Month: October 2011

Volleyball

UCSB Continues League Play

October 11, 2011 by David Russo

The UCSB women’s volleyball team is off to a solid start, currently in first place with a record of 4-1. Last year, the Gauchos went 10-6 in Big West (16-13 overall), finishing in fourth place. “People want to beat us because we’re kn...

Opinion

Progressive Taxes Mitigate Financial Woes

October 11, 2011 by Geoffrey Bell

Left Said: “Nothing can be said to be certain, except love and war.” — Benjamin Franklin “All is fair in death and taxes.” — Anonymous proverb Wait a minute. Something tells me I didn’t quite get that right. Regardless, the pe...

Opinion

Comprehensive Reform Necessary to Reduce Debt

October 11, 2011 by Jeffrey Robin

Right Said: As President Obama pontificated to the nation last month about how Stimulus II would renew our economy and restore the middle class he claims has evaporated, he made it abundantly clear that Congress should pass it “right away...

Opinion

Media Wrongly Portrays ‘Occupy’ Protests As Aimless

October 11, 2011 by Riley Schenck

“We are the 99 percent.” As you may or may not know, for almost a month now there have been thousands of people occupying a park near Wall Street in New York City as part of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. This is not a few hippi...

News

Crowds Feast on Feature Fruit

October 10, 2011 by Megan Meyer

Avocado enthusiasts flocked to Carpinteria’s 25th annual Avocado Festival last weekend to celebrate and sample the local fruit in its many delectable forms. The free event is one of California’s largest fruit-filled galas and attracted ...