Letters From Your Editors: (Ryan Porush/Brent Pella) Welcomes You To The Daily Nexus Sports Page
UCSB! Welcome back. For the new faces, welcome to campus. It was this time last year that I was first walking the streets of Isla Vista as a Gaucho, fresh off the transfer boat from UC Santa Cruz. I played basketball at UCSC, a Division III NCAA program, and even with the large publicity and […]
Letters From Your Editors: (Ryan Porush/Brent Pella) Welcomes You To The Daily Nexus Sports Page
Hello, my name is Ryan and I am one of your proud new sports editors. I am kind of obsessed with sports. You could say I bleed Gaucho blue and gold (and occasionally red). A couple things about me: I believe that basketball is the greatest sport in the world and that fantasy football is […]
No. 8 Gauchos Have Record-Setting Weekend
The No. 8 UC Santa Barbara men’s water polo team had an eventful weekend, losing its first game of the season to UC Irvine before winning three in a row at the Inland Empire Classic to improve its record to 5-1 on the season. In the team’s latest win on Sunday, the Gauchos destroyed Chapman […]
UCSB Splits Pair of Games Over the Weeekend
Borrowing a travel tip from the men’s team, the UCSB women’s soccer team took a red eye flight to Michigan last Wednesday night to get an extra day’s rest to prepare for their pair of matches this past weekend. The extra rest immediately paid dividends as UCSB got off to a quick start, defeating Oakland […]
Students Urge Brown to Make Dream Act Reality
Students and UC workers’ union members from across the state gathered in Sacramento on Monday in support of AB 131 — the second half of the California DREAM Act — which would enable students without full citizenship or permanent residency to apply for state financial aid. Introduced last January by Assembly member Gilbert Cedillo, the […]
Gauchos Tour Canada in Offseason
Although the UCSB men’s basketball team doesn’t officially open its season until November, the two-time defending Big West Tournament champions have had a busy offseason, going 4-1 in an offseason exhibition tour of eastern Canada. “It was a great trip,” senior guard James Nunnally said. “We developed a nice team chemistry, really getting to know […]
The Worst Movie in Existence. Period.
A lot of people talk about the worst movie ever without knowing what they’re talking about. To them “the worst movie ever” is simply a long movie filmed in black-and- white, declaring every movie pre-1960s worthy of the title. I have heard people even say “Citizen Kane” was the worst movie ever. Now, I’m not […]
Council Unifies Programs to Address Transiency
The Santa Barbara City Council unanimously passed a motion on Tuesday endorsing the consolidation of regional homeless advisory committees with several nonprofit organizations in an effort to minimize homelessness in the area. The motion combines local nonprofits Bringing our Community Home and Common Ground Santa Barbara with several homeless advisory committees from around the county […]
Organizations Unite to Clean County Beaches
Volunteers will head to the Santa Barbara coastline this Saturday to obliterate litter from 28 of the county’s beaches, creeks and other environmentally sensitive sites during the 27th annual California Coastal Cleanup Day. Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District will lead a cleanup of I.V.’s streets and coastal access points while UCSB’s Department of Environmental […]
The Joy Formidable Bring the Spunk to SoHo
When The Joy Formidable steps on the stage, audiences may have a few questions. Is this metal or pop? Are bassist Rhydian Dafydd and drummer Matt Thomas aloof or merely professional? Is front woman Ritzy Bryan eyeing the audience angrily? Or is she happy? The answer is that none of it really matters and they […]