Month: October 2011

Opinion

Stop Regurgitating All Over Your Exams: Take a Lesson in Ingestion – Learn How to Learn

October 18, 2011 by Kevin Ferguson

Midterms are approaching and you have that unfortunately now-common feeling of, “Goddamn it, I did it again.” Well I’m altogether not surprised you haven’t mastered your material, because you don’t know how to learn. You’ve been...

News

Festival Features Live Music, Local Lager

October 17, 2011 by Natalie Nicora

The Santa Barbara Revels musical troupe hosted its first annual Oktoberfest last night at the Lobero Theatre to celebrate the German holiday and its cultural heritage. The festival featured live performances by Biergarten Musikmeisters, tra...

Outside Opinions

Selfish Protestors Unfairly Victimize the Honest Business Man

October 17, 2011 by Steven Begakis

The Occupy Wall Street protesters are a mindless rabble of envious deadbeats. When they aren’t doing drugs and breaking laws, they’re busy defecating on police cars and marching on the private homes of businessmen, who dedicate their li...

Opinion

If You’re Drinking Month-Old Natty Light, You Deserve Much Worse Than a Ticket

October 17, 2011 by Mark Signa

Before I get going, I must apologize for the sand all over this article. I just got back from the beach and as I sit here, sipping my Kona Brewing Company Longboard and looking out over Kaneohe Bay, I can’t help but reflect on how hard it...

News

Brown Halts SB 185

October 17, 2011 by Michael Dean

Governor Jerry Brown vetoed State Senate Bill 185 earlier this month on the grounds that it would go against the precedent set by Proposition 209, a related public referendum passed in 1996. If passed, SB 185 would have allowed public unive...