Men Prepare For Pac-12 Championships
The UCSB men’s swim and dive team begin their run at stopping Stanford’s 30 year reign as conference champions this Thursday, as the men’s diving competition gets underway at the Weyerhaeuser King Co. Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash. In only their second year of existence after an 11-year absence, the UCSB diving program will […]
Gauchos Place Seventh Out of Ten at Folino Invitational
The UCSB men’s golf team finished the Folino Invitational on Tuesday, placing seventh overall out of the 10 teams. The tournament was hosted by Cal State Fullerton at the Industry Hills Golf Club in the City of Industry, Calif. A total of five players from each school competed in the tournament with each teams’ overall […]
Author Pens Book About Life, Love in I.V.
UCSB alumnus Kyle Rutkin is a 27 year-old author from San Francisco who has written four books as well as a rap parody, “Pussywhipped,” which asserts that “of course Bride Wars is a motherfucking classic!” Not surprisingly, Rutkin thrived in Isla Vista from 2003 to 2007 and describes his third work, This is Your Heart […]
Target Earns Approval for Planning Process
The Goleta City Council met with Target representatives last month to discuss the design proposal for a two-story, 163,800 square foot storefront on the corner of Hollister Avenue and Los Carneros Way. The Goleta City Council approved the public planning process for the local branch of the national chain on Nov. 15. The parties met […]
Faculty Member Honored as Fellow
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation named assistant professor of Chemical Engineering Michael Shell as one of its Sloan Research Fellows last week, awarding him two annual grants of $50,000 each. Shell was recognized for his use of computer simulations to analyze the formation of nanomaterials, which aims to further scientific understanding of these biological structures […]
Leave Santa Barbara’s Child’s Play Behind: Head to Death Valley
Santa Barbara is a modern day Elysium for any college student, and all you have to do is step outside your door to figure out that much. Isla Vista has A-OK weather, prime placement between the beach and mountains, conveniently located convenience stores and a population of good-looking and amiable students. It’s easy to fall […]
Steve Pappas v. Doreen Farr, Isla Vista, and the New Jim Crow
I’m writing this because in 2008 I lived in I.V. and most current students weren’t here. In 2008 Steve Pappas lost to Doreen Farr in the race for 3rd District supervisor by 2.27 percent. He lost the student vote by more than 2:1. Citing his gut feeling that he should have gotten more votes in […]
Responses to Ask an Atheist: Interpreting the Bible as Gay-Friendly
Regardless of your views on the Bible, I think most readers would agree that without context, interpretation of any text loses most of its validity. I’d imagine that we all have experienced that awkward moment when our text message is misinterpreted or taken out of context. “But that wasn’t what I said!” “I don’t really […]
Responses to Ask an Atheist: Interpreting the Bible as Gay-Friendly
Here’s a gay-friendly interpretation of the Bible from a Christian: The Bible says that homosexual relations is a sin in the same way that heterosexual sexual relations is a sin outside of marriage. The famous verse used to condemn homosexuals or accuse Christians of condemnation is Leviticus 20:13. The surrounding verses are often overlooked. Leviticus […]
The Six Degrees of Isla Vista: You Wish It Were Only A Theory
Have you ever been sitting around, shootin’ the shit with your friends, when all of a sudden you stop and realize you’ve all essentially hooked up with one another? All right, before you judge me, think about it. But don’t think too hard, or you’ll end up with a fucked up web of borderline creepy, […]