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Published on January 26, 2012Vote here for the Best of 2012! This gives you the opportunity to recognize your favorite places throughout campus, Isla Vista and Santa Barbara alike. Check the Daily Nexus on Tuesday, February 14 for the results! -
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By Yishian Yao
Published on January 26, 2012The Isla Vista Movement Boardshop is hosting a grand opening party this Saturday from 4:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. after skating its way to a new location on Pardall Road. The shop — open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Sunday — moved from its previous storefront above Silvergreens into a new facility at [...] -
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By Howard Kahan
Published on January 26, 2012Overtime football playoffs be damned; there is poetry going on. On Sunday, approximately 150 people gathered in the Hub at UCSB for Associated Students Program Board’s first poetry slam showcase. The showcase featured nationally recognized poets Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye of Project V.O.I.C.E. who performed poems about love, friendship, and politics. Afterward, Sarah and [...] -
Basketball, Sports
By Kristen Henneman
Published on January 26, 2012The UCSB women’s basketball team will look to ride the momentum created from its double overtime victory against Northridge Saturday when the team hosts last year’s winner of the Big West tournament, UC Davis, tonight. The Gauchos are 8-9 overall and 3-3 in the Big West, sitting in a tie for fifth place. With a [...] -
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By Rosalinda Diaz
Published on January 25, 2012Human rights activists marched from the White House to the Supreme Court building earlier this month to protest the perpetually delayed closure of the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay. The group demonstrated against President Obama’s failure to uphold his original campaign promise to shut down the facility upon his election. This month marks the [...]
The Greatest Nation on Earth
By Richie Art
Published on January 27, 2012
If you were to measure the greatness of a nation by the extent to which corporate interests have infiltrated its politics, the number of people who die each year of curable diseases, the lack of any real honest and intellectual debate and news coverage on its mainstream media, and its obsession with consumerism and gluttony [...]
Beloved Psychology Professor To Deliver Pseudo-Final Lecture
By Christine Cha
Published on January 26, 2012
Psychology professor Alan Fridlund, best known by students for his popular Introduction to Psychology course, will consider the approach of his death and give his ‘last lecture’ at 8 p.m. in Embarcadero Hall. Carnegie Mellon University professor Randy Pausch’s discussion about his death and what he valued most in life — delivered after he was [...]
UC Scholars Receive Grants For EAP Study
By Sruthi Nair
Published on January 26, 2012
The United States Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded 215 UC undergraduates its prestigious Gilman Scholarship this year, with 51 honorees at UCSB alone. Students received a total of $910,000 system wide and grants at UCSB alone added up to $207,500, more than any other campus. Over 2,000 of the endowments are distributed nationally [...]
Student-Run Startup To Expand Business
By Rilla Peng
Published on January 26, 2012
SBprinter.com, a student and alumni-owned storefront, is scheduled to open at the Isla Vista Bookstore early next month. The store provides course readers, pamphlets, business cards and other printing services and will open its doors no later than Feb. 5. The website was created as an alternative resource to the various copy shops and printers [...]
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Campus Ad Request Causes Controversy
By Christine Cha
Published on January 26, 2012
Student government representatives grappled with the issue of restricting on-campus advertising by Crisis Pregnancy Centers during last night’s Associated Students Legislative Council meeting. If passed, the resolution would require the centers — which offer free pregnancy tests and abortion counseling — to include the disclaimer “This facility does not provide abortion, birth control, or comprehensive [...]
Young Virtuosos: Joy Kills Sorrow Plays Lobero
By Demi Anter
Published on January 26, 2012
Last Saturday night, two phenomenal bands graced the Lobero Theatre’s stage as part of Lobero’s current “Sings Like Hell” series. Austin-based folk-rock band Wheeler Brothers opened for the up-and-coming bluegrass quintet Joy Kills Sorrow. It is safe to say that both bands blew away the Lobero’s sizable audience. The Sings Like Hell concert series strives [...]
Word Farm Returns to SB
By Corie Anderson
Published on January 26, 2012
Last weekend, the UCSB Film and Media Studies Department held its annual weekend-long screenwriting workshop: Word Farm. Each winter, professional writers in the film and television industries travel to Santa Barbara to lead individual seminars with film students and aspiring screenwriters. This year, the line-up included many UCSB faculty and alumni who are now successful [...]
Say Hello to Sundance 2012
By Jaime Oliveira
Published on January 26, 2012
This week I was privileged to attend the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah — but what made this such a privilege? Well, film festivals are perhaps the most important tools of the independent film industry. To make a long story short, they are essentially places to exhibit, to sell and to party. As [...]
Gauchos Begin Weekend Road Trip
By Ryan Porush
Published on January 26, 2012
The UCSB men’s basketball team will hit the road for a four-game road trip, beginning with a game at UC Davis on Thursday night followed up by a game at Pacific on Saturday. The Gauchos (9-7 overall, 4-2 Big West) will look to rebound from a tough loss at home to first place Long Beach [...]
If Heaven Is Factored Out, Does Only Dread Remain?
By Mark Belko, Connor Oakes and Jay Grafft
Published on January 26, 2012
I am often asked how I can “live with” believing that there is no heaven or hell awaiting me after my death. Similarly, atheists are often asked why they do not simply kill themselves, as they believe that there is no meaning to their lives and no immortal future toward which they can look. These [...]
Yes, UCSB, Your Government Is Listening To You
By Opinion Editor
Published on January 26, 2012
Most college students are pretty unhappy with Congress right about now and rightfully so. With huge cuts to education and high unemployment especially among recent college graduates, the Republican majority in Congress is focused more on cutting taxes for millionaires on the backs of the 99% as opposed to job creation and economic recovery. They’ve [...]
Student Sues UC Over Employment Policy
By Christine Cha
Published on January 25, 2012
Fourth-year global studies major Alexander Stern has filed a case against the UC regarding the employment policy of the Disabled Students’ Program, which allegedly bans disabled people from applying for several positions within the program. The University of California responded to Stern’s litigation by asking the judge to strike down Title II of the Americans [...]
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