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Ecological Storytelling Screens Miyazaki Classic: “Nausicaä of Valley of the Wind”

Graduate student Jeremy Chow from UCSB’s English department hosted the screening of the animated film “Nausicaä of Valley of the Wind” on Friday in South Hall room 2635. This spectacular film, ...
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Cambodian Rock n’ Roll

"Don't Think I've Forgotten" tells the story of rockers fighting to be heard amidst revolution
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Hole in the Brain, Whole in the Mind: Cole Cohen Launches Her New Book Titled Head Case

Sitting in the neurologist’s office in the middle of June 2007, Cole Cohen grips the arms of her chair and stares at the MRI displayed on the monitor. A black and white splice of her brain flashes o...
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Poetry & Literature Club Open Heats Up the Collab with Open Mic

For many, writing is a creative outlet. From singing songs to constructing poetic rhyme schemes to spinning short tales, it’s a source of relief — a type of catharsis. At Thursday’s open mic nig...
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Urban Dance Company Holds Swaggy Dance Showcase

On Saturday, May 9th, Urban Dance Company hosted their first annual showcase in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, where the company, along with several guest groups, delivered some swaggy hip hop dances. Th...
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“Merchants of Doubt”: A Discussion on Effective Science Communication

Last Wednesday, the Sustainable Science Communication Conference kicked off its event with a screening of “Merchants of Doubt” in UCSB’s Pollock Theater. Featuring approaches from several academ...
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What is Water: A Review and Discussion of “Chinatown” (1974)

On Wednesday, May 6, the Carsey-Wolf Center kicked off its new series, Inside Perspectives: Neo-Noir and the Contemporary City, with a 1974 favorite,  “Chinatown.” Directed by Roman Polanski and ...
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Robert T. Johnson Senior Recital

Thursday night, I walked into Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall to see Robert T. Johnson’s senior composition recital. When I was handed bubble wrap and a program with “RECESS” instead of “intermissi...
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‘Bloody Poetry:’ Punk, Poetry and Eccentricity

Not exactly the headline you were expecting, was it?  And we weren’t either; “Blood Poetry” takes an unexpected angle and turns its characters into anachronisms: Percy and Mary Shelley, Lord Ge...
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Extravaganza 2015

AS Program Board Curates Next Installation in Annual UCSB Festival
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‘Mad Max’: Burning Man meets the Blues Brothers in Fury Road

Seriously. Holy motherfreakin’ crap. The thing about car chases is that they’re a common staple of action movies and it’s very difficult to make them seem fresh and new. George Miller’s fourth...
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Get Hyphy with E-40: UCSB Gets a Taste of Yay Area

Come this upcoming Fall Quarter of 2015, UCSB’s College of Letter and Sciences will introduce a new comparative literature course that will focus on the social and scientific implication of the lang...
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The Catalyst Presents I.V. Art Fest

Isla Vista has made it her spring resolution to ensure that each and every end-of-school-year moment is insanely fun. For students and Isla Vista residents, spring is guaranteed to make the chase for ...
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Azeem Ward Dazzles UCSB and International Fanbase

This afternoon, outside of Karl Geiringer Hall, a line of Azeem Ward fans snaked through the music building for the esteemed flautist’s senior recital. The hall overflowed, despite attendance being ...
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UCSB’s Undergraduate Directors Present Dark and Comedic One Acts

After seeing the undergraduate-directed One Acts of this spring quarter, you will never be able to un-hear the woeful tuba rendition of “Hot Cross Buns” played by Madison Scarbrough, a junior in t...
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