UCSB Researchers Produce New DNA Test

September 26, 2002 by

For those still concerned about anthrax: Soon you can be paranoid for half the price! The new one-step method is also cheaper and faster than traditional DNA testing.
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Red Tape: New School Year Brings New School Year Resolutions

September 20, 2002 by

I was all set to write an informative column this week, when at the last minute someone stole my idea for the staff editorial (See upper left). Bastards.
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Red Tape: The Rest of You Can Get Lost; I’m Staying Right Here

June 26, 2002 by

I'm not moving this summer. There. I've lost half of your sympathies. All of my stuff will remain in place, collecting Isla Vista dust for another year.
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Red Tape: Productivity Is Nothing but a Twelve-Letter Word

June 6, 2002 by

It's the last day before finals and you're reading this because you don't want to study. Yeah, I know how it works. You'll go home in a few minutes and play video games or make yourself lunch. You'll ...
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UC Approves New National Lab Director

June 6, 2002 by

UC President Richard Atkinson appointed Michael Anastasio the next director of the lab on Tuesday. The regents approved the appointment and Anastasio, formerly Livermore's deputy director for strategi...
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UC Admits Cloning Research

May 28, 2002 by

The bulk of the debate over human cloning has, to date, taken place on the East Coast in places like Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. As of Friday, California is taking its turn.
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UCSB Breaks Ground for New Building

May 24, 2002 by

Marine Science Building will serve as a hub for all 14 departments and additional research units involved in marine science research.
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Red Tape: A Columnist and His Boat

May 20, 2002 by

I love boats. Unfortunately, I'm not a sailor, but I have the rest of my life to rectify the situation.
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The Red Tape: Student Vocabularies are Shit

May 13, 2002 by

As a general rule, I try not to cuss - not in my speech, not in my columns. Am I perfect on either count? Fuck no. But today, I'll make an exception to prove a point.
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The Red Tape: Bioethics Research Blues

May 8, 2002 by

Researching bioethics issues is fascinating. It's my job. It's a pain in the ass. The problem is that few people in the news media appear to have any idea what they are actually talking about.
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Physicist Withdraws Candidacy for Lab Director

May 3, 2002 by

UC President Richard Atkinson and the regents postponed appointing a new director for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory after United States Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham made inquiries ...
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Red Tape: Ours Is Also to Wonder, Not Just to Do and Die

April 26, 2002 by

Why? No one has all the answers, so I've decided to write on a question instead. For Descartes, the first dualist, the mind and the body became separate entities: "I think, therefore I am." Why?
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Elie Weisel Reflects on Hope, Tragedy

April 24, 2002 by

Wiesel, the holocaust survivor, author and 1986 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, spoke before a crowd of 2,000 students and community members in Arlington Theater on Wednesday night.
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The Red Tape: Academic Larvae Squirm Through All Possible Futures

April 23, 2002 by

After studying science journalism for three years or so, I have managed to conduct something of an anthropological survey of the scientific profession.
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Eugenics Revisited

April 22, 2002 by

Genetically Engineering Children is a Topic Most People Find Disturbing. Gregory Stock Wrote the Book on It.
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