UCSB Hosts Cal Poly in Need of a Win
The UCSB women’s basketball team is in desperate need of a victory after three straight losses, and a win against rival Cal Poly Saturday afternoon might be the perfect remedy. The Gauchos begin a three-game homestand currently sitting in seventh place in the Big West (3-5 in conference, 8-12 overall). Coming off two straight wins […]
Cocoa Film Reveals Exploitation
Sociology professor Kum-Kum Bhavnani’s “Nothing Like Chocolate” documentary will screen during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival at 2 p.m. today in the Lobero Theatre. Bhavnani parallels the stories of anarchist chocolatier Mott Green and cocoa farmer Nelice Stewart in their quests to manufacture chocolate ethically and undermine the child slave trade and exploitation that […]
Study Explores Impact of Ocean Acidification
Researchers in the Marine Science Dept. released the results of the largest study on ocean acidification ever conducted, revealing that global warming leads to destructive increases in ocean acidity levels. Ecology, evolution and marine biology professor Gretchen Hofmann and 18 other researchers in the department compiled the data, released this week, using 15 underwater sensors […]
UCSB Looks for First MPSF Win at Pepperdine
The start of MPSF conference play has not been kind to the No. 15 UCSB men’s volleyball team, as the Gauchos will attempt to win at Pepperdine today after losing their first four conference games. Falling to No. 4 USC on Wednesday in straight sets, Santa Barbara concludes a three-game road trip against the Waves. […]
Swimming Faces Cal Poly on Senior Day
The UCSB swim and dive team will play host to familiar opponent Cal Poly this Saturday at Campus Pool in their final dual meet of the season. The Gauchos will have a lot of emotion on their side as they plan to send their senior swimmers off on a high in their senior meets. The […]
UCSB Continues Road Trip, Faces Fullerton on Saturday
The UCSB men’s basketball team will travel to Cal State Fullerton tomorrow night to face the Titans in its final game of a four game road trip. Three games into the trip, the Gauchos are 3-0 and will look to capture its fourth straight against Fullerton. The Gauchos (12-7 overall, 7-2 Big West) are currently […]
Authorities Find Small Boat Off of SB Coast
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. discovered an abandoned panga boat off the county’s coastline, the second craft of its kind found in the region this year. Deputies, the U.S. Coast Guard and Santa Barbara Harbor Patrol personnel recovered the boat after receiving numerous calls reporting the vehicle off Fernald Point in Montecito. Authorities found […]
Kissing Contest To Help Cancer Charity
This Valentine’s Day, smooching your special someone could help benefit a child with cancer. The “Kisses for Cancer” competition, hosted by local author Leon Scott Baxter and financial expert Tim Tremblay, will attempt to find two amorous individuals to break the Guinness World record for speed kissing, or the most kisses landed by a couple […]
Fund Rewards Efforts To Educate and Inspire
Fourth-year students Nanor Balabanian and Allyson Miller won the 2012 Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship for Aspiring Teachers of Color. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund established the $30,000 scholarship — which requires students to teach in underrepresented areas for three years upon completion of their graduate degrees — in 1992 to help recruit, support and retain […]
Raucous Party Sparks Philisophical Debate
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody hears it, does it make a sound? The famous words of philosopher Charles Mann hold special relevance for Kyle Bartman following his belligerent 21st birthday party this past Saturday night. All attendees have lost their memory of the party and, as a result, the very occurrence […]