Opinion
At approximately 3:30 p.m., I was asked by Gary, the man sitting in the seat behind me, to pull the yellow handle that connected our 650-pound glider to the tow plane in front of us. My heart skipped ...
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THREE PEOPLE came in to our office with plans. Only one made sense. The A.S. president is the face of the entire association. The president is the person freshmen first see when they come to campus an...
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What do you do when the missionary position becomes an old piece of chewing gum? You could toss it and chomp on a new position – but really, you’ve been bent and folded in so many ways, Ci...
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Due to imaginative and budgetary constraints, today's weather comes to us from the past.
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Yesterday, Fight Night — one of the biggest annual charities held on campus — was found dead. Police suspect that ignorance on part of the Office of Greek Affairs is to blame. The Fight Ni...
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Next week, we're going to ask you to do something we never thought we would have to do. It's something we haven't asked of the student body in general since the 1970s. We definitely cringe at having t...
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Do you think I'd run for mayor if I'd strangled, punched or choked a woman?
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This is the fourth and final time that I will see Associated Students elections here at UCSB and they never fail to disappoint. As a former Student Voice Executive, I would be disillusioned to say tha...
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I was instantly appalled when I read the end of Wednesday’s article, “Budget Woes Limit Admissionsâ€
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A couple of month’s ago, I read an essay in Harper’s Magazine called “A quibbleâ€
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Congratulations to Santa Barbara on approval of the new $300 million dollar Miramar Resort complex, which will hang out over the narrow, sandy Miramar Beach and be permanently protected by a ghastly b...
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For those of you who haven't heard, Iran has turned its nuclear power plant program -- established, ironically, by the U.S. in the 1950s -- into a nuclear bomb program. The country had concealed its n...
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I hope you had a happy Easter and, more importantly, a happy end to lent. How'd those 40 days go?
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Last weekend, I went home for my Grandpa Boris' 85th birthday party. When it came up in conversation that I was an advice columnist, Grandpa insisted that he answer the questions this week because "yo...
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Everything shower every day
Has an extensive tote bag collection but never brings one to Trader Joe’s
Reusing condoms
Collecting tears to water their plants
Asking to shower together to “save water”
Air conditioning and electric blanket running simultaneously
Has gone from Temu to SHEIN for bikini purchases
Fracking
On their 10th flight out of Santa Barbara Airport this month
Owns seven Stanley cups
Wrote their environmental ethics essay with ChatGPT
Vegan contributing to Big Almond
