Chinelo Ufondu

April 28, 2015

Selling DOPE: Straight Out of Sundance, Modern-Day Teen Odyssey Makes Its Way to UCSB

By Chinelo Ufondu

A critical hit and audience favorite at the Sundance Film Festival, “DOPE” was seen by some lucky UCSB students who were given a free advanced screening of the film last Thursday. Courtesy of A.S. Student Body, the f...

February 22, 2015

Zion I Shares Wisdom and Feel-Good Music with Velvet Jones

By Chinelo Ufondu

Johnny Cash’s infamous middle-finger photo covered the wall of Velvet Jones, alongside other posters of historical performances. On Friday, Feb. 13, another show went down in history at the esteemed venue: the second s...

January 8, 2015

‘Catalyst’ Hits Stride in Launch Party

By Chinelo Ufondu

Greeted by a refreshing, chilly night, hundreds of students and locals gathered in the parking lot of the Isla Vista Food Co-op last December during dead week. The normally asphalt wasteland was transformed into a lumine...

November 21, 2014

Black Scholars Hall Reviews K-pop

By Chinelo Ufondu

“K-what? Wait what did you say? Are black people even allowed to listen to that?” These were the frequent responses I got when I asked my hallmates in the black scholars hall about their knowledge of K-pop. K-pop (a...

November 20, 2014

Juggling Cushions, Snorkels and Big Macs: Flying Karamazov Brothers Entertain Campbell

By Chinelo Ufondu

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a Karamazov! This high-flying, zany, juggling comedy-troupe graced the stage of Campbell Hall this weekend, turning the mundane lecture hall into nothing I’ve seen before. The ...

November 17, 2014

Bananas, Art and the F-word: Guerilla Girls Come to UCSB

By Chinelo Ufondu

I have never walked into a lecture hall and not been bored by the very thought of it, until last Thursday. “Say the F-word,” was the greeting when I entered the Guerilla Girls presentation, an art colloquium put on b...