Libero Sets the Bar for Getting Low.
Aaron Mansfield knows how to get low. The senior libero out of Sunnyvale, Calif., has amassed 987 career digs to secure his spot atop the UCSB men’s volleyball career list by besting Assistant Coach Todd Rogers’ 1996 high of 783 digs.
A Backlash Against Blindness
Editor’s Note:
Due to the large number of responses to Alec Mouhibian’s column (“Private Dancer: The Deception Behind Gender Studies,” Daily Nexus, April 19), we have published excerpts from several of the submissions, edited for space. His original column can be found at http://www.dailynexus.com.
Dept. of Energy Renews University Lab Contract
The U.S. Dept. of Energy announced Tuesday that it will renew the University of California’s $2.3 billion Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory management contract for five years.
Live: 04-15-05: Pillowfight, Concrete Straight Jacket, Disconnect & End on End
After passing by the merchandise table stocked with vegan cookies and DIY ‘zines, the first thing that hits the olfactory receptors is the smell: sweat. Then the noise: loud, disjointed, primal and, at times, pretty damn catchy. It must be Biko.
In the Trenches: Laziness-Infected College Vocab Gives Me the Chills
We are brilliant. At the ripe age of 18 – and in many cases even younger – we discovered a word so flexible, so generic and so damn sexy that we would never need to use another word again.
Storke Plaza To Take Hit of Cannabis Culture at Carnival
The UCSB chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) will try to bring peace, love and harmony to Storke Plaza today, as it hosts its second annual “Cannabis Carnival.”
Dust to Glory | A Surf Movie about Off-Road Racing
Imagine yourself sitting atop a motorcycle, senses fried over the past 14 hours of straight racing. You are burning down some unnamed Mexican beach at 110 miles per hour when your vision focuses on a rock that seems to be moving like a crab. You swerve to miss Sebastian but in doing so you lose control of your bike.
Battle Winner Drums Up ASPB Support
Anyone who has walked down DP on a Friday night can tell you that I.V. has a music scene, but only those who came to the Hub on Wednesday night can say they’ve seen the best of what the local scene has to offer.
Mariah Carey | The Emancipation of Mimi | Island Records
What can be said of the new Mariah Carey album The Emancipation of Mimi? Nothing positive. All of Carey’s albums have become progressively more horrible than each previous one.
A Mountain of Talent
Ever thought about seducing some blue turtles? Well, the South Lake Tahoe-based band, Blue Turtle Seduction certainly has. When I first heard a band with this name was playing at my house, I was a little skeptical as to how entertaining they could actually be. Doubt was soon shed.