Issue 47, Volume 82 2001-2002
Recall Attempt Needs Signatures
Thursday, November 29, 2001
Students on campus may be asked to sign a petition to recall 3rd District Supervisor Gail Marshall, as her opponents attempt to gather 8,819 signatures before March 18.
Academic Senate Delays GE Changes Until 2003, Cites Lack of Campus Input
Thursday, November 29, 2001
Plans to change UCSB general education requirements for students within the College of Letters and Science have been delayed until 2003, after more than a year of discussion.
Medical Coverage Costs To Increase For UCSB Employees
Thursday, November 29, 2001
UCSB employees will see an increase in the cost of their medical benefits in 2002, reflecting the increasing rates for healthcare across the state and nation.
Feature Photo: Women Building Peace
Thursday, November 29, 2001
SAT Success Is Best Left to the Boot Straps
Thursday, November 29, 2001
I find it extremely hard to believe that just because a test-taker comes from a low-income neighborhood or family, answering questions about high school mathematics is so much more difficult for them than it is for any other test-taker.
The Mongoose
A Living Wage for the Upper-Middle Class
Thursday, November 29, 2001
It's possible to get the Santa Barbara City Council to care about the cost of living for city employees, but only if said employees are making about $190,000 per year.
One Nation, Under God, Uncoerced ...
Thursday, November 29, 2001
Gail Marshall's request that her advisory commission itself decide whether to make the Pledge was squarely in line with that Court ruling and with longstanding American distaste for coerced patriotism.
Men's Basketball
Gaucho Pandemonium! BYU Falls
Thursday, November 29, 2001
The UCSB men's basketball team overcame a 12-point deficit against defending Mountain West Champion Brigham Young University and came out on top in what Head Coach Bob Williams considered the biggest non-conference victory in his career at Santa Barbara.
Women's Soccer
Santa Barbara Seniors Leave Women's Soccer After Rebuilding Program
Thursday, November 29, 2001
Although the season ended in disappointing fashion for the UCSB women's soccer team, the fact that the Gauchos were even in a position to be selected for a post-season tournament demonstrates the capabilities of the program.
Out of the Forest, into the Jungle
Thursday, November 29, 2001
The Sherwood Players, an independent student-run theater group on campus, takes a look at the Vietnam War through the eyes of men who were there in their latest production.
Digital Masterplan
Thursday, November 29, 2001
In 1995, when Brent Meeske decided to make a feature-length documentary, he really had only one format option within his price range: a small, first-generation, digital-eight camera.
Disquiet on the Western Front
Thursday, November 29, 2001
"Here is New York" - the Santa Monica exhibition of over 300 photos thematically centered on the events of Sept. 11 - is drawing so well that gallery organizers want to push the early Dec. 8 closing date back to mid-January.
Movie Review
Harry Potter: The Wizardry of Madison Avenue
Thursday, November 29, 2001
The buildup for "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" resembled the sort of drama and fanfare reserved for royal weddings and papal appointments.
CD Review
Jewel | This Way | Atlantic Records
Thursday, November 29, 2001
While it seems at first glance that a pop sensibility has eaten up and regurgitated another talent for blind-baby-bird-public consumption, there are some really great tracks hidden in This Way.
CD Review
John Coltrane | The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording | Impulse!
Thursday, November 29, 2001
The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording, the first issue of John Coltrane's final captured live performance, reaches an ecstatic boiling point in the free jazz movement.
CD Review
John Mayer | Room for Squares | Sony
Thursday, November 29, 2001
If this were a hard and fast rule Room for Squares would probably be pulled over for reckless endangerment. The album rides the line between following the caravan and diverging into John Mayer's own aesthetic road.
In Memory: El Canario (1988 - 2001)
Thursday, November 29, 2001