‘Hana Surf Girls’:I Felt The Ohana Love
Many have seen “Johnny Tsunami,” “Blue Crush” or even more recently, “Soul Surfer,” and may be tired of the similar plot of “Oh no, something tragic happened. I must overcome it by winning this surf competition.” However, “Hana Surf Girls” is anything but your conventional surf film.
SB Police Apprehend Suspect in I.V. Murder
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. arrested 20-year-old Benjamin Vargas on Tuesday for his alleged connection to the murder of 26-year-old Vincent Velasquez on the 6600 block of Abrego Road early Sunday morning.
Annual Award Recognizes UCSB Student Veterans
The UCSB Student Veterans Organization received the 2011 UC President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership this week for helping student veterans acclimate to campus life.
Students Launch Site to Facilitate Communication
The UCSB student-created social networking site MySoapbox.org launched last week for the Isla Vista community’s use.
Regents Discuss $900 Million Budget Shortfall
The UC Board of Regents convened at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay Community Center yesterday to debate various budget scenarios for the 2011-12 through 2015-16 fiscal years in light of increasingly impacted budgets.
Eisley Serenades Crowd at the Troubador
Texas-based indie rock band Eisley performed a sold-out show at the Troubadour in West Hollywood on Sunday. The show was a part of Eisley’s current Turning Tides Tour, promoting their recent release, The Valley.
Green Advice: The Right to Be Wrong
As surprising as it may seem, I don’t spend all of my time thinking about fantasy baseball. I am a man of Isla Vista, and as such, many subjects occupy my thoughts, from sports to politics to what I should have for dinner (tonight feels like cheeseburgers).
UCSB Brings In 2011-12 Recruiting Class
It’s no secret that the basketball recruiting process is different for mid-major schools like UCSB, which offer fewer scholarships and less national exposure than their high-major counterparts in power conferences such as the Pac-10.
Cyber Stalking Sucks the Sexy Out of One-Night Stands
Remember the good ol’ days? A simpler time of land lines, missed connections and face-to-face breakups. When a drunken booty call came from the sound of pebbles ricocheting off your window and flirting didn’t involve a keyboard and a series of nervous acronyms. It seems that we’re so busy LOLing we can’t even hear each […]
Imprisonment for Profit Leads to Giant Flaws in U.S. Justice System
Private prisons are jails or detention centers where individuals are confined by a third party that has been contracted by local, state or federal government agencies. Unethical, baseless and hypocritical justifications that threaten the legitimacy of our criminal justice system allow private “security firms” to incarcerate prisoners from the state and house them on a […]