Bet on the Packers’ Offense
This Super Bowl is particularly exciting for me. I will be in Las Vegas, sipping on vodka and Red Bull all game as I watch Aaron Rodgers continue his stride toward winning his first Super Bowl title.
Super Bowl Preview: Bet on the Steelers’ Experience
As a football fan, I want Green Bay to win Super Bowl XLV. I want to see the Packers hoist the Vince Lombardi trophy. I want Ben Roethlisberger to wait for his third Super Bowl ring.
AQB: Sports Cliches
If AQB hears one more sports cliche, he’s going to give it 110 percent, put his best foot forward and be aggressive. Hopefully he can execute.
Tolerance Necessary in Israeli-Palestinian Debate
Two years ago on Holocaust Remembrance Day, pro- Palestinian demonstrators interrupted 30 Jewish SFSU students from their Mourner’s Kaddish (Jewish prayer for the dead). The mourners were physically assaulted and barraged with bullhorns blaring out epithets such as “Too bad Hitler didn’t finish the job!” and “Get out or we’ll kill you!” The San Francisco […]
Egypt: You Say You Want a Revolution
Political tension in the Middle East is nothing unusual — in fact, the idea of peace in the region seems almost impossible. Government censorship is also not a new approach of political repression. Elites have long subjugated the masses, quelling revolts by stifling the exchange of information. Shutting off Internet and cell phone service to […]
Glacial Impurities Delay Ice’s Destruction
A study co-written by UCSB scientists demonstrates a link between debris on some Himalayan glaciers and the cessation of glacial melting. Debris layers of two or more centimeters found on certain Himalayan glaciers have been found to protect them from melting, UCSB professor and co-author of the study Bodo Bookhagen said in a press release. […]
Dispersants Fail to Biodegrade Following Use in Gulf Oil Spill
While the methane levels from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill may have returned to normal, the chemical dispersants used during the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico may be here to stay. According to a study published in the American Chemical Society journal Environmental Science & Technology, a key component of the dispersants, dioctyl […]
Revolution In Cairo Prompts Campus Talks
The University of California Office of the President issued a statement this week to protect the identities of students enrolled in study abroad programs in Cairo.
Geezer Bandit Strikes Again, Targets Local Bank Branch
Authorities continue to search for the old geezer who robbed the Goleta Bank of America at gunpoint on Friday night.
Weekend Wrap-Up
The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to an assault, two burglaries and several alcohol-related crimes this weekend.