Issue 50, Volume 84 2003-2004
TAs Reach Agreement With UC
Thursday, December 4, 2003
The strike by teaching assistants, tutors and other academic student employees that would have started today was avoided when the University and the labor union reached a tentative contract agreement late Tuesday night.
IVFP Gets Money to Enforce Alcohol Laws
Thursday, December 4, 2003
For those who are thinking about getting a fake I.D. over break, you might want to think twice. The Isla Vista Foot Patrol recently received a $50,000 grant from the regional Alcohol Beverage Control board to strengthen its enforcement of alcohol laws.
I.V. Burglars Loot Residences Over Holiday Weekend
Thursday, December 4, 2003
Twelve reported residential burglaries over Thanksgiving weekend cost Isla Vista residents just over $25,000 in stolen property, according to the Isla Vista Foot Patrol, but residents can sign up to have their house looked after by police over the upcoming winter break.
Experts Fault Tech Rush for State's Budget Woes
Thursday, December 4, 2003
Speakers at a forum on California's budget crisis agreed that the use of "money from heaven" from the late-1990s Internet boom is largely responsible for putting the state in its current fiscal hell.
Fireman Earns Award for His Risky Rescue
Thursday, December 4, 2003
When firefighter Howard Orr fell on a live power line last August while fighting a brush fire in Lompoc Valley, the thousands of volts flowing through his body shocked fellow firefighter Jonathan Veale as he tried to rescue his comrade.
Lecture Looks to the Stars, Glaxies
Thursday, December 4, 2003
Sally Oey, from the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., gave a talk in which she described how galaxies evolve and are affected by massive stars.
SB Homeless Shelter Reopens for Season
Thursday, December 4, 2003
On Monday night, the Casa Esperanza Homeless Center in downtown Santa Barbara opened its doors for the winter under its new name, welcoming community members, shelter board members and the homeless.
Parking Services Drives Food Drive
Thursday, December 4, 2003
It's that time of year again, and Transportation and Parking Services is feeling the spirit of giving. But this holiday season, they will be doing more than giving out the usual fines and citations.
St. Nick, Firefighters Visit Local Kids
Thursday, December 4, 2003
Santa Claus brought bags of toys to the children at the Isla Vista Youth Projects Wednesday, appearing with the Santa Barbara County Fire Dept. at an event co-sponsored by the Gamma Zeta Alpha fraternity and Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.
Group Hosts Debates on Housing Conflicts
Thursday, December 4, 2003
On Wednesday night, the Santa Barbara County Action Network (SBCAN) hosted the first of a series of community discussions on housing and the environment.
Indian Tabla Performance Honors Visiting Professor
Thursday, December 4, 2003
Performers from the Music of India Ensemble will bring a quarter of tutelage under visiting Nepali Professor Hom Nath Upadhyaya to a close tonight with an evening of North Indian and Nepali music.
SB Gets in Christmas Parade Spirit
Thursday, December 4, 2003
If the twirl of a baton turns you on, Santa Barbara has a special threesome for you. The 51st annual Downtown Holiday Parade will be held Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m. The parade begins at State and Sola Streets and ends in De La Guerra Plaza.
Staff Editorial
Twas the Day Before Finals
Thursday, December 4, 2003
It would make a great game show. Your school's teaching assistants plan to strike, but you have to guess why. "Is it Eskimo Pies? Are you planning to strike because you want more Eskimo Pies?" Only the strike didn't happen. Apparently, a last-minute deal between the University of California and the UC teaching assistants' union will keep those TAs around during finals week, answering students' questions and grading exams, just like they always do.
Drugstore Cowboy: Your Mind on My Safety, Hand in My Underwear
Thursday, December 4, 2003
"Sir, you've been selected by the airline," the man at the security gate of the Santa Barbara Airport says to me, quickly scratching an "X" in red marker on my ticket. Did I win something? Maybe I'm getting an empty first-class seat!
The Wednesday Hump
Nudity for Finals Week Fun
Thursday, December 4, 2003
Dead Week and the finals crunch are always a joy - if you like pain. Caffeine overload headaches and delirium are surely right around the corner for many students due to all-nighters, final papers and presentations.
Coffee and Hubard's Slam Against Grocery Strike Misses Point
Thursday, December 4, 2003
In "A Strike Against All Sense," (Daily Nexus, Nov. 26) Ben Coffee and Brad Hubbard reflect the logic, sophistication and sensitivity of Scientologists on a caffeine binge. I resent their statement, "We chose not to honor the greedy picket lines," for its malice toward the strikers.
Fill Your Holidays With Nachas
Thursday, December 4, 2003
I grew up in a kosher home in Southern California. My grandmother was an immigrant from Odessa who had come to New York in 1914 to what Jews of her generation called the Goldeneh Medineh, "The Golden Land."
Staff Editorial
Coal & Candy Canes
Thursday, December 4, 2003
The Daily Nexus Gives Fossil Fuel to the Foul and Sweets to the Superb. Tension-relieving candy canes for take-home finals and the saintly professors who assign them. Inevitable, end-of-the quarter lumps of coal, however, for finals in general.
What's Your Problem? 12-04-03
Thursday, December 4, 2003
"My right leg is three inches shorter than my left." - Nate Brener (junior geology major)
Men's Basketball
Cook Serves Up Win
Thursday, December 4, 2003
The UCSB men's basketball team cooked Pepperdine 65-62 on a sizzling three-point game-winning dagger by junior forward Casey Cook. The Gauchos, rallying from four down with 1:33 to play, won their season opener on Wednesday evening in the Thunderdome to improve their season record to 2-2.
Men's Soccer
Gauchos Go Sour in Sweet 16
Thursday, December 4, 2003
In a season resembling a jagged heart rate monitor, it was only appropriate the 2003 UCSB men's soccer team's inaugural Sweet 16 game against St. John's University was filled with emotional peaks and valleys.
Women's Volleyball
UCSB Travels to Frozen Tundra
Thursday, December 4, 2003
#20 Santa Barbara (19-8, 14-4 in the Big West) has been invited to its 23rd consecutive NCAA Tournament, but the selection committee gave the Gauchos the cold shoulder, shipping them off to Minneapolis for first- and second-round action.
Women's Basketball
#15 Santa Barbara Sinks Illini
Thursday, December 4, 2003
The #15 UCSB women's basketball team has found a knack for making games exciting. Led by senior center Lindsay Taylor's 20 points, the Gauchos rallied from eight points down, with 15 minutes to go, to defeat Illinois 70-59 on Nov. 28 at the Thunderdome
On Your Mark, Get Set, Shoot!
Thursday, December 4, 2003
Sure, there are plenty of film festivals and filmmaking competitions taking place all over the country in any given week. But, how many of those festivals willingly give directorial reign to 10 random students ranging from their mid-teens to twenties and ask them to shoot 10 minutes of film in 10 days?
Tipping Sorrow's Scales
Thursday, December 4, 2003
In the closing scenes of "21 Grams," one of the main characters lies in a hospital bed and recalls the urban legend that the 21 grams a human body supposedly loses at the moment of death is the loss of the soul.
Three Men and a Little Bjork
Thursday, December 4, 2003
Palm Pictures has released a three-part series called "The Director's Label," showcasing the work of three directors of music videos and short films.
CD Review
Michael Jackson | Number Ones | Epic
Thursday, December 4, 2003
It seems rather unfortunate for your latest greatest hits CD to be released while you are being charged with child molestation, but such is the life of Michael Jackson.
CD Review
Johnny Cash | Unearthed (box set) | American
Thursday, December 4, 2003
Look, it's like this: Johnny Cash is my god and I don't think that I can do his new box set any justice.
Upcoming Shows
Thursday, December 4, 2003
Dec. 9 à S.T.U.N., Vendetta Red @ The Roxy Dec. 9 à Radio Berlin, Kissing Tigers @ Spaceland of Dreams Dec. 9 à The Shore, Red West, Red Lights @ SLO Brew
KCSB Top Ten ¥ Week ending 12/05/03 ¥ Courtesy of KCSB-FM 91.9
Thursday, December 4, 2003
1) The Stills | Logic Will Break Your Heart | Vice/Atlantic 2) Erase Errata | At Crystal Palace | Troubleman Unlimited 3) Bouncing Souls | Anchors Aweigh | Epitaph
Artsweek Calendar
December 4 - December 10, 2003
Thursday, December 4, 2003
If you're looking to put some twang in your usual music lineup, check out Allison Krauss + Union Station when they play at the Arlington tonight at 9.
Wal-Martyred
Thursday, December 4, 2003
Did you hear about the lady who got trampled at Wal-mart by maniacs in pursuit of DVD players on sale for $30?