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Spoken Word Events Sweep the Campus

May 31, 2012 by

“Words with Friends”: June 1, 2012 at Theater & Dance 1701 This Friday, UCSB’s spoken word group, Lip Bomb, will present their final show of the year, “Words with Friends” at Theater &am...
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Reel Loud Festival Proves Cinema is Alive and Well

May 31, 2012 by

Last Friday evening, the UCSB Film & Media Studies Dept. proved that “cinema’s eminent demise” has been greatly exaggerated by hosting its annual Reel Loud Film Festival. Celebrating its 21s...
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‘Workaholics’ Star To Perform for I.V. Charity

May 31, 2012 by

Do you enjoy laughing? Of course you do. Unless you’re a robot. And even a robot will be able to enjoy the great weekly event Laughology. Laughology, which has been around for several years now, tak...
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A Serious Guide to Enjoying Things Ironically

May 31, 2012 by

When you hear somebody telling you they only enjoyed something “ironically,” it’s only human nature to ask them what the fuck they are talking about. Can you enjoy something ironically — wheth...
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Beck and Devendra Banhart Charm SB Bowl

May 31, 2012 by

Last Thursday night, it seemed that every middle-aged Caucasian person in Santa Barbara came out to see ‘90s alt-rock god Beck at the Santa Barbara Bowl. The Los Angeles-born, Grammy Award-winning m...
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Sundays are for Extravaganza

May 24, 2012 by

A lot of people woke up hungover on Sunday morning with one thought on their mind: SNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP! Then many of those same people proceeded to drink alcohol and smoke weed for the remainde...
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Extravaganza Openers Voice Complaints about ASPB

May 24, 2012 by

On Monday, May 14, a letter sent to A.S. Program Board, Chancellor Henry T. Yang, the Daily Nexus and The Bottom Line brought an air of discontent to ASPB. The letter relayed a series of miscommunicat...
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Love Without Handle Bars: An Interview with Nexus’s Renaissance Man, Brent Pella

May 24, 2012 by and

Daily Nexus co-sports editor Ryan Porush and managing editor Jacqueline Vietor sat down with Brent Pella, co-sports editor and the genius behind the recent UCSB YouTube music video sensation “Bike P...
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Raised by Pop Culture: What’s Under the Covers?

May 24, 2012 by

Why is it that whenever you’re at a concert of a band you’ve never heard of, the loudest you cheer is when they do a cover? It doesn’t even have to be a song you like, or even a particularly goo...
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Former Fleet Foxes Drummer Strikes Solo Gold

May 24, 2012 by

There comes a time in every hipster’s life when he or she must claim ownership of the newest “big thing” and speak the inevitable words: “I was into that band before they were famous.” Joshu...
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Six Seasons and a Movie

May 17, 2012 by

An art show that is particularly dear to Artsweek’s heart will open this summer in Los Angeles. PixelDrip art collective’s “Six Seasons and a Movie” art show began as an art-based personal cop...
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Author to Address the ‘Science of Creativity’ at UCSB

May 17, 2012 by

Did you know Bob Dylan wrote his iconic song “Like a Rolling Stone” only after giving up on music and moving to rural upstate New York? Did you know the color blue has been linked to creativity? O...
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Is Film Better Than Digital or Just Nostalgic?

May 17, 2012 by

Christopher Nolan, director of the new successful string of Batman films, has recently gone on record in a Directors Guild of America interview defending film while denouncing digital moviemaking. Nol...
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Reel Loud Films Recall Silent Era

May 17, 2012 by

Digital movie-making is changing the landscape of the film industry. It’s at a point now where it seems that filmmakers using film cameras, film stock and editing film splicers to produce movies are...
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Contest Celebrates Chinese Culture

May 17, 2012 by

The Hong Kong Student Association is hosting its seventh annual Singing Contest in the MultiCultural Center Theater this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Fourteen contestants will be performing Mandarin, Cantone...
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