Gauchos Smell the Madness

March is so close, the Gauchos (13-8 overall, 10-2 in the Big West) can taste it. As this dogfight of a season nears its end, the first-place UCSB women’s basketball team is back in a familiar place with a half-game lead over Idaho and Long Beach State with six season games left to play before the Big West Tournament.

Don’t Desecrate the Memory of an Icon

In response to the column titled “Great Icons Mark the Passing of One Generation to Another,” (Daily Nexus, Feb. 15) by Henry Sarria, I agree with many of his sentiments regarding our cultural heroes and pushers of the musical, comical and artistic envelope. I disagree, however, in his attack on the worth of Kurt Cobain.

Vagina Festival To Get Plaza All WETT

Vaginas from all over UCSB will come together today to celebrate women, their reproductive organs and the fight against sexual and domestic violence.

Constantine | In Need of Divine Intervention

I walked into the “overbooked” advance screening of “Constantine” with low expectations. I figured it would be another movie rushed through production, capitalizing on the success of other recent comic adaptations.

Women’s Tennis: UCSB Climbs Into Top 75 Nationally

After an impressive start, the #73 UCSB women’s tennis team will begin an important road trip on Thursday against Big West Conference foe Cal State Northridge.

IVRPD Considers Sale of Park to Fund Center

The future of Pardall Gardens, the public park located next to Kung Pao Kitchen on Pardall Road, will be discussed by Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) directors at today’s 6 p.m. meeting.

“Knuckle” Sandwich

“I was digging deep, deep, deep into my bag of songs [about love] – and I got some pretty fucked-up ones,” Ani DiFranco coolly commented before swinging into an affirming rendition of “Swan Dive” at the Arlington Theatre on Monday night.

Softball: SB To Host Commercial Capital Invitational

After a laborious weekend in Sin City, the UCSB softball team hopes to get some tender bliss this weekend as it hosts the Commercial Capital Invitational, beginning today at Campus Diamond.

Leggies Pass Bills For Upcoming A.S. Campaigns, Voting

With a Spring Quarter election approaching, Associated Students Legislative Council approved three bills at its meeting Wednesday night that adjust the rules governing the voting period, campaign signs and candidate requirements.

Bailamania

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