Police Blotter
Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers narrowly missed an opportunity to reenact their favorite Bay Watch scene this weekend when an inebriated male loudly proclaimed he would brave the icy waters near the Camino Pescadero beach entrance. At approximately 1:16 a.m. Monday morning, Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 9-1-1 call from two females concerned for their […]
Regents Deliberate Improving Current Educational Policy During Opening Day
The UC Board of Regents convened at UC Riverside yesterday for its two-day meeting tackling strategies to compensate for the system’s budget shortfalls. Chair of the Board Sherry Lansing started the assembly with an announcement that the board’s May 16 and 17 meeting is scheduled to move from UC San Francisco to Sacramento where a […]
UCSB Engineer to Receive Honors
The Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce named Chemical Engineering Professor Frank Doyle Innovator of the Year this week for his work on artificial pancreas technology. Doyle collaborated with medical professionals and type 1 diabetes patients for the past 20 years to create an “invisible, automatic” method of insulin delivery and founded the Artificial Pancreas Research […]
Lobero To Host Discussion with Napalm Survivor
Napalm strike victim Kim Phuc will discuss her physical and mental healing process after the 1972 attack at 7 p.m. today in downtown Santa Barbara’s Lobero Theatre. Phuc is best known as the child in an iconic photograph taken in the Vietnamese village Trang Bang following the aftermath of a Napalm assault during the Vietnam […]
Students Return From Model United Nations
Seven UCSB Model United Nations club members recently returned from Argentina after competing against 300 other students worldwide in the Harvard National Model UN-Latin America Conference. The convention took place in Buenos Aires from January 12-15 and included teams from colleges in Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Canada and France along with several from the United States. […]
Former Blackjack Pro Aims to Inspire Students
Card-counting blackjack champion Mike Aponte will speak at 7 p.m. today in the Corwin Pavilion to share his unique life story and lend advice on achieving life goals and financial success. Aponte’s story includes playing the card game in 1992 as a member of MIT’s Blackjack Team and is featured in the hit film “21” […]
A&L, National Theatre Live are ‘Collaborators’
On what may have been the coldest Tuesday night yet of this winter season (quite atypical for Santa Barbara at a crisp 44 degrees), UCSB Arts and Lectures held National Theatre Live’s rebroadcast performance of the play “Collaborators” at the Lobero Theatre. Made possible through the generous support of an anonymous donor, this screening of […]
Raised by Pop-Culture: Why Remakes are Good
I don’t understand why everyone has such a hard-off for remakes. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard: “Hollywood is running out of ideas,” “Why can’t Hollywood be original anymore,” etc. But that’s all bullshit, for a few reasons. For one, we’ve run out of ideas centuries ago and have been regurgitating the […]
Me, My Mom and ‘Mission Impossible 4’
What better time to hit the theaters than winter? With a lot of cheer and a lot of free time, these cold months are the ideal period to spend time with old friends and/or family by sitting down and watching a movie together. Nowadays Christmas break, or winter break for you progressive thinkers, is one […]
Searching for Character in Abrams’ ‘Alcatraz’
On Monday, Fox aired its mid-series premiere of the J.J. Abrams-produced television series, “Alcatraz.” The show is the latest Abrams creation that attempts to balance the genres of character-driven serialized drama and crime procedural. This seems to be the unattainable combination of loyal fans and good ratings that networks and show-runners are looking for today. […]