Benjamin Gottlieb

April 24, 2008

Speaker Addresses Jihad, Role of U.S. in the Middle East

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Daniel Pipes, a New York Times News Service/Syndicate columnist and a former adviser to the Rudolph Giuliani presidential campaign, addressed a crowd of over 70 students last night in Embarcadero Hall. During his speech,...

April 23, 2008

Unicycling Club Looks to Wheel in Recognition, Prepares for Competition

By Benjamin Gottlieb

High in Santa Barbara's mountain trails, Jess Riegel aims his cycle down a boulder, tackles it successfully, and promptly faceplants into the brush.

April 14, 2008

Future Gauchos Flock to UCSB to Tour Campus

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Nearly 10,000 visitors -- including nervous mothers, energized fathers and bewildered prospective students -- gathered at UCSB on Saturday in what became one of the university's largest information sessions.

April 7, 2008

EMT Program To Begin Hiring for Coming Year

By Benjamin Gottlieb

UCSB's student emergency medical technicians are extremely tuned in to their jobs. In fact, Iris Gonzalez sleeps with her Motorola MTS2000 radio by her side.

March 7, 2008

Influenza Feeds On Gaucho Shenanigans

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Junior year at UCSB. Another year attending the best university in the country. Another year catching the flu Winter Quarter.

March 5, 2008

Hebrew Word in Club’s Ad Upsets Jewish Students

By Benjamin Gottlieb

An advertisement published in the Daily Nexus evoked controversy among some Jewish students and community members yesterday when it included a sacred Hebrew form of the word "God."

February 29, 2008

V-Day Festival, Monologues To Educate Campus

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Pussy cookies, T-shirts and jewelry making are part of the festivities of Vagina Day, which climaxes in Storke Plaza today.

February 22, 2008

Rwanda Project Members Discuss Coffee-Bike

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Hoping to solve the country's immense financial problems, one nonprofit organization is claiming it can help reboot Rwanda's economy with its coffee-bike.

February 13, 2008

Anti-War Rally Intensifies After Arrests

By Benjamin Gottlieb

With heavy police presence and two aircrafts hovering above UCSB, as many as five hundred anti-war protesters marched across campus yesterday, resulting in the arrest of three participants.

February 12, 2008

Protesters To Rally Against War in Iraq

By Benjamin Gottlieb

After covering the campus with signs reading "No more blood for oil" and "Last year... We took the 217. This year..." activists will attempt to top last year's massive anti-war protest today.

February 1, 2008

Union Refuses University’s Wage Offer, Workers Protest Low Earnings

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Demanding that the University of California supply more competitive wages, UCSB service workers representing over 500 employees rallied on campus yesterday following their union's rejection of the University's latest off...

January 16, 2008

SB Hillel Hosts Israeli Consulate Lecturer

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Although she once willingly chanted "Death to Israel, Death to America," Tabby Davoodi's words at UCSB last night were those of peace.

December 6, 2007

Santa Barbara Music Scene Requires a Serious Tuneup

By Benjamin Gottlieb

As another eerily similar weekend of debauchery and shenanigans passes us by in Isla Vista, I am reminded of a long-suppressed truth: The Santa Barbara music scene is lacking, in every sense of the word.

November 28, 2007

Event Urges Support of Equal Rights Bill

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Sporting a crowd of nearly 70 people and a special musical guest appearance by Showtime series star Daniela Sea of "The L Word," activists rallied in Storke Plaza yesterday to support equal employment rights for the quee...

November 15, 2007

Theater Design Concentration Puts Spotlight on Students

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Although "behind the scenes" has become a cliché for many professions in the production realm, UCSB's Theater & Dance Dept. offers students a hands-on opportunity to participate in the design aspects of theater.

November 13, 2007