Students Rate UCSB Faculty 20th in U.S.
UCSB ranked 20th on RateMyProfessors.com’s list of the top 25 highest ranking universities in the nation based on the site’s overall professor and campus ratings. The nationwide rankings were based on 10,000,000 votes accumulated between 2008 and 2010 rating professors’ performance and campuses’ aesthetic appeal. Criteria included desirability of professors, location, accessibility, career opportunities, library, […]
Mothers Call For Drug Reform
Santa Barbara’s chapter of the national organization A New PATH — Parents for Addiction Treatment and Healing — will participate in the organization’s new countrywide campaign to help end the nation’s “War on Drugs” starting this Mother’s Day.
Budget Cuts Excise Minor From Campus
The UCSB Dept. of Exercise & Sports Studies will eliminate its Exercise and Sports Studies minor after the university administration’s vote to cut the program last year due to budget constraints. ESS will have to become a certificate program because departments are required to offer either a major or a minor. The institution offers classes […]
‘Chos Take Aim at National Title
Due in part to the stellar play of sophomore middle blocker Dylan Davis, the Gauchos took care of business against No. 1 USC yesterday in Pennsylvania, winning 3-1 (29-27, 24-26, 25-15, 25-18) to advance to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 1988.
Gauchos To Take on Northridge in Three-Game Road Series
Senior left-handed pitcher Nick Capito will get the call for the Gauchos on Saturday. Capito, who will be making his third start of the season, has a 4-2 record with a 3.20 ERA in 45 innings pitched.
UCSB Faces Big West’s Best
Gaucho softball will need to bring its A-game up north this weekend if they plan on beating Pacific in a three-game series. UCSB (24-23 overall, 8-7 Big West) was swept by Long Beach last weekend in three games, two of which required extra innings.
Speak Thoughtfully: With Great Freedom of Speech Comes Great Responsibility
One of my favorite things about the field of journalism is how seamlessly its various appendages — from tabloids to newsletters to WikiLeaks — have historically banded together in vehement defense of their free speech rights. From my experience as a Nexite, I can say our breed is usually no different; we’re a motley crew […]
Council Meets Controversy
Associated Students Legislative Council spent the majority of last night’s meeting discussing funding for College Republicans’ proposal to bring controversial speaker David Horowitz to campus. After being denied funding for the proposed lecture at Monday’s A.S. Finance Board meeting, College Republicans requested that Legislative Council reopen the board’s minutes and allocate $1,770 for the event’s […]
This is !W.A.R.
Campbell Hall presented Lynn Hershman-Leeson’s somewhat autobiographical documentary “! Women Art Revolution,” an exploration film about the feminist art movement, as part of the Human Rights Film Festival last week. In the film, intimate interviews reveal the feelings of key players in the restructuring of feminist art during the 1960s. The film opens with a […]
Capitol Steps Come to Lobero Theatre
Attempting to put the “mock” in democracy, the Capitol Steps theater troupe performed at Santa Barbara’s Lobero Theatre Thursday, April 28. Elaina Newport, a founder and long-running member of the group, said the group was formed in 1981 following the success of a skit show performed by senate staffers at a Christmas party. “We […]