UCSB Dominates UC Irvine, Loses in Overtime Against UC Riverside
The UCSB men’s basketball team suffered its first Big West loss of the season Thursday on the road at UC Riverside before beating UC Irvine at home on Saturday. The Gauchos (8-6 overall, 3-1 Big West) are in third place in the conference, behind only Long Beach State and UCR. Senior guard Orlando Johnson led […]
Gaucho Team Effort Overcomes UCR
It was a true team win for UCSB women’s basketball on Saturday afternoon when the squad knocked off UC Riverside 63-43 at the Thunderdome. With the victory, the Gauchos improve to 7-8 and 2-2 in the Big West, while the Highlanders drop to 2-15 and a winless 0-6 in conference. “For our kids to come […]
UCSB Researchers Continue Study of Deepwater Oil Spill
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, recently published a study describing how underwater topography and currents affected the disappearance of methane plumes in the Gulf of Mexico following the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences follows up on oil spill researcher […]
Study Gives Insight Into Retina Diseases
Researchers at UCSB’s Neuroscience Research Institute have come closer to unlocking the secrets of neural formation in early development after examining the retinas of mice. Psychology professor Benjamin Reese and visiting postdoctoral researcher Sammy Lee led a study to closely examine dendrites, extensions of the neuron that branch out and receive information, which are typically […]
Select Students Receive New Aid Opportunities
The university is offering two new scholarships this quarter for first-generation college students: the UCSB-specific Enhanced Support, Training and Experiences for Engineering Majors program and the Council for International Education and Exchange’s grant to expand study abroad opportunities. The ESTEEM scholarships range from $2,000 to $9,500 for first-generation students with financial need working toward undergraduate […]
You’re Just Another Character in Someone Else’s Story
Who is your favorite person in the whole world, in all of history, of anybody that has ever, or will ever, exist? You know the answer, I promise you. And even if you don’t believe it, trust me, it’s true. Think really hard on it. Strain yourself, make some faces … Okay, calm down, people […]
A Response to Go Green: Musings From the Ground Level
On occasion, I enjoy reading the Daily Nexus. I did so today. And even as old as I am (I qualify for codger status) I am still amazed at how youngsters ascend to the tops of their Ivory Towers with a combination of energy and flexibility to oversee the Kingdom from afar. Such were my thoughts […]
Big West Conference: Women’s Basketball Preview
UC Santa Barbara: Gauchos There’s been a lot of change for the UCSB women’s basketball team in the past year — a new coach and a new system — but last year’s co-champions of the Big West look ready to contend for another title. An adjustment period with new Head Coach Carlene Mitchell, whose team […]
Think Outside the Sink: The Danger in Careless Consumption
Save water, drink beer. As Isla Vistans, we’ve all heard the saying, but what does it really mean? Most I.V. residents would argue that this slogan advocates the copious consumption of a frothy liquid until the point of drunken debauchery, but as an environmentalist, I would argue a much different message — one of conservation […]
A Christmas Miracle: Professor Thanks His Students
I am writing this piece to thank the students in my Economics 157 class who opened their hearts and bailed me out during a rough time. It all started a couple of years ago when I lost a lot of money in the real estate crash. I was under a lot of stress — the […]