Issue 123, Volume 84 2003-2004
Fire Season Hits California Early This Year
Wednesday, May 5, 2004
A brush fire that burned 300 acres Monday in the Santa Ynez Valley continued spreading Tuesday, charring an additional 215 acres of the Los Padres National Forest.
Group Seeks to Edit I.V. Parking Plan
Wednesday, May 5, 2004
Associated Students members and community representatives, who have been meeting for several weeks to discuss a proposed Isla Vista parking permit program, decided last night not to oppose the plan outright.
Construction Plan Irks Residents
Wednesday, May 5, 2004
Residents of Isla Vista and Goleta met at Embarcadero Hall last night to complain about the proposed environmental impact report (EIR) for UCSB's portion of the Ellwood-Devereux Open Space Plan.
Law Professionals Offer Internships
Wednesday, May 5, 2004
The Associated Students Legal Resource Center and the Law & Society Dept. are teaming up to bring internships to students interested in law. The internship program would allow students to work with defense lawyers, prosecutors and judges in Santa Barbara.
Visionaries To Speak on Imagination, Travel
Wednesday, May 5, 2004
Two people who know a thing or two about creativity will discuss that topic tonight in Campbell Hall. Writer Pico Iyer and musician Meredith Monk will speak in Campbell at 8 p.m. Admission will be $10 for the general public and $8 for students.
The Wednesday Hump
Beneath the Sexual Radar
Wednesday, May 5, 2004
It seems that people these days are just bursting with bizarre and morbid curiosity. From charged nipple clamps to glow-in-the-dark butt plugs, chances are if man can create it, someone, somewhere is going to have a fetish about it.
The Reader’s Voice: Prudish Article Exposes the Author’s Sexual Ignorance
Wednesday, May 5, 2004
This is in response to Briyanna Maatuk's article "When Did College Become All About Sex?" (Daily Nexus, May 3). What it took Maatuk four years at UCSB to discover about Isla Vista, most students at any university figured out within their first quarter.
M. Lacrosse: Next Stop: St. Louis for UCSB
Wednesday, May 5, 2004
You can't stop them, you can only hope to contain them. The UCSB men's lacrosse team continued its season-long tear with a triumph in the Western Collegiate Lacrosse League over the weekend.
Weighing In the Women
Wednesday, May 5, 2004
Most people would agree that there's a subtle difference between a basketball player standing 6'9''and weighing in at 220 pounds and one that measures 6'2'' and 250.
Softball: Gauchos Bully Hapless Highlanders
Wednesday, May 5, 2004
It took them awhile, but eight games later the UCSB softball team (29-26 overall, 11-4 in the Big West) defeated UC Riverside (12-44, 2-11) to sweep the series in a previously rained-out make-up game.
Hating the Haters
Wednesday, May 5, 2004
I'd like to use today's space to clear a colleague's name. He wrote a column last week imagining the glorious sexual possibilities presented by cloning.