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A Graduating Editor’s Final Words

June 5, 2015 by

Let me tell you a story about a 19-year-old who came to UC Santa Barbara with a dream of being an anchorwoman. She wanted to take over for Katie Couric one day, she told her friends, who were disappoi...
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Music in Memory | UCSB Remembers Isla Vista 2014 in Concert

June 5, 2015 by

Two musicians performed silhouetted against the blank cyclorama at the back of Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall. Projected upon them as the music started were two halves of a rectangle, one side white and o...
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Senior Dancers Close Out 2015

June 5, 2015 by

Thursday night was the last time UCSB’s senior dance majors performed as students of the Theater and Dance Department. Sophomore B.F.A. dance major Rachel Epling arrived fully prepared for the momen...
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The Talented Ones

June 2, 2015 by

Yussef El Guindi’s “The Talented Ones” premiered Thursday night. This show was brought to the Hatlen stage by LAUNCH PAD, a program through which playwrights come to UCSB to create new works. Th...
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In Loving Memory of Lita Stone

May 28, 2015 by

This year, our campus and the Nexus suffered a tragic loss with the passing of Artsweek writer and CCS literature student Lalita Stone. I did not know Lita well outside of working together. She wrote ...
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Reel Loud 2015 Suffers from Poor Planning

May 28, 2015 by

Any student-coordinated event that exists outside the realm of the two hour SRB multipurpose room shindig is something that deserves applause. When a group of college kids get together and learn the b...
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‘Catalyst’ Art Fest Draws 900 to Food Co-op

May 28, 2015 by

The Catalyst Contemporary  Literary Arts Magazine curated yet another beautiful music and art fest this Tuesday at the I.V. Food Co-op. Becoming increasingly popular for their joyful celebration of I...
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MCC Hosts Open Mic Night to Honor the Victims of May 23rd

May 28, 2015 by

If you didn’t stop by Crushcakes on Thursday evening, you definitely missed out on some sweet treats, and I’m not just talking about cupcakes. The MultiCultural Center hosted its quarterly “An E...
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Chromeo and The Glitch Mob to Infest SB Bowl with Electro-Funk

May 28, 2015 by

Funk lords Chromeo are taking last year’s successful “Funk on the Rocks” show on tour — this time, in addition to Denver’s Red Rocks Amphitheater, they’ll hit several of the West Coast’s...
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Robert Plant & The Santa Barbara Bowl Shifters

May 28, 2015 by

Bring us that low-strumming guitar, the solid percussive drum beat, the humming bass and the electric switches and mixes. This upcoming weekend, on May 31, Robert Plant, legendary rock icon, and his b...
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Ecological Storytelling Screens Miyazaki Classic: “Nausicaä of Valley of the Wind”

May 27, 2015 by

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

May 27, 2015 by

"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

May 27, 2015 by

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

May 22, 2015 by

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

May 22, 2015 by

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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