Gauchos Gun Down Eagles

It doesn’t hurt to be deep. It also doesn’t hurt to double up your opponent in second half scoring. On Saturday, the Gauchos had both of these ingredients working for them in a season-opening 85-57 blowout of Cal State Los Angeles. Playing without two of their marquee players, junior point guard Justin Joyner (ankle) and sophomore small forward James Nunnally (time-related issue), UCSB still managed to suit up 12 bodies and have four players finish in double figures.

Kickin’ It Old School

Standing in a room filled with every sort of strange apparatus, tumbling coach Mircea Badulescu lists a few of his accomplishments.

“I judged two Olympics, 14 World Championships, five European Championships, three World Cups and five World University Games, just to mention a few of them. I speak five languages. I’ve visited 26 countries. I have friends all over the world.”

English Jeering Takes Fun Out of Football

A lot of Gauchos like to brag about how passionate and rowdy their support is for the UCSB soccer team. They’ve obviously never been to England.

Reality TV Casting Call Finds SB Locals

When asked why he was chosen as one of a handful of potential cast members for MTV’s hit show “The Real World,” Andrew Kowal just laughed and said, “I’m ridiculously good-looking.”

Irvine Ousts SB for Tourney Title

In its final game before the NCAA tournament, UCSB fell 4-1 to Irvine at home in this year’s finale, channeling the problems of last year’s team and raising serious doubts about its postseason hopes.

Igor Takes His Own Advice, Keeps Writing

Last Monday, an opinion piece was published in the Nexus. In it, the author argued that my column was obscene, insulting and grossly unrepresentative of our student population. Reading “Dear Igor” made her feel ashamed to be a UCSB student, and she wished it be restricted or removed from the Nexus. And after some deep thinking, I realized: Everything she said was absolutely correct.

EAP Adds South American Destination

Adventurous UCSB students will now have the opportunity to trace their Gaucho roots back to their South American origins.

UCSB Falls to Fresno

The UCSB women’s basketball team came up short Friday in its quest for revenge, falling to Fresno State 84-76. Fresno State, a very good team that received votes in both preseason top 25 polls, beat the Gauchos at home last year 71-54, setting a school record with 16 completed three-pointers in the process. Knowing it would take a high scoring effort to win, Santa Barbara pushed the tempo and matched their season high in points from a year ago. However, it was not enough to earn the victory.

Follow-Up Pushes Career Candidates to the Forefront

Today, I’ll provide the tools to properly close an on-site interview and push your candidacy toward the “hire pile.” Pay attention, and keep this article for your records, as you’ll undoubtedly be referencing it in the near future.

Weekend Wrap-Up

An unidentified suspect was arrested early Sunday morning after burglarizing three local businesses.