Big West Basketball Trivia Contest
The winner will get three free tickets to the 2014 Big West Basketball Tournament on March 13-15 in Anaheim.
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Special Section
Best of UCSB 2014
Vote for your favorite restaurants, bars and other hotspots for our annual "Best of " special issue. Results will be featured in the Nexus on February 26th. Voting ends on the 19th.
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First Day of School: Already a Stress Fest?
With classes just starting, it can seem like Week of Welcome has just been a barrage of preparatory work and entertaining activities. You couldn’t be stressed out already …
Or can you?
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Welcome Guide 2013
An overview of what to expect from your first year complete with guides, tips and an interactive map.
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Work When you Need to, Play When you Want to
Balancing the pressures of school with the intensity of IV social life can be tough to get the hang of. These are some tips for staying on track while you adjust to your new life.
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Letter From the Editor: Welcome to Paradise
A message to incoming students from Nexus Editor in Chief Marissa Wenzke.
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A to Z Treasure Map of Art to Find at UCSB
Artsweek editors Demi Anter and Audrey Bacheldor present a map to all of the creative treasure Santa Barbara has to offer.
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Points of Pride for Gauchos in Lab Coats
A number 2-ranked university in research citations worldwide with many top-ranked science programs, UCSB has a reputation as a top-notch scientific institution.
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Campus Comment: Advice for Freshmen
Campus Comment offers a random sampling of student opinion. This issue's question: What are some tips for incoming students?
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Get Situated: An Interactive Map of UCSB and Isla Vista
A map of UCSB and Isla Vista that includes building names, Nexus "Best of UCSB" picks, points of interest and helpful tips.
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Featured Comic
Chat GPT’s a Liar
Aries
March 21 - April 19
Forgetting to take off the ratty AF1’s at the potluck (most Asian households don’t take kindly to shoes in the house!)
Taurus
April 20 - May 20
Wearing your only red t-shirt to every final (Red is a lucky color in many cultures, especially Chinese cultures)
Gemini
May 21 - June 20
Putting spiders in your friend’s wedding dress for good luck (Has its origins in old english folklore, and represents abundance for the couple)
Cancer
June 21 - July 22
Accidentally summoned a ghost by leaving their chopsticks straight up (A superstition that has Chinese origins because the chopsticks are reminiscent of funeral incense)
Leo
July 23 - August 22
Didn’t like your friends significant other so they gifted them an umbrella (The word for umbrella ‘san’ sounds like the word for divorce in Chinese)
Virgo
August 23 - September 22
Believing in horoscopes (The modern western zodiac actually came from Babylonian astrology)
Libra
September 23 - October 22
Walked backwards in Portugal to live out the Faust fantasy (In Portugal, walking backwards allows the devil to know exactly where you are)
Scorpio
October 23 - November 21
Stole a raven from the tower of london as reparations (According to UK superstition, if there aren’t 6 ravens in the tower, the kingdom will fall)
Sagittarius
November 22 - December 21
Breaks a knuckle knocking on wood for good scores on finals (Knocking on wood may have originated from the Celts and their love for tree spirits)
Capricorn
December 22 - January 19
Drunkenly rearranging their apartment for the feng shui at 3 AM (A Chinese cultural practice that harmonizes a person with the energies of the environment around them)
Aquarius
January 20 - February 18
Left out their middle name on their taxes because the Fae run the IRS (Giving the Fae your full name gives them power over you, and the IRS has too much)
Pisces
February 19 - March 20
Hit by a car but the license plate had an angel number (Beyond just blowing up on TikTok, angel numbers were invented by... Pythagoras)
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