News

September 18, 2008

Pardall Receives Facelift

By Kristin Ferrell

Over the next few months, Pardall Road will be undergoing a makeover as a result of infrastructure and aesthetic renovations underway in the town's commercial district.

September 18, 2008

Locals Paddle Against Plastic

By Staff

This Saturday, Sept. 20, the Santa Barbara Surfrider Foundation will hold its fourth annual “Turn the Tide on Ocean Pollution” Paddle Out event at Stearns Wharf. The event, which starts at 11 a.m., is designe...

September 18, 2008

Cousteau To Address Freshmen

By Nadia Ismail

Environmentalist and explorer Céline Cousteau will take a break from swimming with sharks and adventuring in the Andes to greet a crowd of 5,000 incoming UCSB students as this year's Convocation Ceremony keynote spe...

September 18, 2008

Police Blotter

By Staff

A deputy on patrol at the intersection of El Embarcadero and Del Playa Drive was rudely interrupted while talking with a pedestrian.

August 30, 2008

Jack Johnson Plays at Harder

By Staff

August 30, 2008

Dear Class of 2012 (or 2013),

By Staff

Let's play a game. No, no, not that creepy one with the hacksaw, Christ. I meant the sweet, innocent kind that you haven't played in years -- the kind with boards and playing pieces and paper money! No? Shit. O.K., I'm...

August 30, 2008

UCSB Academic Programs Compete at National Level

By Elliott Rosenfeld

Congratulations on deciding to push your tiny, colored, plastic automobile down the path marked "college," instead of the shorter "straight to career" path. In The Game of Life, you've just placed yourself a few rolls o...

August 30, 2008

UCSB Services Inform, Advise Students

By Jessica Mullen

Now that you're taking the longer and more arduous "college path" on this flimsy playing-board called the Game of Life, there are a number of spaces across campus worth landing on to help you make it to "Millionaire Esta...

August 30, 2008

Offbeat Courses Round Out Schedule

By Staff

As the class of 2012 will soon find out, UCSB is a place to learn many more things than just what's on your Major Requirements sheet. UCSB students can take advantage of a course list with more options than a game of Bat...

August 30, 2008

Santa Barbara Provides Access to Beaches to Suit All Tastes

By Adam Wenger

While UCSB may be most famous for its... Nobel prize winning faculty... the campus is equally well known for something most everyone can enjoy: the beach. Situated so close to the ocean you could throw a soccer goal into...

August 30, 2008

Isla Vista Events Embody Local Scene

By Kristin Ferrell

Welcome, freshmen, to Isla Vista, the beachside beer-bubble community that will play host to the majority of your exploits and misadventures over the next four years. Compared with her various college town peers, I.V. ma...

August 30, 2008

Travel With Ease in New Game of Life

By Taylor Haggerty

In your first year at UCSB you will no doubt face obstacles that seem near impossible -- transportation, however, will not be one of them. Getting past Go in the greater Santa Barbara area is an easy task, even for those...

August 30, 2008

Clubs Strive to Get Gauchos Involved

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Like the playing pieces vying for that Boardwalk property, Gauchos come in all shapes and sizes. And while no one has ever seen an iron or a thimble biking across campus, UCSB has so many clubs and organizations, even an...

August 5, 2008

Study Urges Reexamination of Parasites

By Nadia Ismail

Parasites have long been cast aside as microscopic pests, but a recent study from UCSB is calling for a reexamination of the role these organisms play in ecosystems.

August 5, 2008