Atlas Shrugged With a ‘What Were They Thinking?’ Look on His Face
Many films need a hook to get you to see them, and reasons to keep your interest once you’re there. The producers of Atlas Shrugged: Part I forgot that idiom. This is not a movie. This is an anti-movie. It is the antithesis of cinematic entertainment. The whole movie is nothing but two people talking […]
UEFA Champions League Breakdown
FC Schalke 04 will host Manchester United this afternoon before FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF face off in the semifinal round of the UEFA Champions League Tournament.
Gauchos Win Some, Lose Some at SD Invite
UCSB’s track and field team had several successful performances over the weekend while on the road at the UCSD Triton Invitational. Several schools competed in the events, including familiar foes Cal Poly and Long Beach State as well as teams from Wisconsin and Tennessee.
AQB: The Mythical Bear Hair
Just before the Grizzlies’ game-four win over the Spurs, guard Tony Allen briefly had an actual grizzly shaved into his hair before immediately removing it before tipoff. AQB says:
Mollusk Sees World Through Mineral Eyes
A recent study co-authored by Daniel Speiser, a postdoctoral fellow at UCSB’s Dept. of Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology, provides strong evidence that the chiton, a simple mollusk, has developed eyes essentially made of rock in order to see its predators.
Bag Ban Would Break Corporate Inertia and Beach Pollution
Over the past three years, the nonprofits Save the Mermaids, Surfrider, Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and LoaTree have been working to bring the issue of single-use plastic bags in large retail stores before the city council.
Ancient Stoner Warriors Shame Modern Social Straight Edges
There is a village in China that knows the secret to long life: wine and cannabis. Ancient civilizations across the planet knew the various incredible aspects of the cannabis plant and the value of a mind at peace. Modern civilization is finally getting it. Wars have been fought over cannabis — it is that useful. When […]
KCSB To Broadcast Al Jazeera English
KCSB 91.9 FM is broadcasting international news channel Al Jazeera English twice a week this quarter to expand its current program. The university’s radio station will relay the 24-hour coverage on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 6 p.m. AJE features live reporting, documentaries, debates and analysis of international events. According to KCSB Development Coordinator […]
Extravaganza Restricted To Campus, Kept Private Event
Associated Students Program Board will keep the Extravaganza music festival local this year by banning all non-UCSB attendees. Extravaganza, slated for 1 p.m. on May 15, will be open exclusively to UCSB students, faculty and staff in an effort to eliminate overcrowding seen in previous years. While ASPB plans to release this year’s lineup in […]
Celebrated Economics Theorist Visits Campus
Economics Nobel Prize laureate Amartya Sen will discuss the field of welfare economics tonight at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall. Sen is the Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and an economics and philosophy professor at Harvard University, and was named one of TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” of 2010. He received over 90 honorary […]