Baseball: UCSB Braces for Aces

The Gauchos face the top pitching team in the conference in a three-game set beginning tonight at 6:30 against 49er junior Jered Weaver, the best pitcher in the country and the incumbent for National Player of the Year.

A T-shirt With a History

I have decided to go on a mission. This mission will be a simultaneous statement of both fashion and politics. If you think my name made it to Mr. Blackwell’s “10 Worst Dressed List” you’re wrong. Even if it did, a rat’s ass I could care. Mr. Blackwell is a pompous, arrogant old fart with too much time on his hands and with just as bad a taste in fashion as those he critiques.

We Still Don’t Understand

OK, it’s late Thursday night, and I have the funniest joke I’ve written all week (not saying much) all ready to go. When I go to drop it in, I find my space pillaged by some bullshit correction.

Campus Network Survives Attack of PhatBot Worm

A worm hit the UCSB computer network late Wednesday night, causing some departments, organizations and residence halls to lose their Internet connections.

Softball: Gauchos To Host Aggies

In a tough division where two teams will likely make regionals, the UCSB softball team (25-26, 7-4) will have to get through Utah State (7-35, 3-9). The Utah women may look like a mice on paper, but they will play like monsters on the field to finish at the top.

Returning to the High School Womb

It is widely acknowledged that UCSB is a pretty weird place. It’s the type of place that when you hear about puppy love, it most likely has something to do with bestiality. This naturally came up when I visited my high school recently for the first time since graduation. Nothing – except perhaps a large bodily-endowment – precedes its subject quite like a reputation.

Students Demand I.V. Plan Revisions

In preparation for a Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors hearing, community representatives and members of Associated Students met Thursday to come up with ideas on how to alter or delay the proposed Isla Vista parking permit plan.

Track and Field: Invites Loom Large for Santa Barbara Track

UCSB track and field is looking for everything to work out in the long run, especially in the 800-meter,500-meter and 4×400 relay. The Gauchos will get their chance this weekend.

A Few Fixes to Pull Your ‘Puter Out of Slo-mo

When it comes to computers, ignorance is not bliss. Your computer can only do what you tell it to, and I say “your computer” because mine has a mind of its own.

Yard Sale To Benefit Man’s Best Friend

Dog lovers in the Santa Barbara area will get a chance to help homeless puppies get ready for adoption at a Goleta animal shelter’s charity event this weekend.