Ethics for Sale

January 8, 2003 by

I bought the reader for my ethics course today for $90. It's nonrefundable. I can't sell it back. And when I balance my checkbook, I'll probably find I can't eat either.
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Postcards from the Edge

January 6, 2003 by

The Central Valley is a strange place. It is that neverland of California that never appears in Hollywood movies, unless of course it can be disguised as the Sahara Desert or an obscure feature on th...
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No Money Down, No Interest For One Week

January 6, 2003 by

This week, 20,000 students return to empty cupboards and new classes. This means an all-around run on any local stores that stock textbooks or Top Ramen.
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Honoring a Librarian of Yesteryear

January 6, 2003 by


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Post-Holiday Rush

January 6, 2003 by

Cars heavy with clean laundry and holiday booty line the street in front of San Nicolas Hall on Sunday as students move back in after Winter Break. Sunday was the first day campus residents were permi...
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Teach Your Children Well

December 5, 2002 by

Taking finals at a research university means being tested on a lot of crap that your professor never got around to teaching. God, I love college.
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And the winners are…

December 5, 2002 by

Artsweek Hands Out Awards to Those Who Got Made and Those Who Got Played in 2002
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Santa Claus Shame

December 5, 2002 by

Beach Grill started the charge to change Santa Claus Lane's image to a "seaside village motif." That change removed the lane's namesake decaying statue of jolly old St. Nick from atop the Toy Land toy...
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Police Reports: December 6, 2002

December 5, 2002 by

Because no one answered the door and because they had always wanted to do it, deputies kicked open the front door of the house and burst in with a blaze of glory.
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Giblets and Gravy

November 26, 2002 by

A well-deserved turkey to all the professors who canceled class on Wednesday. Students deserve a break and a chance to beat the holiday traffic.
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Gobble Gobble, Baby

November 26, 2002 by

The Weatherhuman was going to indulge his/her creativity in a pre-Thanksgiving haiku but forgot how many syllables go where. Funny how Googling "haiku" gets erotic haiku in just a few clicks.
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And Not a Soul in Sight

November 26, 2002 by

It's like the campus that feared sundown. If you're reading this, you're a more dedicated student than the Weatherhuman, who has fled class for his Weatherhome for Weatherturkey with all the Weatherfi...
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November 27, 2002

November 26, 2002 by

Thursday, Nov. 21, at 2:15 a.m.: While patrolling the 6500 block of Del Playa Drive, Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers noted a 26-year-old man carrying what appeared to be bags of frozen chicken.
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And Another Bird, And Another Bird

November 25, 2002 by

The phrase 'To kill two birds with one stone' haunted me all weekend. Has anyone ever seen anybody kill one bird with one stone?
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How to Write a Term Paper

November 22, 2002 by

It's the weekend before Thanksgiving, a time for peace, unity and big-ass term papers. At one time or another, everyone has written a three-page term paper that needed to be a five-page term paper or ...
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