Bear Puddin

What do you get when you compile eight of the top art students at a university and give them the chance to create and organize their own show? The answer is part classical and part modernist, a little culinary, a lot exhibitionist and a whole slew of self-expressionistic statement making.

For a Good Time… Don’t Call

A recent survey by Virgin Mobile found that 95 percent of its cell phone customers dial under the influence (DUI). This is probably larger than the percentage of Americans who believe the world is round.

Men’s Tennis: Aztecs Ruin UCSB

Senior Alex Anselme and freshman Anders Dalskov put up a fight, but the UCSB men’s tennis team dropped its second straight match Wednesday, falling to San Diego State 5-2. The win increases the Aztecs’ winning streak to three games.

Drugstore Cowboy: It’s a Mad, Mad World Indeed

So much trouble in the world. It was true in 1979 when Bob Marley first said it. It’s true now. Sometime on Nov. 2, 2004, watching the disaster I feared worst come to life on a big blue and red map of the United States, I crawled into the bottom of a bottle of Wild Turkey 101.

Hotels Run Low on Rooms for Grad Weekend

Even though Spring Quarter graduation is still more than 10 weeks away, the families of many seniors are finding it to be the 11th hour in their search for lodging and dining accommodations for graduation weekend.

Be Kind, Please Rewind

Samara Morgan first crawled out of TV sets – and into the hearts of American moviegoers – in 2002’s “The Ring.” The video cassette-born villainess apparently spooked audiences enough that her creators have paid heed to the old “be kind, please rewind” axiom and resurrected her for another round of water demon madness.

Sports Column: Walk Me Up

Since most UCSB students have never actually made their way out to the confines of Caesar Uyesaka Stadium or Campus Diamond, I wouldn

Oh, the Frustrations of Being a Democrat

I’m writing in response to Matthew Cappiello’s column, “The Two Party System Is Ripe for the Taking, Why Not Take It?” (Daily Nexus, March 30). Three words: right on, man.

Bike Lockers To Give Commuters More Security

To promote bicycle commuting to campus, UCSB Transportation and Parking Services (TPS) is test piloting a bike locker program. Twenty new bike lockers — located near the Biology 2, Chemistry and Student Affairs and Administrative Services buildings as well as next to Rob Gym — were raffled off last Friday to the 31 students, faculty and staff that applied for the drawing.

First Sick? Twisted? Hilarious? You Bet Your Ass!

Are you one of those people who thinks cartoons are dumb? When someone says animation, do you think singing crabs and midgets with pickaxes? Well, prepare to have all your preconceived notions about animation drawn and quartered, chopped into tiny pieces and then nuked on high for an hour and a half courtesy of Spike and Mike.