Issue 54, Volume 82 2001-2002
UCSB Cuts Available Parking
Thursday, January 10, 2002
Parking services restricted 218 parking spaces previously available to C permit holders - mostly students - to staff (S) and faculty (A) permit holders during Winter Break.
Plover Researchers To Request Fence Funding
Thursday, January 10, 2002
UCSB's Coal Oil Point Reserve will turn in an application for a grant this Friday to pay for permanent fencing around the habitat of endangered western snowy plovers on Sands Beach.
Capps Advocates Support for International Students
Thursday, January 10, 2002
Capps said foreign students were important to America's diversity and progress, and their rights needed to be respected as security measures increase.
New Pump House Improves EEMB Seawater Access
Thursday, January 10, 2002
After 18 months of construction and $9.2 million in state money, the Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology Department now has access to some of the freshest water for research - freshest salt water that is.
SB Youth Arrested For Possession of Illegal Explosives
Thursday, January 10, 2002
A Santa Barbara High School student was booked into juvenile hall on Monday, after Sheriff's deputies found enough materials at his home to make at least four pipe bombs.
There's No Pill for Proper Parenting
Thursday, January 10, 2002
Accutane, adolescents and single-engine aircraft are the latest recipe for disaster, at least according to officials in my former home state of Florida.
The Web Forum: Leo Lydon
Thursday, January 10, 2002
"Leo was one of my best friends. I knew him since he was seven. We went through so much together. I can't even start to tell any of you how much this really sucks."
The Mongoose
Parking Lots and People Aren't Good Sex Aids for Plovers
Thursday, January 10, 2002
The county planners, bright and well-meaning chaps all, are kicking around a plan to enhance the natural beauty of Sands Beach with a big, fat parking lot. Just like at Goleta Beach.
Women's Basketball
Gauchos Follow Lead of Christensen
Thursday, January 10, 2002
Playing with a sense of urgency, Christensen steadied the Gauchos with her rock-solid play, leading Santa Barbara to its eventual conference title.
Surfing: Gauchos Surf Teams Place Third, Sixth in 24-Team Meet at Blacks Beach
Thursday, January 10, 2002
While most students had sugarplum fairies dancing in our heads, Santa Barbara's surfers were concentrating on the waves while they prepared to battle 24 teams off the shores of Blacks Beach.
Men's Volleyball
Santa Barbara Prepares for 38th Annual E-Bar Tournament After Sharp 3-0 Start
Thursday, January 10, 2002
After sweeping through the competition at the Millie Severson Tournament last weekend at Malibu, Santa Barbara captured the title by winning all three of their matches.
Sports Feature Photo: Gone Fishing
Thursday, January 10, 2002
More Than the Sum of its Parts
Thursday, January 10, 2002
Come on, it wasn't that long ago that when you looked at a large packing box, instead of seeing trash you saw a spaceship, a racecar or maybe even a dragon.
Digging Up the Dirt
Thursday, January 10, 2002
Your hometown can leap out and grab you at the oddest of times. In this case, Isla Vista leapt out of the carpet backstage at the El Rey during the penultimate Murder City Devils' Los Angeles gig.
Artsweek Calendar
Jan. 10 - Jan. 16
Thursday, January 10, 2002
Movie Review: A Beautiful Mind: A Terrible Thing To Lose
Thursday, January 10, 2002
Spanning some 40 years, from post-World War II through the early '90s, "A Beautiful Mind" is a sugar-coated bio-pic/period piece about the mental anguish of theoretical mathematician John Nash (Russell Crowe).
Movie Review: The Wide Blue Road: No Man Is an Island
Thursday, January 10, 2002
"The Wide Blue Road" is a film about a town of fishermen in Italy in the midst of a post-World War II economic slump
The Sleeper Must Awaken
Thursday, January 10, 2002
Hollywood loves Americans for the same reason the rest of the world hates us: We are fast food-eating, carbonated beverage-drinking, pleasure-seeking layabouts with little ambition other than to maintain bodily function.
CD Review
Kid Rock | Cocky | Atlantic
Thursday, January 10, 2002
Who is that substitute pimp charging out of the Motor City with an army of what appears to be moonshine-slammin' Metallica fans? It's Kid Rock and the Twisted Brown Trucker Band.
CD Review
Champagne Kiss | Dancing in the Pockets of Thieves | Troubleman Unlimited
Thursday, January 10, 2002
Champagne Kiss is the latest offering from Michelle Maskovich and Russell White, the motivating forces behind Moog-happy bands The Shortwave Channel and Camera Obscura.
CD Review
Laurie Anderson | Life on a String | Nonesuch
Thursday, January 10, 2002
Since 1981, Laurie Anderson has been one of the biggest avant-garde spoken word and experimental rock singers/songwriters to hit the mainstream American music scene.
CD Review
Various Artists | Sundays, Volume 1 | Nude Recordings
Thursday, January 10, 2002
The people at Nude Recordings have put together a compilation that made me wet my bed. Last night I dreamt I was stranded on a deserted island, making love to my dream girl.
CD Review
Various Artists | Orange County Soundtrack | Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax
Thursday, January 10, 2002
Orange County, the county, is nondescript. It's somewhere you pass through on your way to somewhere more exciting. Often pleasant, but not much to challenge or offend you.
Plover Porno
Thursday, January 10, 2002