Month: November 2011

News

Institute Educates Despite Persecution

November 18, 2011 by Carissa Quiambao

Prior to receiving his Ph.D. at Princeton University, UCSB postdoctoral physics researcher Pedram Roushan graduated from the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education. The BIHE is an underground university in Iran seeking to allow Baha’i fo...

Sports

Gauchos Get Around Gaels in First Thunderdome Game

November 18, 2011 by Kristen Henneman

It was a tale of two halves for the UCSB women’s basketball team in their home opener last night, though the Gauchos walked away with a 61-52 victory. The game gives the team their first win of their campaign, bumping their record up to 1...

Sports

Gauchos Continue Home Action Against Westmont

November 18, 2011 by Ryan Porush

On a roll through two games this season, the UCSB men’s basketball team will look to remain hot when it hosts cross-town NAIA opponent Westmont College in the Thunderdome Friday night. “It’s a huge cross-town rivalry for them,” Head...

Volleyball

UCSB Set for Weekend Games vs. Riverside, CSUN

November 18, 2011 by David Russo

This weekend, the UCSB women’s volleyball team finishes its Big West season at Cal State Northridge today and at UC Riverside tomorrow. Santa Barbara (16-11 overall, 9-5 Big West) can clinch second place in the Big West with two wins. “...

News

Club To Reappropriate Surplus Finances

November 18, 2011 by Han Bae

The UCSB Office of Student Life recently established the After Dark Club to create non-alcoholic weekend social events for students in Isla Vista. The club receives excess funds from the university’s similarly-named After Dark Program to ...