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The Lockup

February 7, 2003 by

Locking up your bike by Kerr Hall is a bit like signing up to be on American Gladiators. In order to retrieve your bicycle after class, you must first make your way through a solid wall of steel spok...
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Documentary Assaults the Second Amendment

February 7, 2003 by Jeff Farrah

One thousand students viewed Michael Moore's latest documentary, "Bowling for Columbine" on Tuesday night. The film was thought provoking, but for this student it did not cause a great epiphany in reg...
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The Truth Won’t Stretch All the Way to the Middle East

February 7, 2003 by Pedro Lerias

As Colin Powell, the last addition to the White House hawks and, for a change, one that didn't dodge Vietnam, gave "crucial" evidence to the United Nations to support a war on Iraq, I feel inclined to...
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A Not-So-Sporting Chance

February 6, 2003 by Steven Ruszczycky

In case you haven't heard, you too can win tuition free for the 2003-04 school year, all you need to do is attend the game, have your name called from the student directory, make it to the floor in tw...
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Man vs. Machine: Who Will Win?

February 6, 2003 by

It's registration time again and I would like to take a moment of silence to mourn the passing of registration by telephone. RBT gave you something to hate. There was a person on the other end of the ...
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Students Need a Greener Place to Play

February 6, 2003 by Drew Mackie

Of course, I am speaking of the ducks that used to call Storke Plaza reflecting pool home. The pool, once a shimmering image of Storke Tower and blue sky, vanished around September and left in its pla...
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If You Really Love Them

February 5, 2003 by Beth Van Dyke

It was just a regular Saturday night. She got off work late and got the usual phone call from her friends partying in I.V. She decided to join them; she really needed a drink. The guy she liked had be...
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Congratulations, I’m Sorry

February 5, 2003 by

To give credit where credit is due, I'd like to thank the A.S. Program Board for showing "Bowling for Columbine" last night. Ironically the struggle for tickets was nearly enough to make one resort to...
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A.S. It is: An Architectural Facelift

February 5, 2003 by Alexis Krieg

Since I was appointed to the committee at the end of last year, we have looked at project plans for all over campus. As we discuss the building designs with each architecture firm, I try to look out f...
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Absence of Evidence Should Cut It for the American Government

February 5, 2003 by Loren Williams

Anti-war activists have faced derision for not explaining in detail why they oppose war with Iraq. It's a clever evasion; the question that needs to be answered is not "Why not war?"
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A War with Iraq Punishes the Innocent Instead of the Guilty

February 5, 2003 by Peter Cohen

The way to help the Iraqi people is to continue the inspections while dropping the sanctions. As business picks up and tourism and trade increase, the people would gradually become healthier, stronger...
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UCSB Students, Show Some Love for Your Fellow Gaucho Athletes

February 5, 2003 by Chris Austin

I think every UCSB student is proud of his or her school. They show off to their friends what a beautiful place we live in. They bring relatives up, show them Isla Vista and tell them the crazy storie...
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Drugstore Cowboy: Another Brick in the Wall

February 4, 2003 by Cory Anthony

Mr. Bush talked about his administration's achievements and tried to pull a fast one on the public, pretending his No Child Left Behind legislation was already a success.
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Tiny Boxes Make Me Happy

February 4, 2003 by

If you tried to do Monday's crossword, the answer to 13 down was "REFIT." Twenty-five across was "REPENT." Of course, you would need an extra box to spell either of them.
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We Might as Well Face It, the United States Is Addicted to Oil

February 4, 2003 by Joey Tartakovsky

Being addicted to oil from Arab autocracies, like we are now, is terrible policy. It gives such states influence that they shouldn't have, given our vastly different interests and lack of shared value...
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