He Said Goodbye, He Said Goodbye

June 5, 2008 by and

The Nexus Sports Editors Write Their Final Columns After a Historic Run That Included a National Championship, Food Poisoning, Plenty of Black Velvet and Some of the Most Compromising Pictures You'll ...
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Coaching Changes Shake Up Athletics

June 5, 2008 by

Former Loyola Marymount head coach Rick McLaughlin was named UCSB's men's volleyball coach on Tuesday, replacing Ken Preston, who recently retired after 30 seasons with the program. The UCSB women's w...
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Athletic Department Report: Part III

June 2, 2008 by

During our combined years at the Nexus, we've done just about everything you can do involving Gaucho athletics. We celebrated in the St. Louis snow when the men's soccer team won the National Champion...
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Athletic Department Report: Part II

May 29, 2008 by and

It's not unusual to hear fans of UCSB athletics complain about the choking nature of certain teams, or the fact that we don't have a football team. However, if you listen closely, you'll hear a lot of...
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Future of the TV Promises Snores

May 29, 2008 by

Remember when "Seinfeld" was the top-rated show on television? Remember when the "Friends" finale captivated a nation? I hope you do because, as our society moves forward, it's hard to imagine sitcoms...
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Athletic Department Report: Part I

May 28, 2008 by and

There are certain sports events at UCSB every year that make students feel like they go to a bigger sports school.
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Let’s Beef It Up

May 21, 2008 by

If you're the type of person who discovered the wheel and built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn, then there's really only one thing you should be focused on this Memorial Day Weekend: meat.
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Female Athlete of the Year: All-American May Grabs Third at Nationals

May 21, 2008 by

After only two seasons as a Gaucho, sophomore Anne Marie May already has a very impressive trophy case, but this summer she has a chance to add another memento that anyone in the world would be proud ...
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Shows Fall Short, Come Finale Time

May 20, 2008 by

On Thursday nights, I love to lovingly refer to my Opinion editors as "winos." Not because they complain about me, but rather because of their classy red and white choices, when it comes to getting ti...
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SB Welcomes New Coach

May 19, 2008 by

Six weeks after the stunning retirement of longtime women's basketball Head Coach Mark French, UCSB introduced Lindsay Gottlieb as the fourth head coach in program history.
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Gauchos Row Away With Bronze

May 14, 2008 by

While many of their classmates routinely stay up until three or four in the morning, the UCSB men's rowing team stuck to a much different routine, following strict diets and regularly waking up at 4 a...
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Dry Summer TV Necessitates DVDs

May 13, 2008 by

Before I get to my topic this week, let's get one thing straight: Last week's column wasn't advocating for the cancellation of "The Office," and I certainly wasn't saying the show now sucks, as so man...
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Pavlovian Sayings: MVP’s, Melrose the Mullet and Much, Much More

May 7, 2008 by

People are constantly asking me what "Pavlovian Sayings" - the name that appears at the top of this column every week - really means. OK, well maybe not people. Maybe one person, and actually come to ...
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‘Office’ Refuses to Die With Dignity

May 6, 2008 by

Whether you're talking about sports, entertainment or any other aspect of life, one of the hardest things to do is to know when to quit.
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Geivett Carries Gaucho Pride to MLB

April 30, 2008 by

Casual UCSB baseball fans may have caught a glimpse of Colorado Rockies outfielder Ryan Spilborghs in the World Series last year and realized he was a former Gaucho, but the man they call Spilly was h...
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