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    UCSB Hosts Cal Poly in Need of a Win

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    Published on February 3, 2012

    The UCSB women’s basketball team is in desperate need of a victory after three straight losses, and a win against rival Cal Poly Saturday afternoon might be the perfect remedy. The Gauchos begin a three-game homestand currently sitting in seventh place in the Big West (3-5 in conference, 8-12 overall). Coming off two straight wins [...]

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    Cocoa Film Reveals Exploitation

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    Published on February 3, 2012

    Sociology professor Kum-Kum Bhavnani’s “Nothing Like Chocolate” documentary will screen during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival at 2 p.m. today in the Lobero Theatre. Bhavnani parallels the stories of anarchist chocolatier Mott Green and cocoa farmer Nelice Stewart in their quests to manufacture chocolate ethically and undermine the child slave trade and exploitation that [...]

    Sports, Volleyball

    UCSB Looks for First MPSF Win at Pepperdine

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    Published on February 3, 2012

    The start of MPSF conference play has not been kind to the No. 15 UCSB men’s volleyball team, as the Gauchos will attempt to win at Pepperdine today after losing their first four conference games. Falling to No. 4 USC on Wednesday in straight sets, Santa Barbara concludes a three-game road trip against the Waves. [...]

    Sports, Swimming

    Swimming Faces Cal Poly on Senior Day

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    Published on February 3, 2012

    The UCSB swim and dive team will play host to familiar opponent Cal Poly this Saturday at Campus Pool in their final dual meet of the season. The Gauchos will have a lot of emotion on their side as they plan to send their senior swimmers off on a high in their senior meets. The [...]

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    Basketball, Sports

    UCSB Continues Road Trip, Faces Fullerton on Saturday

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    Published on February 3, 2012

    The UCSB men’s basketball team will travel to Cal State Fullerton tomorrow night to face the Titans in its final game of a four game road trip. Three games into the trip, the Gauchos are 3-0 and will look to capture its fourth straight against Fullerton. The Gauchos (12-7 overall, 7-2 Big West) are currently [...]

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    Kissing Contest To Help Cancer Charity

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    Published on February 3, 2012

    This Valentine’s Day, smooching your special someone could help benefit a child with cancer. The “Kisses for Cancer” competition, hosted by local author Leon Scott Baxter and financial expert Tim Tremblay, will attempt to find two amorous individuals to break the Guinness World record for speed kissing, or the most kisses landed by a couple [...]

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    Fund Rewards Efforts To Educate and Inspire

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    Published on February 3, 2012

    Fourth-year students Nanor Balabanian and Allyson Miller won the 2012 Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship for Aspiring Teachers of Color. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund established the $30,000 scholarship — which requires students to teach in underrepresented areas for three years upon completion of their graduate degrees — in 1992 to help recruit, support and retain [...]

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    Raucous Party Sparks Philisophical Debate

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    Published on February 3, 2012

    If a tree falls in the forest and nobody hears it, does it make a sound? The famous words of philosopher Charles Mann hold special relevance for Kyle Bartman following his belligerent 21st birthday party this past Saturday night. All attendees have lost their memory of the party and, as a result, the very occurrence [...]

    Basketball, Online, Sports

    Gauchos Fall to USC on the Road

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    Published on February 2, 2012

    If the UCSB women’s basketball team could find a way to score, it would be a very dangerous team. Offensive inconsistency once again killed the Gauchos, who lost to USC 50-39 in a nonconference matchup. The loss was the third straight for UCSB, which drops to 8-12 overall. The Trojans improve to 11-9. “It’s a [...]

    Basketball, Nexus Sports Blogs, Online, Sports

    Road Trip Up North

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    Published on February 2, 2012

    The following is the first Online Nexus Sports Blog, from Christian Peterson, senior forward on the UCSB men’s basketball team. Continue reading...

    Artsweek

    Groupwork: A Living Breathing Monster

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    Published on February 2, 2012

    Many people compare visiting a museum to visiting a church. A place that houses art becomes sacred somehow. It becomes a destination for people to observe carefully constructed historical and personal expressions in quiet reverence. To an extent, the group of Master of Fine Arts students who took over Gallery 479 at UCSB these past [...]

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    Artsweek Wants You … to Watch Foreign Films

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    Published on February 2, 2012

    When people think about foreign films, there seems to be a lot of derision towards them: “I don’t like subtitles,” “Dubbing sounds weird,” “Only pretentious hipsters would watch them,” etc. While there is some truth to some of that, it shouldn’t stop you from enjoying a foreign film. Everyone should give foreign films a chance. [...]

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