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“I often wonder why there’s no blue food. Every other color is well represented in the food kingdom. And don’t bother me with blueberries; they’re purple. The same is true with blue corn and blue potatoes. They’re purple. Blue cheese? Nice try. It’s actually white cheese with blue mold. Occasionally, you might run across some blue Jell-o in a cafeteria. Don’t eat it. It wasn’t supposed...

Geography held its graduation reception for the Class of 2013-2014 on Saturday June 14 from 11:30 – 1:30 in the Ellsion-Buchanan Courtyard, after the 9 a.m. UCSB Commencement ceremony. Guests, including faculty, students, and friends and family of our distinguished graduates, were served light refreshments. Our Chair Elect, Dan Montello, introduced the faculty in attendance, made a short speech, and presented the various...

Oleanders (Nerium oleander) are everywhere in southern California; or at least they were. The showy and fragrant flowers come in several colors, and the low maintenance shrubs are drought and frost resistant, making them ideal as landscaping for parks, freeway median plantings, privacy hedges, and ornamentals for home gardens. Despite the fact that all parts of the plant are poisonous, only three deaths due to exposure to oleander...