Issue 89, Volume 85 2004-2005
T-Shirt Switch Shows Campus Inner Beauty
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Some students wore their shirts inside out Tuesday - for reasons besides not having time to do laundry. As part of the National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Healthy Eating and Living (HEAL), a student health organization, asked students to wear their shirts inside out to emphasize the importance of inner beauty.
Island Pig Eradication Spurs Wild Controversy
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
The National Park Service's decision to gun down the Channel Islands' entire population of wild pigs has left some community members squealing in protest.
UCSB's Lack of Lots Drives Need for Valet Parking
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
To compensate for the decreased on-campus parking availability due to ongoing construction, Transportation & Parking Services (TPS) has implemented a free valet service for students, faculty and staff.
City Gets Rolling on Goleta Bicycle Path Expansion
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
The Goleta City Council has adopted a $15 million interim bicycle transportation plan that proposes to add 30 new bikeways to Goleta in the next 20 years.
Locally Raised Relief Funds Near $50K
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
As of this week, campus organizations and local Isla Vista businesses have raised nearly $50,000 of relief money in the wake of the tsunami that hit Southeast Asia last December.
Moyers Discusses Iraq,President Bush, Poetry
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Bill Moyers, renowned journalist, author and television producer, drew a full house to Campbell Hall on Tuesday night as he conversed with award-winning Arab-American poet Naomi Shihab Nye for a UCSB Arts & Lectures fundraiser.
Drunk Driver Injures CHP Officer During Getaway
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
A California Highway Patrol officer sustained minor injuries to his hand when a drunk driver trying to avoid arrested attempted to run him down.
The Wednesday Hump
Don't Strip Down Just Yet
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
When it's time to hit our hips together, some of us young and restless ones get really hot when you don't go all the way... nude, that is. I'm not talking about leaving your top on while you fuck in the bathroom.
Disagreeing Views Belong in Universities
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
When did America become a nanny state, where everyone has to feel loved by all they come in contact with? Where anyone who disagrees with us is considered 'treasonous'? I don't know.
Baseball: UCSB Clouts Cal Poly 11-8
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Cal Poly must have figured at least one of their pitchers could get it right. However, the UCSB baseball team picked apart every one of the Mustangs' nine pitchers to snap a four-game losing streak with an 11-8 victory at home Tuesday.
In The Trenches: You Be The Judge
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
It's becoming routine around these parts. Another year has passed, and with it another dominant display of women's basketball at UCSB has gone largely unnoticed: ho-hum.
Women's Lacrosse: Top-Ranked Santa Barbara Remains Undefeated
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Undefeated seems like a nice place to be for a team, but perfection in the rankings just isn't good enough for the UCSB women's lacrosse team these days. The Gauchos downed St. John Fisher 14-7 Saturday on Cal Poly's home field in San Luis Obispo and squashed conference foe Pomona-Pitzer 12-2 Sunday afternoon in Pomona.
Lions and Tigers and Ligers, Oh My
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
A "liger" - the combination of a lion and tiger - is a real thing and is, according to the director of conservation at the Minnesota Zoo, "the production of freaks by people who have freaky minds."