Issue 83, Volume 85 2004-2005
An Oceanside Revolution
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
With 1,000 angry students surrounding the administration building, their bodies packing the concrete plaza in front of Campbell Hall, university officials moved to resolve the situation peacefully.
Talk Considers Global Impact of Big Business
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Two UCSB professors spoke about the role of corporate powers in global economics and politics during a lecture titled "Do Corporations Rule the World?" presented Saturday by the Humanist Society of Santa Barbara.
ROTC To Go on Active Duty for Bidders
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Buyers at tonight's second annual ROTC fundraising auction can order cadets to wash cars, dishes, do laundry and an array of other service tasks. The ROTC will auction off 10 of its cadets from 8 to 10 p.m. at Giovanni's in Isla Vista.
Grant Allows Locals to Plant Trees in I.V.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Isla Vista is growing greener by the week, as volunteers from Goleta Valley Beautiful plant oak trees along Camino Corto and the Del Sol Vernal Pools in an effort to reforest the area.
The Sky is Falling
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Private Dancer: Practice Your Preaching
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Last week we learned that some members of the Academic Senate have launched a crusade to ban the ROTC from campus. The crusade is being led by Charles Bazerman, chair of the Dept. of Education, and Thomas Scheff, a retired sociology professor who has written a book entitled Being Mentally Ill: A Sociological Theory. The effort is not only wrong, but sickly hypocritical.
Late Gonzo Journalist Leaves Legacy
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Over the weekend, the world lost one of its truly unique figures in journalism, Dr. - as he was dubbed by a 1960s mail-order church - Hunter S. Thompson. The man who, fueled by a heroic intake of substances and a manic passion for action verbs, opened the floodgates for "gonzo journalism" - the art and science of hybridizing both epic fact and epic fiction into one's reporting - is gone.
Women's Basketball
Gauchos Nip Northridge
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Slow and steady doesn't always win the race. With their fast-paced approach to basketball, the UCSB women (15-8 overall, 12-2 in the Big West) dashed their way to a 74-46 victory and put an end to Northridge's (15-8 overall, 10-5 Big West) eight-game winning streak.
Men's Volleyball
UCSB Upsets Long Beach
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Paralleled with Santa Barbara's recent torrential rainstorm, the #7 Gaucho men's volleyball team thundered through Southern California like a tropical hurricane this weekend, upsetting #4 Long Beach and hammering unranked San Diego.
SB Wrangles Mustangs
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
With UCSB's 78-66 drubbing of Cal Poly on Saturday night, Gaucho fans were treated to a glimpse of the past and visions of the future. Freshman guard Alex Harris tied for a team-high 16 points to help halt Santa Barbara's 11-game road losing skid.
Women's Water Polo: #1 UCLA Dismisses Gauchos Handily In Westwood
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
The UCSB women's water polo team played two conference games this weekend and came away with two very different results. The #10 Gauchos (4-3 overall, 1-2 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) got their first home win of the season Saturday, defeating #7 San Diego State (2-4 overall, 0-2 in the MPSF) 7-2 at Campus Pool.
Baseball: Santa Barbara Wins First Two
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
It was a series full of firsts for UCSB baseball this weekend at Fresno. UCSB won the series by taking games one and two, a first in 2005. Junior starters Steve Morlock and Michael Martin both picked up their first wins of 2005 and amazingly, despite all the bad weather reports, the Gauchos had no games delayed because of rain or darkness.
Track and Field: Santa Barbara Reigns in Home Meet
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
In its season opener, the UCSB track team pulled off men's and women's victories in a tri-meet with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Westmont. "It was our first meet of the year and it was in the rain," junior sprinter Kylie McCuen said. "You never know what to expect, but we worked through it and did extremely well."
Men's Tennis Wins
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
One holiday weekend, a little rain and two losses left the UCSB men's tennis team full of disappointment. The Gauchos missed an opportunity to get back in the win column as Saturday's match against Davis was rained out. UCSB (2-8 overall) came into the match with six straight losses, five against nationally-ranked teams.
Softball Tournament Battles Rain
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Rain cancelled all but two games in this weekend's Commercial Capital Invitational Softball Tournament at Campus Diamond. After Thursday's tournament opener against BYU was rained out, the Gauchos (6-6 overall) defeated Southwest Missouri State University 3-0 on Friday afternoon.
The Lincoln Bedroom
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
I hope everyone had a happy Presidents' Day. I celebrated my day off in honor of Calvin Coolidge, who slept a mandatory 11 hours per day.