Candidates for Associated Student President Encourage Activism
Next year, the UC system will experience $1 billion cuts to a budget that is already a shadow of what it once was.
Supervisors Seek Spill Solution
Residents from Summerland are requesting that the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors take actions to prevent decommissioned oil rigs from releasing oil seepage along their coastline. Summerland residents complained to the Board of Supervisors about increasing oil seepage during last week’s meeting, claiming that wells shut down over a century ago were improperly capped […]
Weekend Wrap-Up
The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to a significant increase in crime throughout the weekend due to Deltopia, issuing 88 citations and making 27 arrests. Deputies received a report of a fight between several males on the corner of Sabado Tarde Road and Camino del Sur at 11:35 p.m. on Friday. According to IVFP Lt. […]
Campus Involvement Offers An Outlet For School Spirit
I have long been amazed and infatuated with the school spirit at UCSB. Not the fanatical, body-painted sport culture characteristic of ASU or USC, but rather the subliminal, relaxed — but intense — passion for our campus and community.
Fees Return for Approval, Crowd Ballot
Various campus programs and organizations are asking for the reaffirmation of 31 separate lock-in fees totaling to about $552 per year in the upcoming Spring Election. All referenda were approved in previous elections and have been charged to students as part of their registration fees every quarter for at least the last two years. In […]
UC Science Briefs
Researchers Help Henhouses By Fighting Pests With Pests Researchers from UC Riverside have found that when it comes to parasites found on chickens, two wrongs just may make a right. According to the researchers, another parasite and the mites’ natural enemy, the chicken body louse —a.k.a. lice — can be used as a green means […]
Study Makes Top 40 List to Help Focus Research
A plethora of scientists have released a set of 40 questions that they believe will help guide collaboration between scientific researchers and policy makers on conservation issues in the U.S. The compilation of inquiries — published as the cover story in the April issue of the journal Bioscience — was first-authored by researcher Erica Fleishman […]
Speace of Mind: Golf Needs Tiger…for Better or for Worse
Hearty congratulations to the new owner of the illustrious Green Jacket, but I can’t help but wonder, “What if?”
Women’s Tennis: Team Loses Pair of Big West Matches
The #64 UCSB women’s tennis team lost a pair of conference matches over the weekend, 4-3 to Pacific on Sunday and 5-2 to #65 UC Davis on Saturday, giving the Aggies their first win against a ranked opponent this season. The Gauchos (11-9 overall, 4-3 Big West) have lost seven of their last nine matches and are now in fifth place in the Big West with two games remaining on their schedule.
Baseball: ‘Chos Face CSUN in Mid-Week Game
Coming off of a 2-1 series victory over rival Cal Poly that ended in dramatic fashion, the UCSB baseball team will head south to take on Cal State Northridge tomorrow.