Issue 68, Volume 83 2002-2003
Shuttle Losses Hit Home for Project Veterans
Monday, February 3, 2003
Santa Barbara County was once home to the space shuttle. It was to be launched from the California coast only weeks after the Challenger disaster forced the military to give up the program. A few people remain from the Slick Six shuttle program and this weekend's tragedy holds special meaning for them.
SB County Firefighter Dies on Duty
Monday, February 3, 2003
A Gaviota firefighter died Saturday of what officials said appeared to be a massive heart attack. The death of 51-year-old Moseley is the first on-the-job death the department has experienced since 1967, Johnson said.
Lecture To Focus on Women's Sports
Monday, February 3, 2003
In the midst of a renewed national debate over Title IX, professional volleyball player and 1988 United States Olympian Liz Masakayan is kicking off National Girls & Women in Sports Week at UCSB with a lecture on her life's accomplishments and struggles in sports.
Police Arrest 2 Boys for Bomb in Parking Lot
Monday, February 3, 2003
On Sunday, Jan. 26 a homemade bomb was thrown in the parking lot of Albertsons on Calle Real in Goleta. The device exploded at about 4:40 p.m., causing no damage.
Federal Report Shows Abuses of Lab Funding
Monday, February 3, 2003
Over $1.5 million in lab property was lost by or stolen from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, birthplace of the atomic bomb, between 2000 and 2002, a recent government report says.
Ship Hosts UCSB Students for Marine Geology Research
Monday, February 3, 2003
Studying the San Clemente Basin in a book is one thing. Studying it on a ship is something else entirely. The students lived at sea for five days and mapped an area of the basin where a hole appears to exist in a ripped section of the ocean floor.
The Band Who Played Wolf
Monday, February 3, 2003
Lab Rat: Remember the Beauty of Exploration
Monday, February 3, 2003
More pressure, less funding - this is the true recipe for disaster. Corporations, politicians and public interest all have something to say about how scientists ply their trade. And as I learned about it, I learned about the other side of NASA - the administrative end, where dollars and cents arbitrate discovery. The shuttle was designed in the late 1970s. It was the country's long-anticipated reusable spacecraft, and it resulted from two conflicting visions. The winning design for the shuttle was a compromise between the two visions, and as a result it couldn't accomplish much of either. The shuttle is too bulky to reach the high orbits most satellites require, and too temperamental to be launched regularly, cheaply or easily.
Baseball: San Diego State of Pain
Monday, February 3, 2003
The weekend started off well for the UCSB baseball team, but by Sunday afternoon the Gauchos realized they had plenty of room to improve. After putting up three runs in the third, San Diego scored once in each of the final three innings to finalize a 6-3 victory.
What, You Mean You Guys Aren't With Chris Berman?
Monday, February 3, 2003
Softball: Early Gauchos Get the Worms Out
Monday, February 3, 2003
Santa Barbara won all five games it played against Long Beach State, Santa Clara, and Illinois-Chicago. From the looks of things, the confidence is here to stay and the winning is too.
Women's Basketball
Gauchos Throw the Book at LBSU
Monday, February 3, 2003
And just like that, they're back. In the battle for first place at the Thunderdome on Saturday night, the #19 UCSB women's basketball team proved that it is by far and away the best team in the Big West.
Men's Basketball
Pyramid of Pain for Gauchos
Monday, February 3, 2003
The UCSB men's basketball team suffered a frustrating and unexpected blow at the hands of the Big West's bottom feeders, dropping a 68-67 stunner to LBSU at the Pyramid on Saturday evening.
Men's Volleyball
Pacific, Stanford Spoil UCSB's Plans
Monday, February 3, 2003
The Gauchos endured another tough weekend by dropping both of their matches to Mountain Pacific Sports Federation opponents Pacific and Stanford. After playing five straight road games, the UCSB men's volleyball team found out this weekend that winning isn't necessarily easier at home.
Achoo!
Monday, February 3, 2003
I hate dust. Living in Isla Vista is like setting up a shanty insida a vacuum bag. I leave my stuff out for a week and when I retrieve it I feel like an Indiana Jones raching for a spider-covered idol in the back of some creepy temple.