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Postcards from the Edge

January 6, 2003 by Staff

The Central Valley is a strange place. It is that neverland of California that never appears in Hollywood movies, unless of course it can be disguised as the Sahara Desert or an obscure feature on th...
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Drugstore Cowboy: Have a Bushy New Year

January 6, 2003 by Cory Anthony

Like many others who can't quite effect change in themselves, I have decided instead to criticize others. In that vein, here are some resolutions for the people who are in a position now to better not...
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This New Year, Resolve to Keep the Campus Clean and Green

January 6, 2003 by Joel Wynton

It is important to consider how the proposed changes to Highway 217 could impact the school's future donors. Along with many of my fellow graduated Gauchos, I hold a strong affinity for the calming an...
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Know Your Limits as You Ride the Waves

January 6, 2003 by Dwayne Hauschild

In light of the recent death of a fellow surfer at Devereux this weekend, I felt I needed to finally write a note of concern to the local surf community in respect to water safety.
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Changing Highway 217 Could Tamper With Old Memories

January 6, 2003 by David Gonzales

Why don't you join the others who help keep the campus clean by picking up one piece of discarded litter you encounter each time you walk to your class, office, or meeting?
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Living Without Vowels: Go Home, Sweet Home

December 5, 2002 by Steven Ruszczycky

The lights are out. Scraps of paper yanked along by the wind scrape along the sidewalks. That's it. Isla Vista during the holidays is a lot like that. Empty. Desolate. Boring.
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Teach Your Children Well

December 5, 2002 by Staff

Taking finals at a research university means being tested on a lot of crap that your professor never got around to teaching. God, I love college.
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The Wednesday Thursday Hump: Not Quite Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover

December 5, 2002 by Beth Van Dyke

Breaking up is a typical Fall Quarter event. And the best part is, it always tends to happen a few days before you plan to study for finals. Breaking up is also an art - not a thing most people recogn...
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World AIDS Day Is a Time to Search for Strength and Truth

December 5, 2002 by Toney Henry

Fear and vulnerability: These are two words that come to my mind whenever someone mentions the terms HIV or AIDS. For so long, the fact that anyone had to live with AIDS seemed foreign to me, distant ...
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UCSB’s Sidewalks Are Not the Play Things of Drivers

December 5, 2002 by Behrooz Parhami

Campus walkways should enjoy the same status as city sidewalks. One does not see cars and trucks on State Street sidewalks in downtown Santa Barbara, yet our walkways are sometimes more crowded than m...
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Giblets and Gravy

November 26, 2002 by Staff

A well-deserved turkey to all the professors who canceled class on Wednesday. Students deserve a break and a chance to beat the holiday traffic.
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Gobble Gobble, Baby

November 26, 2002 by Staff

The Weatherhuman was going to indulge his/her creativity in a pre-Thanksgiving haiku but forgot how many syllables go where. Funny how Googling "haiku" gets erotic haiku in just a few clicks.
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A.S. It Is: When Budgets Go Bad

November 26, 2002 by Sarah Hooper

As the entire UCSB campus has been made duly aware, Associated Students is in a budget crisis. There are groups within Associated Students that are quietly continuing business as usual and doing some ...
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And Not a Soul in Sight

November 26, 2002 by Staff

It's like the campus that feared sundown. If you're reading this, you're a more dedicated student than the Weatherhuman, who has fled class for his Weatherhome for Weatherturkey with all the Weatherfi...
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