Opinion
I am worried about members of our community who come from Arabian or Moslem backgrounds. I have no doubt that the overwhelming majority of our community will carefully consider their words and would c...
read more
When I hear things like "carpet bomb Afghanistan" or, as one articulate Louisiana senator asked, have all people wearing "diapers" on their head be checked out, I think that it is nothing but ignoranc...
read more
We've overcome adversity and tragedy on many occasions in the past and each time we've become stronger from the experience. This current tragedy will be no exception.
read more
On August 22, the UCSB administration announced that it had greatly expanded its authority to punish students' off-campus deeds under a policy called "extended jurisdiction."
read more
The young girl sits dejectedly on the curb, possibly 17, but probably not. The cops decide to keep her fake I.D., and I laugh a little.
read more
It's a community. There's not too many of them left. And it's small, so you can hear your neighbor's problems, and they become yours too. That's not always a bad thing, because it means that in additi...
read more
After a year of studying in Granada, Spain I've come home with a whole new perspective on the world, and in this case, on the little things that make my life easier.
read more
Trip was two weeks of exposing us to the complexity of problems in Eastern Europe and Israel and the need for tolerance among all groups.
read more
In college, simply filling your stomach can be an arduous adventure. There are thousands of ways to spend money locally, and especially downtown, mostly at overpriced bars and restaurants.
read more
The most visible problem with Isla Vista is the Santa Barbara News-Press' coverage of it. In a series of biased and erroneous stories, the paper has portrayed our town as a swill bucket brimming over ...
read more
"It's a shite state of affairs Buhler - a shite state of affairs."Buhler, my wingman, scanned the thousands of empty seats in Balboa Park's Starlight Bowl and agreed.
read more
Brilliant tulips to IVTV for filming A.S. President Brian Hampton in a state of drunkenness somewhere between "blitzed" and "trashed." Tulips also to Hampton for demonstrating why he holds the copyrig...
read more
Medical studies say cognitive ability drops 25 percent for every 24 hours without sleep. The areas of the brain hardest hit are always the higher mental functions like critical thought and analysis.
read more
It seems very clear to me that Jiefeng Zhou is repeating the propaganda that the Communist Chinese government has been repeating for decades.
read more
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
