Month: September 2011

News

UC Faculty Scrutinizes Salaries

September 23, 2011 by Marissa Wenzke

Across the UC system, Nobel laureates have seen their pay take a back seat to the funding of athletic prestige. According to the UC payroll database, the highest paid UC employee in 2010 was UC Berkeley’s head football coach Jeff Tedford,...

News

Campaign Linked to Decline in I.V. Theft

September 23, 2011 by Madison Medeiros

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol and UCSB Associated Students recently announced a significant decrease in the number of burglaries in the area since the “Stop Burglaries in I.V.” campaign began six months ago. The IVFPD documented 107 burgla...

Sports

Gauchos Face San Diego Friday, Sac State Sunday

September 23, 2011 by Brent Pella

After suffering its first loss of the season last Friday at UCLA, the UCSB men’s soccer team will return to action tonight at home against University of San Diego, and again on Sunday against Sacramento State. Last week’s loss ended wit...

Outside Opinions

Democracy Suffers at Hands of Modern Media

September 22, 2011 by Riley Schenck

Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the circus! Two eternal enemies in a desperate struggle to the death! So entrenched in their hatred for each other, each would rather have its own eye sockets gruesomely clawed out and sku...

Artsweek

Tom Freund: Lyrically Lacking, but Musically Magnificent

September 22, 2011 by Phoebe Light

When Tom Freund walked onto the stage in front of a very sparse SOhO crowd last Thursday night, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Shaggy-haired, scruffyfaced and clad in a baggy T-shirt and jeans, Freund’s appearance was more like tha...