Students Should Support Players’ Artistic Freedom

As a student of this university you should be aware that there are consequences to standing up for your rights.
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There Is No Point in Looking for a Diet Miracle in a Bottle

The advertisers behind diet products definitely know how to target their audience. People want the quick, easy way out, and this is definitely the case when it comes to losing weight.
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Police Hunt For Male Offender Connected to Solvang Bank Heist

Sheriff's deputies received a 911 call at approximately 11:57 a.m. Wednesday regarding an armed robbery at Solvang Mid-State Bank.
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NNNN-TSSSS

I was studying at the library yesterday when a delightful young man asked if he could sit at my table. Not feeling particularly threatened, I said yes. He sat down and unpacked his backpack, carefully...
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A Tale of Two Cities

The birth of a new city is before us. No doubt the gestation has been long and the labor arduous, but the real pain is being inflicted upon those of us waiting expectantly for the Local Agency Formati...
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Local Motel Clerk Held at Gunpoint; Police Search for Suspect

The Carpinteria Motel 6, located at 4200 Via Real Ave., was robbed Tuesday night.
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Pro-Life Feminism Follows an Action-Based Philosophy

In many respects, "pro-life feminism" agrees with the philosophy of "inclusive pacifism."
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Obsessive Exercise Is an Overlooked Eating Disorder

Compulsive exercise. Many of us have heard about the staggering percentages of eating disorders among students on the UCSB campus, but do we realize that obsessive exercise is one of them?
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Students Must Consider Whether Tax Cuts Are Fair

The submission regarding tax cuts (Reader's Voice, "Students Should Back Bush's Tax Cuts for Rich," April 26) is the most blatantly propagandistic string of sentences I have seen grace the pages of th...
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Real Stories of the I.V. Foot Patrol

At approximately 2:11 a.m. on Sunday, April 29, Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers patrolling the 6500 block of Pardall Road observed a 25-year-old female having difficulty attempting to zip her purse sh...
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Feature Photo: “Rocky, Eat Your Heart Out”

Senior sociology major Greg Ruffin steps up to the scale during the weigh-ins at Giovanni's for Fight Night X.
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Building Blues

There is no question that the proposed I.V. Community Center would be a wonderful asset to this town - but the more pertinent issue at hand raises a question of priority.
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Gaucho Baseball Receives Multiple Honors

The Gauchos' sweep of Pacific this weekend featured some extraordinary individual performances, which were officially recognized by the Big West on Monday.
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Former Graduate Student Loses Case Against UC

A judge dismissed a lawsuit by a former university student who denounced mentors in his master's thesis and then claimed his free speech rights were violated when officials refused to file it on the s...
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Feature Photo: Burning Down the House

As part of a training exercise at a planned house fire on Calle Real Road, a Santa Barbara City firefighter shoots a stream of water into the blaze under the supervision of a Santa Barbara County fire...
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