcomes Pandora Chief Musicologist
Nolan Gasser, creator of Pandora Radio’s Music Genome Project, lectured on the intermingling of music, science and the “art of living” during a free presentation on campus yesterday.
Endowment Provides Funding to UCSB Music Department
UCSB’s Music Dept. received a $550,000 bequest to sponsor an ethnomusicology fellowship and fund a Scandinavian music scholarship.
A.S. Finance Board Supports Cultural, Educational Events
The Associated Students Finance Board distributed $32,814 to 12 student organizations during last night’s two-hour meeting.
Weekend Wrap-Up
The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to two assaults, three vandalisms, a burglary and several alcohol-related crimes this weekend.