May
21
A group of around forty students gathered for the tenth annual Facing Race Conference on Saturday, May 17, to discuss issues facing youth of color and the obstacles that hinder diversity within the UC system. Associated Students’ Student Commission on Racial Equality (SCORE) hosted the event at the Humanities and Social Sciences Building and the [...]
May
21
On Thursday, May 15, in a 4-3 decision, the California Supreme Court struck down the state ban against same-sex marriage. Six of the judges were Republicans. The decision overturned the voter-sanctioned ban on gay marriage, calling the previous ban unconstitutional and claiming that domestic partnerships were not an equal substitute. The new ruling, which has [...]
May
21
UC Regents Raise Student Fees, Lower Student Morale
by Jaymi Berbert & Ben Tolksdorf
May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment
On Wednesday, May 14th over fifty students from throughout the University of California system, along with UC service workers and a few concerned community members, stood in solidarity outside a UCLA conference room and shared their personal stories of struggle as well as hope for the elimination of financial obstacles to education. Despite this pressure, [...]
May
21
Stemming from winter quarter’s Teatro I class, the 2008 Teatro Tour, a traveling cast of UCSB theater students performing skits about social and environmental issues, has been making appearances throughout the central coast.
The cast, which consists of undergraduates and one graduate student, has performed from Santa Barbara, to Cuyama, to Santa Maria, and will continue throughout the [...]
May
21
Joint Rolling Contest
by Ben Tolksdorf
May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Hundreds gathered in Anis’q’oyo Park Sunday May 18th as the local chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) held its 4th annual Joint Rolling Contest. Music abound, Resurrect Effect, Tibsters, Ron Paris, and a late afternoon jam session had endorphins rolling on this characteristic sunny Sunday. Information tables on topics [...]
May
7
On Friday, May 2 from 12 to 2pm scores of queer and ally partners engaged in a mass wedding at Storke Tower. Vice Chancellor Michael Young officiated the annual ceremony. This was the 19th anniversary of the first Queer Wedding. The event was hosted in parts by the Queer Student Union and F.U.Q.I.T (Friendly Undergrad [...]
May
7
The man who once drunkenly proclaimed “BFK for life!” while displaying knuckles freshly tattooed with the letters “B-U-M-F-I-G-H-T” is now leading an entirely new movement on behalf of the thousands of homeless people across the nation.
Rufus Hannah–formerly known as “Rufus The Stunt Bum” of the underground phenomenon “Bumfights”–joined a panel discussion on the evening of [...]
May
7
Raza College Day: El Congreso Reaches Out to At Risk Students
by Benjamin Wood
May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Over 800 high school and junior high students from diverse communities descended on the UCSB campus for RazaCollege Day, a outreach event of workshops,performances, expression, and inspiration on April 19.
Students from as far away as Fresno and San Bernardinobegan arriving as early as eight a.m. for a pandulcebreakfast in front of Campbell Hall. There, they [...]
May
7
On Saturday May 3, UCSB held its annual Relay For Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society in which teams of ten walk around Drake Track for twenty-four hours. In order to participate, each team must raise at least $100, through pledges and donations, although many teams collect much more.
On the day of [...]
Apr
23
As oil fields around the world reach their “peak,” or their maximum oil output rate, demand for oil will increase at a faster rate than the discovery of new oil fields. This will lead to a continued increase in the price of oil until the supply is eventually exhausted. So argued petroleum geoscientist Jeffery Brown [...]
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