Issue 85, Volume 85 2004-2005
PAC/GPAC Backs I.V. Land Buy
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Members of the Isla Vista Project Area Committee and General Plan Advisory Committee (PAC/GPAC) approved a motion to allocate $100,000 toward the purchase of five parcels of open space on Del Playa Drive at their meeting Wednesday night.
I.V.’s Second Full-Scale Riot Takes Its First Life
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Nearly two months after rioting students burned down the Bank of America on Embarcadero Del Norte, UCSB students like 22-year-old Kevin Patrick Moran - who opposed the violence - found themselves defending the reconstructed bank during Isla Vista's second full-scale riot on April 17, 1970.
KCSB Program Commemorates Late Radio Host
Thursday, February 24, 2005
UCSB's radio station played quirky and independent music from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday to honor and memorialize long-time DJ Tom Borghi, who died of cancer Monday.
Board Lacks Funds for New I.V. Center
Thursday, February 24, 2005
The Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) Finance Committee found that it has no funds in its 2004-05 budget to allocate for the construction of the new I.V. Community Center.
A.S. Pledges to Help Halfway House
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Associated Students Legislative Council approved a resolution in support of attempts to prevent the closure of the halfway house in Isla Vista, which is scheduled to be shut down Feb. 28 due to lack of funds.
Save the Halfway House
Thursday, February 24, 2005
There are over 2.1 million people in U.S. prisons today, which is 500,000 more prisoners than are in Chinese jails, even though they have four times our population. Sixty-eight percent of prisoners are people of color, the vast majority of whom are in for nonviolent crimes such as drugs.
He Said, She Said: Steady Wins the Race When it Comes to Getting Sloshed
Thursday, February 24, 2005
It's taken several years of beer bashes, steinhoists, keggers and AA meetings to fortify my iron liver. Occasionally, some beer-toting heavyweight will sit behind the counter of some liquor depository and reminisce of the days when only two beers got him hammed up. I beg to differ.
He Said, She Said: Life as a Lightweight Means Lighting-Fast Liquor Laughs
Thursday, February 24, 2005
You know that awful half-hour period when a party's just getting started: Everyone's standing around the living room with their first beers of the night, awkwardly exchanging names, years and majors while secretly thinking, "Dear god, when is this buzz gonna kick in?" as they smile politely through their gritted teeth.
I.V. Foot Patrol Should Cut Bikers a Break
Thursday, February 24, 2005
I write this as a plea to my fellow residents of Isla Vista. This will not be a much-anticipated political debate over the validity of Iraqi invasion. Nor will it be a long-winded argument contesting the use of stem cells for comatose life partners of gay marriage.
The Readers' Voice
Politicians Should Follow Up on Promises Made to I.V.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Thank you for your coverage of local affairs in Friday's article "Board Takes No Action on Park Sale, Director" (Daily Nexus, Feb. 18). The article discussed the meeting of the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District Board of Directors that took place last Thursday. I would like to add a little more information that I believe was missing from the article.
The Readers' Voice
Violent Shows Served Cathartic Purposes for Hyperactive Kids
Thursday, February 24, 2005
I was recently chatting with a friend about how cartoons these days are so different from back when we were kids. Both of us reached the conclusion that new television cartoons really do suck. Apparently, some A-hole therapist decided that violence in cartoons is somehow a bad thing and resolved to pacify the shit out of new cartoons.
Men's Volleyball
#6 Santa Barbara Sweeps USC
Thursday, February 24, 2005
The #6 Santa Barbara men's volleyball team dismantled the Trojan horse last night, constructing brooms out of the remaining rubble in the Gauchos' uncontested sweep over unranked USC.
Women's Basketball
UCSB Endeavors to Hold Onto First Place
Thursday, February 24, 2005
The UCSB women's basketball team is locked and loaded for its final road trip of the regular season. Facing yet another team that has been victorious over the Gaucho's (15-8 overall, 12-2 in the Big West) nemesis Idaho, Santa Barbara will take on Fullerton (5-18 overall, 3-11 Big West) tonight at 7 p.m. in Titan Gym.
Men's Basketball
Gauchos To Host Red-Hot Fullerton
Thursday, February 24, 2005
After an impressive road win against central coast rival Cal Poly, the UCSB men's basketball team returns to UCSB for its final home games of the season. The Gauchos (9-14 overall, 6-8 in the Big West) will host Fullerton (15-8, 9-5) at 7 p.m. in the Thunderdome in a possible second-round playoff preview of next month's all-important Big West Conference Tournament in Anaheim.
Swimming: Men Jump Out to Fast Start
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Santa Barbara swimming made a huge splash in the opening day of the Big West Conference Championships on Wednesday night with three record-breaking performances and the men going back to their hotel in first place.
Movie Reveiw: Tarnation
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Jonathan Caouette's "Tarnation" is a force to be reckoned with. In a time when documentary film has come to be defined through the highly subjective works of Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock, Caouette's self-reflexive, mind-altering video collage offers a breath of fresh, albeit unforgiving air, into the art of moviemaking.
Artsy's and Fartsy's: Artsweek's Answer to the Oscars
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Artsy's and Fartsy's: Artsweek's Answer to the Oscars
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Movie Review
Cruel Intentions 3
Thursday, February 24, 2005
When Choderlos de Laclos wrote Dangerous Liaisons in 1778, he probably wasn't thinking about Santa Barbara. Nonetheless, somebody else managed to connect our picture-perfect town with de Laclos' story about the sex games played by French aristocrats for "Cruel Intentions 3" - a direct-to-DVD threequel that technically isn't soft-core porn, but still makes you feel sleazy when you watch it.
Fostering New Trends
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Wendy Foster is a woman inspired by fashion and beauty, a passion that has driven her to create four of her own specialty clothing boutiques. Her boutiques' eclectic styles offer Santa Barbara residents an array of luxury items from daytime to evening wear.
Interpol Live at SOMA
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Hipsters fought among each other for position, pushing to get closer to the action as the SOMA stage filled with thick fog. Aphex Twin's "Milkman" cut out, a church organ sounded and five suits emerged from the abyss. Paul Banks, the French-born singer with a fascination for hands, said screw the town - "we're going to the city."
CD Review
M.I.A. | Arular | Beggars XL
Thursday, February 24, 2005
If Nelly Furtado kicked ass, her name would be Mathangi Arulpragasam. Hailing from both London and Sri Lanka, the frontwoman for M.I.A. is a Jill-of-all-trades.
Artsweek Calendar
February 24- March 3, 2005
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Tonight, the MultiCultural Center's Student Series continues with "Society: A Mixture of Cultures" with Teatro Sabroso Delicioso. The presentation will consist of a series of comical plays about individual and communal identities that are formed through and around culture.
Like Vintage Wine
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Today I was in a lecture given by some guy, and these 80-year-old ladies next to me thought the guy was named "Richard Hickey."