One of our newest arts contributors, Colin Marshall got his start in journalism writing album, film, and book reviews for UCSB’s Daily Nexus. In addition to penning Hot Off the Press, The Indy‘s monthly roundup of new books, Marshall writes book features and reviews.
The UC system announced that it will become the first public institution of higher learning to detail the demographics of Asian-American students.
Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort has broken ground on a second waterfront hotel next door.
UCSB’s Bren School hosted a dialogue on climate change with European Union representatives on 11/13.
As we enter the season of indulgences, which so wisely precedes the season of new beginnings and atonement we call resolutions and Lent, it’s good to think about ice cream.
While working on a project documenting the lives of displaced people around the world, Australian photographer Ashley Gilbertson found himself in the midst of the 2003 Allied invasion of Iraq. As an unaffiliated photojournalist, Gilbertson visited the places other photographers wouldn’t.
Most people know of Tim Reynolds from his collaborations with Dave Matthews-the two are musical war buddies who met years ago in the trenches of a Virginia watering hole. Since then, Reynolds has been featured on nearly all of Matthews’s albums, put out a number of live compilations, had a handful of successful recordings with the band TR3, and enjoyed a prolific solo career.
City Hall Merry-Go-Round: City Council incumbents may have to go on a mass demolition derby if they expect re-election or want a shot at becoming mayor or winning higher office.
No, it wasn’t a large truck driving by. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, an earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale shook Santa Barbara.
Former students of the late, great UCSB English professor Frank Gardiner no doubt remember his beloved anecdote usually told at the end of his three-quarter-long Old English class.
