Fifth-Years Know Best: Get Your Ass Off the Curb, Freshman
Well … After four years of sweaty adolescent suffering you’ve made it. Congratufuckinglations, and welcome to UCSB. Welcome to a university so totally awesome that even today the occasional moron will call it “The Harvard of The West,” not realizing that, in fact, comparisons to Harvard only make Harvard look bad. Because this is it. […]
University Recognition
NSCS Students Earn National Award The National Society of Collegiate Scholars UCSB chapter received a Silver Star Status award at the NSCS 2011 Convention in June for the program’s commitment to the campus and community. The NSCS is an honors organization with more than 300 student-run chapters on college campuses for freshmen and sophomores with […]
Retail Company Considers Potential Goleta Location
The City of Goleta is in deliberations with the Target Corporation regarding plans to open a prospective new store in the region. The American retail company approached the city’s staff in mid-March with a proposal involving several properties for sale or lease on the northeast corner of Los Carneros Way and Hollister Avenue. Target took […]
VP of Academic Affairs Announces Retirement
The University of California Office of the President has begun to implement changes to its administration this academic year as Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Lawrence Pitts announced his permanent retirement Sept. 8 while UC Berkeley professor Barbara Allen-Diaz took over the role of Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources […]
SBCC President Friedlander Attends White House Conference
Santa Barbara City College Superintendent/President Dr. Jack Friedlander attended the Winning the Future initiative conference Wednesday night at the White House to discuss policies for improving the quality of community college education nationwide. Friedlander attended the prestigious conference as a Champion of Change in the community college arena to help achieve President Obama’s goal to […]
UC Faculty Scrutinizes Salaries
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, who earned $2.3 million, while the top earning Nobel laureate, UC San Francisco’s Director […]
Campaign Linked to Decline in I.V. Theft
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 burglaries since the program was implemented on March 17, 49 fewer than the 156 reported residential burglaries that […]
Gauchos Face San Diego Friday, Sac State Sunday
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 with a score of 3-2 after UCLA’s offense scored three goals in just a twenty-minute […]
Democracy Suffers at Hands of Modern Media
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 skull fucked than allow the other to claim victory! One is a fat, trunk-sporting, money-hoarding […]
Tom Freund: Lyrically Lacking, but Musically Magnificent
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 that of a buddy to have a few beers with than a professional musician. But as soon as his raspy tenor began sailing over his clear, percussive guitar playing, I knew he could let his music speak for itself.