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Published on February 3, 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 Alex Colletta
Published on February 3, 2012Researchers in the Marine Science Dept. released the results of the largest study on ocean acidification ever conducted, revealing that global warming leads to destructive increases in ocean acidity levels. Ecology, evolution and marine biology professor Gretchen Hofmann and 18 other researchers in the department compiled the data, released this week, using 15 underwater sensors [...] -
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Published on February 3, 2012The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. discovered an abandoned panga boat off the county’s coastline, the second craft of its kind found in the region this year. Deputies, the U.S. Coast Guard and Santa Barbara Harbor Patrol personnel recovered the boat after receiving numerous calls reporting the vehicle off Fernald Point in Montecito. Authorities found [...] -
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By Travis Vail
Published on February 2, 2012The UC Education Abroad Program will host a series of international events throughout the 2012-2013 school year at UCSB to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The program originated at UCSB in 1962 after a group of 80 undergraduates traveled to the University of Bordeaux in France. The UCEAP now operates in 36 countries on six continents [...] -
Sports, Water Polo
By Joshua Greenberg
Published on January 31, 2012The No. 17 UCSB women’s water polo team began a six-game home stand last Friday, four of which were part of the 2012 UCSB Winter Invite. After dropping their first game of the weekend to No. 6 Arizona State, the Gauchos rattled off four straight victories against Concordia, Sonoma State, No. 19 Cal State Northridge [...]
UCSB Hosts Cal Poly in Need of a Win
By Kristen Henneman
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 [...]
Cocoa Film Reveals Exploitation
By Rilla Peng
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 [...]
UCSB Looks for First MPSF Win at Pepperdine
By Paul-Michael Ochoa
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. [...]
Swimming Faces Cal Poly on Senior Day
By Mark Salay
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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UCSB Continues Road Trip, Faces Fullerton on Saturday
By Ryan Porush
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 [...]
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 [...]
Fund Rewards Efforts To Educate and Inspire
By Mac Kennedy
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 [...]
Raucous Party Sparks Philisophical Debate
By Matt Renner
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 [...]
Gauchos Fall to USC on the Road
By Kristen Henneman
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 [...]
Road Trip Up North
By Christian Peterson
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...
Groupwork: A Living Breathing Monster
By Demi Anter
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 [...]
Artsweek Wants You … to Watch Foreign Films
By Damion Damaske
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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- Daily Nexus Best of 2012
- UCSB Hosts Cal Poly in Need of a Win
- Cocoa Film Reveals Exploitation
- Study Explores Impact of Ocean Acidification
- UCSB Looks for First MPSF Win at Pepperdine
- Swimming Faces Cal Poly on Senior Day
- UCSB Continues Road Trip, Faces Fullerton on Saturday
- Authorities Find Small Boat Off of SB Coast
- Kissing Contest To Help Cancer Charity
- Fund Rewards Efforts To Educate and Inspire
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