UC Labor Union Questions Cuts
UC employees and students protested outside Cheadle Hall last Thursday to endorse UC budget alternatives and protect current student services and medical care. The rally — held following a forum on workers’ frustrations with UC employment practices earlier that day — is one of several demonstrations that have taken place throughout UC campuses to address […]
Redevelopment Agencies Pay Up
The Goleta Redevelopment Agency contributed $167,096 to the California State government as part of a $350 million payment required from the state’s redevelopment agencies on May 10. The series of payments, implemented in 2009, aims to trim $2.05 billion from local governments to help bridge the state’s budget deficit. The highly contested cuts are mandated […]
Campus Closes Book on La Cumbre
UCSB’s La Cumbre yearbook will publish its 91st and final edition this year after losing its reaffirmation and proposed new fee during last month’s Spring elections. The election results saw a 39 percent voter turnout and indicated that only 39.4 percent of voters were in favor of reaffirming the publication’s current funding, while 82.6 percent […]
Language Program To Send Student Overseas
Religious studies Ph.D. candidate Rohit Singh received the U.S. Dept. of State 2011 Critical Language Scholarship, which helps American students study and master foreign languages. Singh, who will spend the summer in India studying Pakistan’s national language, Urdu, is among 575 graduate and undergraduate students selected from a pool of 5,200 applicants nationwide. The program […]
The Pointlessness of Pot Persecution
The fight for the right to use hemp and laugh at one’s rulers has been happening constantly for centuries. The desire for a central authority to control and regulate the natural interconnectedness of living creatures stems from the fact that life is naturally awesome. According to the Book of Genesis in the King James Bible […]
UCSB Postseason Hopes Dashed After Home Loss
After an inspiring victory at UCLA this past Tuesday, things did not quite go as hoped this weekend for the UCSB baseball team as No. 17 UC Irvine swept the Gauchos in a three-game series.
Women Finish Second, Men Place Fourth Overall in Big West Championship Meet
UCSB’s track and field teams performed well in the Big West Championships this weekend, with the women scoring 126 points for second place, falling short behind champion Cal State Northridge. The men scored 116.5 to finish fourth with Long Beach State finishing in first.
Atheists Harp on Christianity in Effort to Tackle Ignorance
This week’s question: “Why do you guys single out Christianity?” As far as I know, the arguments presented in this column only go after the most basic understanding of what God is supposed to be. We never discuss arguments relating to the validity of a particular faith, the historicity of religious figures or the […]
Golinger Presents Propaganda, Not Engaging Discourse
On May 10, I attended an event held at the MultiCultural Center featuring Venezuelan-American editor Eva Golinger who spoke on “21st Century Socialism.” Golinger is an adviser to Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s leader, and a critic of the U.S., her native country. Ms. Golinger spoke about Venezuela’s new socialist policies and the attacks on Chavez in […]
Zombie Debates Result in Victory for Biology
Professor John Latto of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology emerged victorious at last night’s Zombie Debates, which filled the University Center Hub to a maximum capacity of 800 and engaged six professors in an epic academic battle. Candace Waid of English and comparative literature, John Latto of biology, Glenn Beltz of engineering, Walid Afifi of […]