Mana Mostatabi

May 19, 2008

Senior Says Sayonara to SB Stuff

By Mana Mostatabi

So, this is it. Graduation is in four weeks. By the end of June, most of us seniors will have left sunny Santa Barbara and Isla Vista will become a fondly tucked-away memory.

May 12, 2008

Hypocrisy Haunts

By Mana Mostatabi

With only four weeks left until my final departure from UCSB, the urge to stir up certain issues has grown stronger and stronger. Controversy is not my strong suit. I actively avoid discussing anything of importance with...

May 5, 2008

Mysterious Minors Potentially Flesh Out College Career

By Mana Mostatabi

Once upon a time - two whole years ago - on a computer no longer alive, I found the professional writing minor. Only through poking, exploring and chancing random links on the school Web site was I able to find a list of...

April 28, 2008

Nexus Poll Inspires Alternative View

By Mana Mostatabi

Every so often, after tiring of my usual Internet hotspots -- PerezHilton.com, the Drudge Report and Digg -- I surf the Daily Nexus Web site hoping to stumble across something -- anything -- to briefly entertain me. Lu...

April 21, 2008

Columnist Flushes Past A.S. Follies

By Mana Mostatabi

Hooray, it's election time. And no, I'm not referring to the played out Democratic Pennsylvania Primary. While Obama and Clinton prepare for what we all hope is a sudden political deathmatch, the people advertising thems...

April 14, 2008

Springtime Visitors Transform Campus Into Tourist Map

By Mana Mostatabi

If there are any misgivings about spring having sprung, put them to rest, children. The best season of the year is in full bloom, complete with 80-degree weather at 9 a.m., allergies and runny noses, lots of drunkenly st...

April 7, 2008

UCSB Shops Bring Funds to a Stop

By Mana Mostatabi

This quarter, my collective syllabi required me to purchase a total of six books -- which, like every fixed-income, last-quarter senior, I hesitated to purchase.

March 31, 2008

‘Party School’ Reps More Than Fools

By Mana Mostatabi

For the past four years, disclosing my academic institution to others has often resulted in the same judgmental reaction: "UCSB is a party school, isn't it?"

March 10, 2008

Focus on Flustering Finals as Quarter Comes to a Close

By Mana Mostatabi

The sun is shining, the birds are chirping and spring is hovering over many of us like a cloud of THC-imbued smoke. Oh, and daylight savings started on Sunday, resulting in a greater amount of sunlight we hard-working co...

February 25, 2008

Campus Violence Goads New Action

By Mana Mostatabi

Because my column runs on Mondays, I try to keep things fairly light-hearted so as not to overwhelm anyone at the beginning of the week. Besides, how intense could a campus life column really be? Typically, the topics re...

February 4, 2008

Winter Woes Dictate Distractions

By Mana Mostatabi

Ugh. In the last couple weeks, I've ruined two pairs of suede shoes for stupidly sporting them during our annual Isla Vista showers and learned that not one Santa Barbara retail store sells an acceptable pair of rain boo...

January 28, 2008

Lively Classes Fling Coeds Into Spring

By Mana Mostatabi

Here we are at week four: revving up for impending midterms, grappling with the fact we still haven't picked up our readers at Grafikart... and oblivious to the quickly approaching pass time number one. Wait, seriously? ...

January 14, 2008

Tease Time With Boredom Busters

By Mana Mostatabi

Congratulations on surviving the first week of the new quarter!

January 7, 2008

Study Strategies Shape New Year

By Mana Mostatabi

Happy New Year, and welcome to Winter Quarter 2008! Hopefully everyone enjoyed a relatively safe holiday season filled with Starbucks gift cards and cheap New Year's Eve champagne.

December 3, 2007

Forego Milestones This Finals Season

By Mana Mostatabi

Here we are again, at the crux of the quarter, finals upon us, and countless tests, papers, projects and presentations due during the supposed "dead week."

November 26, 2007