Opinion
More pressure, less funding - this is the true recipe for disaster. Corporations, politicians and public interest all have something to say about how scientists ply their trade. And as I learned about...
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After careful research, I have determined that there are only three kinds of midterms. In keeping with UCSB's fine tradition of simplifying issues until an acronym can be found, I have listed them
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Lots of people are pretty mad about Bush's State of the Union Address, so mad that they held peaceful demonstrations and mocked the commander in chief's pronunciation of the word "nuclear."
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As a history major, I've learned that when studying any given event or period, one should look for all possible factors or motives behind that given event: social, international, economic.
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It is that time once again, and I'm seriously not looking forward to it. The X Games are coming to fascinate the minds of so-called extreme viewers and spectators of the sport spectacle of the century...
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I imagine that I am not alone in being a little disturbed by Justin Ruhge's column (Daily Nexus, "Temporary Student Residents Shouldn't Play with Voting Blocks," Jan. 28, 2003).
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I guess it takes a woman writing about women to create even more contradictions and problems. I applaud Beth Van Dyke's attempt to take a crack at the battle of the sexes.
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I've decided that women are crazy. I know this because I am crazy. Sometimes I think I should take myself out on a date because I'm the only one who would truly understand the capacity of my insanity...
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The decline of Western civilization is an agonizingly slow process peppered with occasional indicators like inflation, reduced funding for the arts, limitations to individual freedoms, "Elimidate," th...
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Unless the concept of "more bang for your buck" directly relates to a massive spontaneous failure of the kidneys, two and a half hours is just too long.
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It's the prickly presence of a nuclear mosquito, a member of the oversized, bloodthirsty, buzzing, scummy lagoon-spawning, itch-inducing tribe of bugs that that now apparently calls UCSB home.
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In April 2000, students from I.V. Surfrider and the A.S. Environmental Affairs Board rallied together to oppose the seawall being constructed at Goleta Beach.
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Mr. Ruhge bemoans the legislation and voting outcomes that have occurred in Santa Barbara County due to student voting. He concludes by urging students to vote absentee at their parents' homes.
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This week, UCSB students have the opportunity to make sure they will have a choice about the continuation of programs sponsored by the Office of Student Life.
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Ride through the bike path without crashing
Find a seat at the red couches on the second floor of the library
Sunrise and sunset dip on the same day
Find parking on Del Playa Drive
Drunk for 24 hours
Bagel crawl
First pick at an Arbor muffin in the morning
Participate in a mosh pit at a band show
Finally talk to their class crush
Get an earlier pass time than their friends in GOLD
Graduate
Successfully walk through I.V. without seeing an old hookup
