Todd Prodanovich

May 26, 2009

SB To Host 4th Annual Film Event

By Todd Prodanovich

The 4th Annual UCSB Human Rights Film Festival will begin tonight at 7 p.m. in Campbell Hall, showcasing contemporary films that highlight global injustices to humanity.

May 18, 2009

Ludacris Headlines Music Event

By Todd Prodanovich

Harder Stadium drew a crowd of thousands Saturday for the 30th annual Extravaganza concert, featuring headliner Ludacris.

May 13, 2009

Get on Board With Skipping Class

By Todd Prodanovich

Blow it off, all of it. It's week seven, which is the time of the quarter for sighs of relief after midterms and deep breaths in preparation for finals.

May 12, 2009

Fire Affects UCSB Affiliates

By Todd Prodanovich

The Jesusita Fire, which started last Tuesday afternoon, has left a considerable path of destruction in its wake and at least one UCSB professor and possibly several others without a home.

May 6, 2009

The Beach Is the Place to Party

By Todd Prodanovich

Floatopia: Thousands of bikini-clad students, from here and seemingly everywhere else on Earth, pounding beers unabashedly. Sounds like the ultimate beach party. It's no surprise that this event is one that has earned no...

May 4, 2009

Students Volley for Heart Disease

By Todd Prodanovich

The sun was out and the nets were up for a good cause on Saturday at the 13th annual Phi Ball volleyball tournament.

April 28, 2009

Congo Activist Tells Tale

By Todd Prodanovich

Madeleine - a former child soldier from the Democratic Republic of Congo - shared her riveting story on campus yesterday.

April 15, 2009

Breakfast Surfing

By Todd Prodanovich

Oh dawn patrol, you silly bitch. Nothing brings you back to gromhood faster than an early bedtime, perhaps getting tucked in by your mom (or now your roommate, I guess), putting on a surf video and dreaming of epic waves...

April 9, 2009

Brave the Cold, the Water’s Worth It

By Todd Prodanovich

Motivation. This single word can be a surfer's own personal Mount Everest, especially during winter months that not only offer intense cold that makes shivers feel like seizures, but also offers very little along the lin...

March 5, 2009

Mustache Madness

By Todd Prodanovich

March is a special time of the year: spring begins, and with the blooming of the flowers also comes the blooming of facial hair in the form of the most masculine symbol in the history of the world -- the mustache.

March 2, 2009

Fund Cuts To Possibly Affect EAP

By Todd Prodanovich

The Education Abroad Program may be forced to shutter study centers and eliminate services if proposed budget cuts are finalized.

February 25, 2009

Gauchos Aid Cancer Studies

By Todd Prodanovich

If real men wear pink, then UCSB's baseball team is not afraid to model their manhood.

February 4, 2009

Surfing Recessed

By Todd Prodanovich

Although the government hasn't been bailing out shapers, neither have people been ordering custom boards. At surf shops in San Diego, they have had to slash prices on Firewires in order to sell them, turning a meager pro...

January 14, 2009

Birkenstocks and Banana Slugs

By Todd Prodanovich

Just so everyone is clear, what I am about to say is not an opinion; it is a fact. It is one of the indisputable truths in life, just like the fact that the Earth is round, the sky is blue, and you are going to check you...

January 8, 2009

Creepy Claws Return

By Todd Prodanovich

As I open my computer and begin meeting keys with fingers, I realize that I am horriebbly misspepeelling my wourdss. This is not the result of dyslexia or the tremors associated with a New Year's Day hangover, but rather...

November 20, 2008

Get The Hell Out Of Town To Find Surf

By Todd Prodanovich

Being a surfer at UCSB sometimes leaves you feeling trapped. Like a canary in a coalmine, we are suffocated by flat spells throughout the spring and summer months.