As millions of Americans are showering their loved ones with flowers, chocolates, and cute little rhymes for Valentine’s Day, Jachary Sins, a fourth-year undergrad at UCSB, is hoping that his dick is a sufficient enough gift for his girlfriend. “Yeah,… Read More ›
According to sources close to both organizations, the Illuminati and the Santa Barbara County Democrats (along with the UCSB Campus Democrats) have partnered up to increase civic enfranchisement in Isla Vista for the November election. The Isla Vista-centered measures and… Read More ›
ISLA VISTA, CA – Amid recent talks of moving Isla Vista’s weekend sound ordinance from 12 a.m to 10 p.m. — a decision that would signal an early end for parties featuring DJs, bands, or otherwise loud music — Gaucho… Read More ›
SEVILLE RD. – Thousands of Bay Area pilgrims descended on Seville Road Monday to witness the opening of the 25th location of Ike’s Love and Sandwiches, run by Ike Shehadeh, their fearless leader dressed in a traditional buckled pilgrim… Read More ›
I.V.-based band Beach Words are playing a show this Saturday at a house on the 66 block of Trigo and they would very much like you to attend. In fact, this has been their main focus for the past few… Read More ›
Recently, IV’s own retirement home was adapted to house former students who aren’t quite ready to leave our college slum. Now former students are able to stay in IV, so long as they live alongside the elderly in a similar… Read More ›
Connor Edwards is absolutely prepared to fulfill his two-week long dream of owning a pet husky in his college town of Isla Vista. He took time and care filling out the required paperwork before he could take the dog home. He even… Read More ›
This past Tuesday afternoon, a call was made to the Isla Vista Foot Patrol claiming that a third-year student, Robert Sutton, had his phone stolen from his home on Abrego road. Upon arriving at the scene, the officers immediately suspected… Read More ›
The UC Santa Barbara Department of Sociology published a new study this week detailing the most and least offensive costumes worn by Isla Vista residents over the Halloween weekend, reporting that the costume least likely to offend anybody was, somehow,… Read More ›
Ice in Paradise, Goleta’s newest ice skating rink, is much like the ocean for incoming UCSB freshman. Everyone plans on taking a dip with their friends or learning how to surf, but they rarely ever make it to the beach,… Read More ›
Assembly Bill 3, which aims to establish self-governance in IV, will allow for the board of supervisors to construct an ambitious project aimed at providing all residential and business property in Isla Vista with a direct tap to ice cold… Read More ›
In celebration of her graduation this afternoon, Tanya Hernandez changed her cover photo on Facebook last night at 11:53 PM to an image of Coal Oil Point at sunset, with the caption “So blessed to have spent 4 years here at this… Read More ›
Isla Vista residents and students have never been shy to speak up when it comes to current hot-button issues, and the recent and ongoing tumult in Baltimore, Maryland is no exception. We interviewed a handful of I.V. residents and students… Read More ›
The first year anniversary of the UCSB Surf Team’s Isla VIsta Memorial Paddle-Out, which took place Saturday evening on the beach below Manzanita Village, faced severe setbacks in the aftermath of last week’s oil spill on Refugio State Beach. Following… Read More ›
ISLA VISTA , CA— Hastily throwing away a weeks worth of take-out containers and drawing back the curtains for the first time in months, 21-year-old Isla Vista resident Jason Harron told reporters on Saturday, “I had felt sort of left out… Read More ›
As UCSB’s A.S. Senate is currently (as in, literally, at this moment) in the process of voting on whether or not the university should divest from corporations that directly profit from human rights violations in Palestine and Israel, tensions are… Read More ›
As this year’s Thanksgiving dinner approaches, UCSB sophomore Lucas Crane mentally prepares himself for what is likely to be the most contentious one yet in the history of his parents’ deeply unhappy marriage of nineteen years. Crane recalls it being… Read More ›
While scientists desperately work to develop a cure for the deadly virus Ebola, hope appears to have sprung from the depths of Isla Vista bedrooms. According to experts at the IV Medical Clinic, a new STD strain found only in Isla… Read More ›
After several millennia of questionable decisions and generally offensive behavior, straight white males everywhere plan to take a year off saying anything in a bold new PR play. Though in the past Caucasian straight males have claimed to be both… Read More ›
