What the hell is this place coming to?
The UCSB women’s tennis team is looking for its first win of the season after being swept 7-0 by #46 Fresno State last Saturday. The Gauchos dropped to 0-2 for the season, with both losses coming on the road.
Mad cow disease! Got your attention? No? How about Avian flu pandemic. No? Okay, let’s try last week’s “Family Guy.” There, that works. I figure with those teasers, I probably have about 10 percent of the readers out there paying attention.
An unidentified female opened fire at a local mail sorting facility last night, killing six people and seriously wounding at least one other before turning the gun on herself. Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Dept. spokesman Sgt. Erik Raney said six postal service employees were killed in the shooting, and SWAT teams found one woman with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound while searching the postal service facility at approximately 2 a.m. today.
I suppose since this very spot was occupied last week by stud sportswriter Sean Lewis’ two cents on Kobe’s offensive onslaught – much to the chagrin of the brass at the sports desk (me) – I shouldn’t feel sheepish about chiming in on my new favorite basketball player: Ron Artest.
I’ve kept my silence on this subject long enough, dear readers, and it would be unfair – nay, criminal – for me to continue holding my peace. As someone with a social conscience and access to such a large potential readership, it is my duty to address the great travesty that has been perpetuated against us all for so long.
Students and local residents will get the chance to win a new bicycle and learn how to stay safe while riding it, at a town hall meeting hosted by local law enforcement officers, politicians and professors in Embarcadero Hall tonight.
So I am on my computer, typing about my absolutely pathetic life -followed with the word “jkajahgsjdlfhdghfdjkflfhjfhf I rock” – and I look to the right. I see a blue pill – not some bullshit, who-gives-a-fuck Matrix shit – but a blue pill that actually means something.
Students and faculty will gather to discuss the rising costs of a University education tonight at a town hall meeting sponsored by the University of California Students Association (UCSA).