Sports
Baseball typically ages like fine wine. There are career minor leaguers, 26-year-old rookies and younger players who are in an everlasting stage of development. Coaches drool over young talent that is...
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For the seven seniors on the UCSB baseball team, saying goodbye to Caesar Uyesaka Stadium this weekend may be just as difficult as saying the name Caesar Uyesaka. Playing in their final home series of...
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In my tenure as sports editor and as a staff writer at the Daily Nexus, I've had the pleasure of conversing with most of the coaches at UCSB. By and large, they have all been accommodating, amiable pe...
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The men's soccer team is certainly no one-hit wonder, and despite recording a platinum season, there doesn't appear to be a promising payday. The financial constraints on the UCSB Athletic Dept. are f...
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Swimming, cycling and running are all difficult sports, but it takes a special breed of athlete to compete in all three at the same time. The UCSB triathlon team consists of over 60 undergraduate and ...
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Looking at the rows of expensive SUVs, trucks and sports cars in a typical UCSB parking lot, one would not be surprised to learn that the family of an average UCSB student makes well over $100,000 a y...
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It's hard enough to be competitive in a growing conference like Big West, but it's even harder to do so while being under-funded. Yet, that is exactly what the track and field team does every year.
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Despite some foul weather and somewhat mediocre six- to eight-foot waves (in relation to the 12-foot-plus monsters Teahupoo usually serves up), the Billabong Pro in Tahiti has been anything but a disa...
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The buck always stops with UCSB Athletic Director Gary Cunningham, even when there aren't many bucks to go around. With Intercollegiate Athletics (ICA) operating on an extremely modest budget, Cunning...
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It may be time to start calling the UCSB men's lacrosse team a dynasty. Playing in the title game for the third consecutive year, the #2 Gauchos (21-2 overall, 4-0 in the Western Collegiate Lacrosse L...
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The members of the UCSB women's track and field team are pioneers in their sport: They are the first UCSB track and field team to ever take the Big West Conference Championship title home to Santa Bar...
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Pete Dolan, UCSB track and field head coach, brought a third-place finish in the Big West Conference Track and Field Championships for the Gauchos along with him in his first year as coach in 1993 - a...
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On the brink of NCAA Regional selections, the UCSB softball team had its playoff hopes pushed under the rug this weekend. In the final series of Big West play, Cal Poly brought out the brooms, sweepin...
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A werewolf who definitely howled mid make-out
A performative male dressed as Tyler Durden
The mime that somehow made it hot and cool
The ghost of your situationship (no, it’s actually them)
Frat vampire, and your neck will be bleeding
The angel that has definitely never gone out
The literal devil
A prisoner with fake tattoos that you can pretend are real for the night
A sexy cowboy that definitely used the ride line at least four times
A Patrick Bateman who relates a little too much
The witch who asked for your zodiac sign first
A nurse who will leave you needing CPR
