Environmentalists Fight UC Over Potential Merced Campus

January 31, 2001 by and

Puddles, simple depressions in the ground filled with rainwater three months a year, could swamp the $400 million plans for the next University of California campus.
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Planning the Newest UC: 5,000 Students by 2010 — University Says Merced Campus Will Spur Growth in Valley

January 29, 2001 by and

After two decades of searching, the University of California has settled on the location of its 10th campus: Merced, a city of just over 100,000 people in the middle of the Central Valley. This articl...
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Blame the Energy Crisis on Steve Peace

January 24, 2001 by

Basically, Peace is a weasel caught in a trap, trying frantically to gnaw off his own leg before his outraged constituents catch up with him and pound him into the dirt.
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A.S. Hears Funding Requests, Dispenses Money To C.O.D.A., College Republicans

January 23, 2001 by and

Superman, the NRA and too many people needing too much money led to a four-hour Associated Students Finance Board meeting Monday.
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The Information Age’s Father: UCSB’s Herbert Kroemer

January 18, 2001 by

Electrical and computer engineering Professor Herbert Kroemer invented the last 10 years. His work is at the core of everything from cellular phones, to satellites, to the fiber-optic cables rewiring ...
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Speakers Honor King

January 16, 2001 by

To honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s life, 38 people - students, staffers and families from the community - gathered around UCSB's Eternal Flame at noon Monday.
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Dubya’s Decorations: Childproofing the Oval Office

January 12, 2001 by

Every president is allowed to redecorate the White House and issue a number of orders to put their own stamp on the patch of festering Maryland swampland that is our nation's capital.
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A.S. Repairs Listing Mistakes, Distributes Edited Directories

January 9, 2001 by

Today, the Associated Students telephone directory, minus 3,500 errors, is ready and available to students.
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Bah Humbug

December 7, 2000 by

Bears hibernate all winter long, snug and safe from the outside world. Bears are lucky bastards.
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Bush Wins; Bring on the Horsemen of the Apocalypse

November 27, 2000 by

"You can't have nice things." That's what I said on Nov. 8 to explain why George W. Bush would be the next president.
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Non-Profit Organizations Put the Green in Gray

November 22, 2000 by

Today's gubernatorial civics lesson: It isn't bribery if the $2.4 million dollars is nonprofit. Gray Davis, our democratically bought and paid-for governor, is a busy man.
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