Issue 139, Volume 83 2002-2003
School Not Out for Summer
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Summer enrollment is up again, though not by as much as administrators had hoped. Currently, 8,566 students are enrolled in summer classes, up 3 percent from last year. Summer Sessions administrators had speculated that enrollment might top 9,000 this year.
Regents Name New UC President
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
The University of California Board of Regents unanimously chose UC San Diego Chancellor Robert Dynes as the next UC president at their June 11 meeting. Dynes was selected from a pool of more than 300 people after a seven-month long nationwide search.
Yang To Review Committee Plans
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
A plan for the development of the campus for the next two decades was passed to the chancellor by the Campus Planning Committee at its monthly meeting Tuesday.
County Plans Raises Despite Budget Woes
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Five county managerial positions have been re-classified as chief financial officers, effecting a 10 percent increase in salary despite the county's current budget crunch.
Renewed Grant Helps Support Health Care For the Homeless
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
The County Dept. of Public Health hopes that by combining helping hands with friendly faces, it can work to ensure health care for its homeless population.
Davis Recall Efffort Gains Momentum
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
A Republican-led campaign to recall Democratic Gov. Gray Davis has collected close to half the signatures needed to get the measure on the ballot, the secretary of state announced June 24.
UC Wins Court Approval for Merced
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
The California 5th District Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday in favor of the University in its legal battle with three Merced-based environmental groups.
Award Lauds UCSB's Alcohol Education Work
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
UCSB won an award for alcohol education, although not for the extensive unofficial research the student body has performed on the subject. The American Automobile Association presented Chancellor Henry Yang with the first place award in the 2002-03 College and University Drinking and Driving Prevention Awards on June 5.
UCSB Scientist's Work May Help Treat Cancer
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
A nutritional supplement that was previously produced only in Japan has been successfully produced at UCSB - and faster, too. Bruce Lipshutz, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UCSB, developed a method to synthetically prepare the coenzyme known as ubiquinone.
Ripply, Believe It or Not
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Drugstore Cowboy: Governor Schwarzenegger
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
"Can you spell that one more time, Mr. Governor?"I can already see the veins in Arnie's massive neck bulging, prompting similar action in his forehead. "I already spelled it 10 times: S-C-H-W-A-R-Z-E-N-E-G-G-E-R."
Why My Potential Employer Would Want My Urine on Her Hands
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
I'm not supposed to be stressing during summertime. That's a rule. But now I've got something on my mind. I'm not happy about it. I decided I needed a little walking-around cash, so I immediately sought out the most part-time, low-responsibility, easy-to-get bullshit summer job available.
Learning From an Uncomfortable Situation
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
I meant to write this as a formal apology and say that my ill-timed comment was taken out of context, and that I truly never meant to offend anyone or cause emotional grief.
Censorship Doesn't Accomplish a Fu@#ing Thing
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
The United States has always emphasized moral virtue, whether or not it acts in accordance with it. The government has traditionally been a fan of the "see no evil" strategy of vice - if we don't see it, hear it or have it available to us, then we won't do it ourselves.
Ahoy, Matey!
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
In just two weeks, the world will prepare to meet the latest cinematic creation from Gore Verbinski, director of the "The Ring," and be deluged with the world of the pirate.
Movie Review
Spellbound | Do I Sound Like a Musical Robot?
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Having been blessed with the two parts of the anti-cool holy trinity - chubby with acne (I was spared braces) - junior high remains a desolate wasteland of awkward gym changing room encounters and sweaty Boys to Men slow dances.
CD Review
Willie Nelson | Crazy: The Demo Sessions | Sugar Hill
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
"If you can't say you love me, say you hate me / ... If you can't undo the wrong, undo the right." They're the words of a young Willie Nelson that make me feel like my emotional heart has never felt a thing.
Pirate Info Galore
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
All your pirate dialect needs
CD Review
Dropkick Murphys | blackout | HellCat Records
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
The Dropkick Murphys came as a huge shock to most punk fans with 1998's Do or Die. For kids who had never heard of the Pogues, Do or Die's mix of rock, folk and Irish music was unprecedented.
Artsweek Calendar
June 25 - July 1, 2003
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Beck never had a monkey, but he still made it big following his days as a street busker. Though these days his music has less to do with refrigerators having sex, his soulful side has proven equally rewarding. The Black Keys will open and start stirring up the Santa Barbara Bowl starting tonight at 7.
KCSB Top 20 ¥ Week ending 6/25/03 ¥
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
1) Kissing Tigers | Trebuchet (EP) | You Genius2) The Postal Service | Give Up | Sub Pop3) Hot Cross | Cryonics | Level Plane
Sinking to the Shallowest Depths
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
In these troubled times for starship earth, it is reassuring to think that our own UCSB is looking out for the future. While it could confine itself to mere education, it is working to solve the problem of overpopulation with an approach that is at once deep and shallow.