The heart and soul of Gaucho volleyball Despite adversities, Collins leads UCSB against Bruins tonight By Eric Branch Daily Bruin Staff Please excuse UC Santa Barbara outside hitter Heather Collins if she is not intimidated about facing the third-ranked UCLA women’s volleyball team tonight in Pauley Pavilion. You see, after dealing with a serious heart […]
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Innocence is ignorance: a battle with HIV
Innocence is ignorance: a battle with HIV By Randolph Meredyth Drake "Innocence is ignorance," Kierkegaard said. Too often we mourn the loss of innocence as an unfortunate yet necessary transition. I submit that this passage can be one of deliberate beauty. I was innocent once. For some time I did not quite understand the phrase […]
Lack of change, not miscommunication, is root problem
Lack of change, not miscommunication, is root problem By Ben Potter Undergraduate student president Rob Greenhalgh’s analysis of the IFC responsorship issue ("USAC must initiate more communication on campus," Oct. 20) is truly pathetic. Once again, the question of confrontation and miscommunication among student groups has been oversimplified, but I must say the rhetoric convinces […]
Advice from an expert: how to avoid Bruin Walk solicitors
Advice from an expert: how to avoid Bruin Walk solicitors George Tsai Obstacles and obstructions. Everywhere you go around this campus, things get in the way of a happy, casual life. The pounding of the jackhammer at Royce. The roaring of the bulldozer in front of Ackerman. The long lines of Taco Hell and Murphy […]
Barricades add life to construction
Barricades add life to construction Colorful murals conceal two-year renovations; guide students in Union By Allison Lefkowitz Daily Bruin Staff Ice cream cones, literary excerpts and illustrations of student store merchandise  all painted on the barricades that surround Ackerman Union and Kerckhoff Hall  are part of a "metamorphosis" that aims to conceal the […]
Beatts directs ‘Pants on Fire’
Beatts directs ‘Pants on Fire’ Former ‘SNL’ writer chooses a new path in one-woman play By Barbara Hernandez Daily Bruin Staff Former "Saturday Night Live" writer Anne Beatts finds it hard not to be homesick. Originally from New York, Beatts grew up in various parts of the East Coast, but something always called her back […]
Dahl’s latest ‘seduction’
Dahl’s latest ‘seduction’ With Last Seduction director Dahl takes noir from cable to big screen By Mike Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff John Dahl’s second feature film, Red Rock West, was released on video nationally and he hoped no one would watch it. The director’s third feature film, Last Seduction, played on HBO, and he […]