Sports
In a scene that more closely resembled a scene of an Ernest Hemingway novel than typical Southern California weather, the UCSB women's track and field team crushed opponents Westmont College and Clare...
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At the beginning of the season, coaches and media praised the Big West for its parity, stressing that nearly every team possessed enough talent to be competitive at the end of the season.
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Hard work, sacrifice, and ambition do pay off. At least, they did for the UCSB men's swimming team. For four days, the UCSB men's and women's swimming teams competed in the Big West Swimming Champions...
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This weekend the UCSB women's tennis team traveled into Potato Country to compete in the Boise State University four-team tournament in Idaho. The Gauchos embarked on their trip in hopes of improving ...
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The #11 UCSB women's water polo team played the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation's two highest ranked teams this weekend, losing to #1 USC on Saturday in Los Angeles and to #2 UCLA on Sunday at Camp...
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For the third time this season, UCSB sophomore starting pitcher Michael Martin (3-0) climbed the hill after a Gaucho loss and delivered a victory with senior closer Aaron Jones making the final pitch ...
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The UCSB men's basketball team entertained high hopes for the 2003-04 season. But a record of 13-10 overall and 7-7 in the Big West in mid-February was not something the Gauchos envisioned during Nove...
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The UCSB women's basketball team secured at least the second seed in the Big West Conference Tournament with a 64-48 victory over Northridge Saturday night in the Thunderdome.
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A lack of execution dampened the Gauchos' chances of winning Friday's baseball game against Pepperdine (2-3), and rain took care of Saturday and Sunday to make for a disappointing weekend for Santa Ba...
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The Waves crashed down on the #6 UCSB men's volleyball team Saturday night at Rob Gym as Pepperdine swept the Gauchos 3-0. The recently surging #4 Waves smashed #6 Santa Barbara 30-27, 30-26, 30-24.
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Some things don't mix, and one of those things is rain and softball. In a series of games drenched by puddles and rainouts, the UCSB softball team ended up only playing two of their three scheduled ga...
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In an emotional game at the Thunderdome on Thursday night, first-place University of the Pacific edged the UCSB men's basketball team in the final minutes 61-58 to complete the regular season sweep of...
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The UCSB women's basketball team made sure that history did not repeat itself on Thursday night in Stockton. Senior center Lindsay Taylor moved to within two points from third place on the Santa Barba...
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On Thursday, Brigham Young University showed the Gauchos that this weekend's tournament wasn't going to be a walk in the park. The Cougars defeated UCSB 6-2 at Campus Diamond, evening up their record ...
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This afternoon at 2 p.m., sophomore pitcher Steve Morlock will square off against senior right-hander Jacob Barrack for the first in an alternating three-game set this weekend with the first game at C...
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
“Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury
“Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut
“The Giver” by Lois Lowry
“The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky
“Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
“Wicked” by Gregory Maguire
“The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath
"The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger
“1984” by George Orwell
“Lord of the Flies” by William Golding
