Month: September 2011

Science & Tech

Snails Hitch a Ride With Migratory Birds

September 27, 2011 by David Wallace

Ryan Hechinger, a research biologist with the Marine Science Institute at UCSB, recently discovered an unlikely creature has been utilizing air travel for millennia. Along with his colleagues, Hechinger found that horn snails have hitched f...

Sports

Sunday Funday: The League of Extraordinary Quarterbacks

September 27, 2011 by Ryan Porush

[media-credit name=”Ian Sander” align=”alignleft” width=”250″][/media-credit]Lloyd Christmas: “I’m ready for commitment, Harry! The first time I set eyes on Mary Swanson, I just got that old fashioned...

News

Board Scales Back Funding Allocations

September 27, 2011 by Christina Lavingia

The Associated Students Finance Board distributed $8,742 to eight student organizations at their first meeting of the school year last night. The board partially funded all presenters, which included the DJ Club, Alpha Phi Alpha, the M.U.S....

News

Public Voices Concerns at Plaza Project Hearing

September 27, 2011 by Megan Meyer

The Santa Barbara City Planning Commission held an Environmental Scoping Hearing to hear a report and public comments on the potential effects of the Plaza de la Guerra Infrastructure Improvement Project last Thursday. The $2.2 million proj...

News

Grocery Unions Reach Contract Compromise

September 27, 2011 by Michael Dean

Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons workers voted to ratify a new labor contract this past Sunday, narrowly avoiding a possibly detrimental strike. Labor unions and representatives from the supermarkets’ parent companies reached a tentative agree...