From my position as sports editor this year, I got to see Gaucho sports in a way only a handful of people do. Unlike a school that attracts a handful of fans purely for athletics, UCSB fans tend to co...
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Due in part to the stellar play of sophomore middle blocker Dylan Davis, the Gauchos took care of business against No. 1 USC yesterday in Pennsylvania, winning 3-1 (29-27, 24-26, 25-15, 25-18) to adva...
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Gaucho baseball split the final two games of its three-game conference series with Long Beach State this weekend, pushing the team’s record to 17-17 overall and 4-5 in the Big West.
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The No. 8 Gauchos went 2-1 in three days over the weekend in the Western Women’s Lacrosse League Championship tournament, defeating No. 11 Cal Poly 15-11 to earn a third-place finish. [media-credit ...
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With a late decision that put senior Nick Capito on the mound in UCSB’s matchup with San Jose State instead of senior Greg Davis, who suffered a scratched cornea, the lefty threw a two-hitter and al...
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Home was good to Gaucho men’s tennis for the first time this season yesterday, as the #65 Gauchos defeated #48 Hawaii 5-2 for the team’s first home win of 2011.
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Normally I talk about myself and the stuff I did in class, but this week it’s time to tackle a bigger issue. The whole Exercise and Sports Studies program, including the classes and the minor, were ...
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In the first line of my first column, I said it’s hard to be skinny. You know what I’ve learned over the last few weeks? It’s hard to want be in shape, too.
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It’s about that time. As everyone is in the midst of midterms these days, I thought I’d get on the train and give out some grades myself, because giving out grades is much better than receiving t...
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I think it’s about time for me to start complaining a little bit. There needs to be a new way to sort students that enter an ESS class, because the current talent pool is not evenly distributed.
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After three consecutive losses to national top-25 teams, the UCSB men’s tennis team finally breathed a sigh of relief after escaping with a 4-0 victory in its ITA Kickoff match against #62 Troy on S...
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Despite facing a torturous back-to-back matchup to open its season — the preseason #61 Gauchos were pitted against #21 Pepperdine and #6 UCLA — UCSB’s schedule doesn’t lighten up yet as they t...
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Once you get to the inside of the exercise world — of which I am now a part, thank you very much — there are a number of myths and legends that persist. One of the most popular is that getting in ...
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No one ever said a top-40 finish was supposed to be easy.
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I swear that there’s only one thing preventing me from achieving academic, social and general life perfection: effort. Of course, effort is also the only thing keeping me from a glorious six-pack an...
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“dusty rusty crusty musty ass california hills”
“frowning in plaid (haunted radios, bird bones + anthropomorphized wind)”
“warming my hands on bridges i’ve burnt”
“songs that make me see god”
“My Playlist #236”
“classy wine moment and intellectual conversation”
“90s heroin chic model off duty”
“tweet tweet bird emoji map emoji”
“not my circus, not my monkeys”
“a grave is probably cheaper than an apartment”
“ATE THESE BITCHES LEFT NO CRUMBS / DID IT IN DESIGNER PUMPS”
