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A Look Inside Top Coffee Fall Sports the freshman on the special issue Stops in I.V. menu to Follow sports page Wise Words of a page page Guacho Alumnus 14 13 09 opinion DAILY NEXUS Thursday, August 25, 2016 www.dailynexus.com UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA Bikes: Gauchos’ Ride or Die Letter from Take a spin with the Nexus through UCSB’s history on two wheels the Editor A Look Ahead We’ve had so many cus- tomers … After several for the Class years, the children would of 2020 come back to buy bikes for their kids.

- GeORge MISBeeK part of Isla Vista, a small neighborhood that underwent development as early as 1925. With no running water or paved roads, I.V. DAILY NEXUS FILE PHOTO “wasn’t a fancy place,” she said, and was Defender Ismaila Jome served as captain home to many low-income families. of the 2015-16 Gaucho men’s soccer team. Bicycles were cheap and popular, “like in any semi-rural beachside community with scattered houses and a bunch of kids,” Gustafson said. Welcome According to Dennis Whelan, associate campus architect, members of the United States Navy probably used bicycles between 1941 and 1944 when there was a U.S. Marine to Soccer Corps base in place of the university between Megan Mineiro 1941 and 1944. Editor in Chief UCSB later moved into the former Marine Heaven base buildings, he said, and cyclists would Class of 2020, welcome to par- ride on roadways and walkways or they adise. Now that you stand at the would create their own dirt paths in what gateway, after countless hours spent Sean White were “the very early and dusty days of cam- researching universities from East Sports Editor pus.” Coast to West Coast (ehem, Best There was a particular “cycle boom” Coast), allow me to give you a look On behalf of the Daily Nexus Sports staff, amongst UCSB students in the 1960s, as inside what the future holds in store we would like to welcome the class of 2020 noted by a 1964 headline in El Gaucho (a pre- for you in this laid-back community to paradise here at UCSB. While you may decessor to the Nexus). The story reported 23 where the beach is your backyard and not know it just yet, various moments and accidents and 659 bike thefts in the 1963- shorts are appropriate attire 365 days 1964 school year, events that campus police of the year. fun memories await as you continue life as a considered a “major problem” to address the Gaucho pride can be traced back Gaucho. following school year. to countless origins, some of which Helping to form the memories to come Misbeek took advantage of this “cycle you may have already gathered from will be the many sporting games and matches boom” when he and two other friends started the most recent publication by The that are scheduled during the Fall, Winter Varsity Bike Shop on Sept. 18, 1964, a date Princeton Review: Ranked at No. 8 and Spring Quarters. he quickly recalls today. among public universities, employ- With school approaching, there will be a The founder, now 87 years old, said bikes ing six Nobel laureates and laying brief introduction to some of the sports that were well in use by the time he had set up claim to the No. 1 spot among Green make being a Gaucho even more enjoyable. shop in a building where “they hadn’t even Schools, we have plenty to be proud But for now, prepare to get to know one of got all the walls in yet.” He and his co-own- of. Or maybe Gaucho alumni boasted ers were “optimistic” of the store’s future; to you that the Isla Vista party scene our most popular teams on campus: the UCSB they anticipated continuing growth for the is unrivaled, with “the best years of men’s soccer team. university, both in enrollment numbers and your life” defined by crowded cliffside El Gaucho archives At the helm of the Gauchos’ soccer pro- in the physical size of the campus. daygers where liquor flows freely and gram is Head Coach Tim Vom Steeg. Currently UCSB’s bike-friendly campus even led alumnus Jack Johnson to meet his Some might say the optimism was well- hazy nights can be spent listening to in his 18th season, Vom Steeg has helped lift future wife when he locked his bike to hers outside of I.V. Theater. founded. These were the years, after all, live music from rooftops. UCSB’s program to new heights since his when the largest-ever generation at the time While this is all true — except the debut season in 1999. — the baby boomers — started their post- idea that these are undoubtedly the Guiding Santa Barbara to its first NCAA Josh Ortiz before his time. It wasn’t until a series of secondary education. A UCSB Planning data peak years of your existence when, in Tournament appearance in 2002, the veteran County News Editor “bike booms” in the 1960s and 1970s, how- book indicates 4,865 students enrolled in reality, they are only the beginning coach has created a winning environment ever, that necessity for the human-powered the 1962 Fall Quarter, which increased to — there is so much more to UCSB One could hardly paint an accurate por- vehicle came to physically shape the campus 5,938 students in the 1963 Fall Quarter and only fully comprehended once you that has resulted in two national champion- trait of the UC Santa Barbara campus with- itself. 7,879 students a year after that. experience it for yourself. ship appearances in 2004 and 2006 in which out including a few key details: hundreds of Local historian Britta Gustafson said her BIKE p.7 For me, the takeaway when I walk the Gauchos defeated UCLA 2-1 for the title bikes lined side-by-side outside lecture halls, impression is that bikes have always been across the stage in two years (fingers in their second trip. thousands of bikes filed bumper-to-bumper crossed) to pick up my diploma and With longevity and the accolades to back en route to classes and, occasionally, two shake Chancellor Yang’s hand with it up, the all-around growth UCSB has made bikes locked together when there is no space a smile on my face will be the lively in nearly the last two decades illustrates a on the bike racks. collective of diverse individuals that standard of consistency that Vom Steeg has George Misbeek, one of the founders of define this community. helped create within the Gauchos’ program. Varsity Bike Shop on Pardall Road, has pro- Yes, we’re happy because we can “[It’s] been what I’m most proud of,” Vom vided service to UCSB’s bike-savvy students walk to class day after day with the for over 50 years, and he has seen genera- sun shining down on us and sand Steeg explained. “I think the fact that we’ve tions walk in and out of his doors. still between our toes from a morn- made 13 trips to the postseason out of 17 “We’ve had so many customers — moms ing walk along the beach. But there’s years that shows that we’ve been able to do and dads who’d come in with their kids more to that positive energy, tangible the right thing more often than not. To do to buy bikes,” Misbeek said. “After several as you trek through campus or wan- that you need the right players, coaching years, the children would come back to buy der the streets of I.V. staff and the right support networks, espe- bikes for their kids.” This community, while it has cially from our community. Although Misbeek has seen a large chunk experienced unimaginable tragedy, of UCSB bike history, the use of bikes on continues to grow stronger each year SOCCER HEAVEN p.8 campus and in Isla Vista dates back decades LETTER FROM THE EDITOR p.7 EL GAUCHO ARCHIVE 2 Thursday, August 25, 2016 Daily Nexus This week’s Up & coming saturday aug26 aug27 8:30 pm - 10:45 pm september 24 county courthouse 24 f r i d a y free saturday The National Parks: America’s Best Idea 12 PM The granada theater free screening

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Geographically, it is Bertrand, who currently serves as a 1.8-square-mile neighborhood that an IVRPD director, said he has been hugs UC Santa Barbara from the west. active at the self-governance meetings Although it exists within Santa since fall 2014, “before we had even Barbara County, the unincorporated decided that a Community Services area does not have access to resourc- District would be a good idea.” es from the cities of Goleta or Santa He is a former I.V. community rep- Barbara. To combat the resulting lack resentative for the student govern- of infrastructure and organization, ment at Santa Barbara City College students have long pushed for self- (SBCC), and said he plans to attend governance in I.V. UCSB in the future. “I love this com- ERIC SWENSON / DAILY NEXUS The movement has reached a peak munity and I love the people here,” he Jay Freeman will be running for this year, and the Isla Vista Community said, and is currently taking a break one of two four-year positions. Services District (CSD) is on the ballot from school to do political work and for the November election. The CSD community projects. teer chaplain for the I.V. Foot Patrol is a proposed form of local govern- Brandt, second-year history of pub- and has lived in I.V. since he first ment in I.V. with the ability to improve lic policy major, gained interest in the arrived in 1968 as a UCSB student. He infrastructure, institute community IVCSD after covering self-governance is running for the director position policing and mediate interactions meetings as a Nexus photographer. because he “got drafted” by other com- between tenants and landlords. His first assignment was in October munity members, he said. If Assembly Bill 3 is successful, 2015 when AB 3 was signed into law. “I responded favorably to that students who begin attending UCSB From then on, he said he picked up as because I believe in what is being in 2016 will be a part of a forever many assignments as possible for the done with the Community Services changed landscape in the beachside Tuesday night meetings. District,” he said. After living in I.V. community. “These outreach meetings are a for 48 years, he said he has been in a large reason why I decided to run in the “unique position” to have observed and Josh Ortiz first place,” Brandt said in an email. He been “right in the middle of” much of County News Editor said he is running for a four-year term, I.V. history. the longest term-length possible in “This is the first time I have heard During the summer, eight I.V. resi- this race, so he can “ensure that there a strategy that really moves this com- dents stepped up to vie for positions in is a precedent set for student represen- munity forward toward identity and a the CSD Board of Directors. All candi- tation and participation on the board.” voice,” he said. “It may not have been dates running for office as the board Jordan, third-year history of public time for [the CSD] decades ago, but it of directors will be listed on the ballot, policy major, recently won the race is time now.” along with a tax designed to partially for Associated Students (A.S.) Internal Kile, a fourth-year chemical engi- fund the CSD. Vice President. She said she offers a neering major, was involved in UCSB Assembly Bill 3 (AB 3), which out- role on the CSD board of directors for Bernie and served as a delegate for lines specific powers for the I.V. CSD, as someone who can “facilitate the Senator Bernie Sanders’ presidential states that the board of directors will partnership” between the CSD and the campaign at the Democratic National have seven members — five directors University. In her first year at UCSB, Convention in July. elected at large, one director appoint- Jordan also served as A.S. Off-Campus He was also a part of VOCEROS ed by the county and one director Senator. de UCSB, a student organization that appointed by UCSB Chancellor Henry “I want to bring to the table the focuses on providing resources for T. Yang. students and residents of Isla Vista Latino students, and said he hopes Of the five elected board members, who are not often normally politically to represent the Latino students and four directors must serve four-year engaged,” Jordan said in an email. families of I.V. UCSB Actuaries Add Up Awards terms and one director serves a two- “They will need to be part of the solu- Kile said he joined the race to con- year term. For the inaugural election tion if we want the CSD to be widely test the slate of Democrats—Jordan, Since creating an actuarial studies concentration in 2010, in November, two four-year positions successful.” Hedges, Bertrand and Brandt—who have been swapped for temporary two- Hedges is a local pastor and volun- declared candidacy last week. He wants UCSB has ranked as one of the top actuarial institutions year candidates. Ethan Bertrand, Spencer Brandt, Supriya Yelimeli “I think it’s just how working out is for powerlifters,” Gala Jay Freeman, Father Jon-Stephen News Editor said of the competitive major. “You love the exercise and Hedges and Natalie Jordan were the knowing that there are goals you can set for yourself and first to announce candidacy, followed As a six-year-old in Mumbai, India, Meet Gala wanted to achieve that most people can’t.” by Michael Kile, Andrew Gabriel be a fighter pilot. When he became a teenager, mathematics UCSB offers both a bachelors in science and an acceler- Pragin and Joel Ruiz. and wanderlust captured his heart instead, carrying him ated five-year masters in science in actuarial studies. This Freeman, who was the first to file 8,000 miles to UC Santa Barbara to begin studying actuarial year, UCSB was also one of four schools in the country to win for candidacy, is the founder of soft- sciences. the Casualty Actuary Society University Award scholarship. ware company Cydia and a 16-year I.V. Now in his third year at UCSB, Gala is a part of the only Funding from the scholarship and the CAE grant will resident. He joined the race shortly undergraduate actuarial sciences program in California. be used to support student travel to academic conferences, after an unsuccessful run for Santa UCSB began offering financial math as an offshoot of the according to UCSB Public Affairs. Barbara County Supervisor in June. He mathematics and statistics departments in 2003 and created The prerequisites for each actuarial student are sequen- and Brandt are currently unopposed as an official actuarial studies concentration in 2010. tial and require a combination of courses in mathematics, the only candidates vying for the two The university has since consistently ranked as a top statistics and computer science. The medley is intended four-year positions. actuarial institution, gaining distinction and grants this to train students in skills such as assessing the value of a Jordan and Hedges will be run- year as the first Center of Actuarial Excellence (CAE) in the company’s mergers and predicting ideal costs for insurance ning for the temporary two-year terms West Coast. packages. and Bertrand is running for the per- Courtesy of Jonathan Abboud Actuaries use math to assess risk in numerous fields Non-actuarial students who are interested in the field manent two-year position. The three UCSB student Spencer Brandt is running alongside Jay Freeman for one including insurance, technology and retirement. The major can bypass the courses and complete the two actuarial candidates, along with Brandt, filed of two permanent two-year positions. They are both unopposed. is known as one of the most rigorous fields of study in the exams required to enter the field. for candidacy together. They say their university, and each student is given an advisor when they unified action is intended to show that ELECTIONS p.3 enter the program. ACTUARY p.5 4 Thursday, August 25, 2016 News Daily Nexus BIKES Continued from p.1

At the same time, the campus a national shortage of bicycles as underwent rapid expansion in size. the result of the “bicycle’s biggest According to Whelan, university wave of popularity in its 154-year developers completed six buildings history.” in 1966 alone: the Engineering The article notes that bicy- building, the Chemistry build- cles were seen as a solution ing, the University Center for many groups of the time. (UCen), Carrillo dining commons, Environmentalists chose them as Buchanan Hall and Phelps Hall. a non-pollutant alternative to cars. With a larger campus than ever “Physical-fitness fans” saw the bike before, Misbeek said walking to as a “heart preserver.” Workers in class quickly became inconvenient. “traffic-choked cities” would begin Biking, he said, was increasingly commuting on bicycles to beat necessary for students to arrive to rush-hour traffic. class on time. UCSB was certainly not left out Varsity Bike Shop could hard- of the nationwide bicycle move- ly keep up with demand. Misbeek ment. remembers opening at 6 a.m. and Former California State Senator working nonstop until as late as James Mills once made an 11-day 2 a.m. bike trip from San Francisco to San He would buy several large con- Diego in September 1972 to cam- tainers of 350 bikes, “all of them paign for Proposition 20, which black three-speeds.” It would only eventually passed and formed the take about six weeks, he said, to California Coastal Commission. sell an entire container of bikes, One of the overnight stops for him each priced from $39 to $49 in and his group of cyclists was the El Gaucho archive El Gaucho archive 1964. Three to four years later, Devereux House on UCSB’s west the same bikes were selling at $70 campus. to $80. As the 1970s progressed, the Before building its first bike university added several stretches paths in the late 1960s, the uni- of bike path to its existing sys- versity only had walkways going tem. Among many other projects, through campus. Bikers rode on the university built the segment the sides of the walkways, where between UCen Road and the Arbor cyclists were supposed to be as in 1973 and the path from the indicated in a “set of regulations” Arbor to the south side of the posted in a 1963 El Gaucho article. library in 1977. The university developed the In 1978, developers completed first stretch of bike path in August one of the final additions to the 1966, which provided travel along campus bike system: the bike circle El Colegio Road between Francisco next to Storke Tower. This is the Torres (now San Clemente resi- same bike circle in which, during dence hall) and the campus pool. It the opening week of fall classes, was a “class one” bike path — a lane some students set up lawn chairs exclusively for bikes on the side to watch new cyclists timidly navi- of a shared road — and may have gate through the roundabout for been the very first of its kind for the first time, hoping to see a Santa Barbara County, according crash. to Whelan. Today, UCSB has approximate- “You can see a remnant on the ly seven miles of dedicated bike west side of the track, opposite path, enough to provide travel for Student Health,” Whelan said in an thousands of students, faculty and email. “It is much-degraded asphalt staff every day. For every year now that appears to be a walkway.” since 2011, the League of American The university continued to Bicyclists has given UCSB “gold develop its bike system through- level” designation on its list of out much of the 1960s and 1970s “bike friendly universities.” as enrollment numbers grew and Indeed, bikes are so historically capital funds became available for well received on campus, it makes the building of underpasses and sense that the bike racks are nearly bike circles. always full. As reminisced in his Of the several paths follow- song “Do You Remember,” such is ing the first, developers created the dilemma UCSB alumnus Jack a “central bikeway” in 1969 that Johnson ran into when he was “late Sign up September 12th - 30th ran east-west from the Student for class” and could find no room to rec cen room 1110 or on Health underpass to Kerr Hall. It park his bike outside I.V. 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“Last year in the fall, recruiters didn’t seem to care about your major,” Gala said. I think it’s just how working out San Diego insurance company Wawanesa Insurance also is for powerlifters. You love the selected UCSB this year as the recipient of its $40,000 actu- arial sciences scholarship. Over the course of three years, “ exercise and knowing there are each selected upperclassman will receive $2,500 to $3,500 annually. A preference will be given to students from under- goals you can set for yourself represented and first-generation backgrounds, according to and achieve that most people the scholarship. Actuary hopefuls also receive support from student-led can’t. clubs at UCSB. Through the department and UCSB Actuary Club, students can map out career paths after graduation. - MEET GALA The groups offer workshops in Excel and data manage- ment and develop connections to alumni at companies such ” as Barclays and Bloomberg. FACTOR, or the Female Actuarial ranking at a median starting salary of $60,000 a year accord- Organization, focuses on directing women in the actuarial ing to Payscale’s 2014-15 College Salary Report. The job market field toward professional success. can change a lot in two years, Gala said, “but it seems like com- Actuaries have a reputation as high-earning professionals, panies are hiring, and they are treating us well.”

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Daily Nexus file photo Courtesy photo Andrew Gabriel Pragin, running for a two-year position, dropped out of Joel Ruiz also ran for Associated Students Senate as a member of the Peer UCSB five months ago to organize and volunteer for community events. Action Coalition in April, and will now vie for a two-year spot.

STEPHEN MANGA / DAILY NEXUS Michael Kile, running for a two-year spot, was a prominent member of UCSB for Bernie and attended the Democratic National Convention in July. to pose himself as an alternative to “a Jordan and Jon-Stephen Hedges in slate of people who will do what the the race for two temporary two-year county wants them to do,” he said, or positions. at least push Jordan, Hedges, Bertrand Ruiz, a second-year global studies and Brandt to be “more responsive to major, declared candidacy Wednesday. the people of I.V.” He is also involved in VOCEROS de “I dislike the idea of a full slate UCSB and ran for Associated Students being pushed,” he said. “What makes (A.S.) off-campus senator in the spring me different is that I’m removed from but did not win. He works as a football the current network of county people coach at San Marcos High School, a job or the desire to rise up in politics. I he took to “connect” with the Latino want to be here as an advocate, not as students in the area. a politician.” Ruiz will now be competing with Cameron Schunk, campaign orga- Ethan Bertrand for the single, perma- nizer for the Yes on E & F campaign, nent two-year seat on the CSD board said such claims that Jordan, Hedges, of directors. Bertrand and Brandt are “in the back “I might come in as the underdog, pocket of the county” are “patently but for me it is important to be run- false.” ning for the families in Isla Vista and “That’s a statement made in a vacu- for the students of color in Isla Vista,” um. Where’s the grounding or basis for he said. that?” Schunk said. “This is a group of Schunk, Jonathan Abboud and like-minded people who have a shared Darcél Elliott, three lead organizers of vision for Isla Vista. It has nothing to the self-governance movement, have do with the county.” publicly endorsed Bertrand, Brandt, Pragin will also be running for the Hedges and Jordan. Assemblymember temporary two-year position. This is Das Williams, who wrote AB 3 has also the “next logical step,” he said, since he endorsed Bertrand, Brandt, Hedges has been a part of “the CSD conversa- and Jordan, according to Elliott, his tion” for more than a year now. personal assistant. He would have begun his third year Schunk said he, Abboud and Elliott at UCSB in September as a political sci- helped the candidates coordinate their ence major, but he dropped out of UCSB candidacy and chose them from a five months ago to organize and volun- group of approximately 10 residents teer for community events like I.V. who expressed interest during an First Fridays and Meet Your Neighbor information session in July. Day. He also served as a campaign “The most primary benefit of cre- manager—or “campaign philosopher,” ating a slate of candidates like this is as he said he prefers, in Jay Freeman’s giving people the opportunity to start bid for Santa Barbara County Third working together now so that, when District Supervisor in June. they’re elected to the board, they’ve Pragin said he sees the CSD as a already formed that cohesion,” he said. “stepping stone” toward making I.V. According to Abboud, he and the an incorporated city and said “I always other organizers interviewed at least saw myself as director of the CSD, I do nine potential candidates and decided my best to improve our community.” to support Bertrand, Brandt, Jordan Both Pragin and Kile joined Natalie and Hedges for being the “most quali-

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Make sure to last six months as a permanent recon- check out our website at dailynexus.com struction of our weekly print issue. and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and While some may question the Instagram. 8 Thursday, August 25, 2016 Sports Daily Nexus SPORTS SOCCER HEAVEN UCSB Player Watchlist Continued from p.1 Duncan MacPhee Staff Writer The journey to championship games are always a approach it the same way.” tough mountain to climb but overcoming some of these Thus far UCSB has looked exceptionally well, Nick DePuy - Men’s Soccer obstacles is made much easier with the presence of defeating Westmont 3-0 in its exhibition opener. senior forward Nick DePuy. DePuy finished with one goal in the Gauchos’ victory After being a semifinalist for the Gauchos, racking up an impressive to- honor last season, senior forward Nick tal of 15 goals to lead the conference, The reigning Big West Player of the Year for the past over the Warriors. DePuy has once again been named to including a nation-high eight game two seasons, DePuy is entering his final year as one of Santa Barbara will officially begin its regular season the M.A.C. Hermann Watch List this winners. He also led his league with the most highly touted players in the nation. on Friday, August 26 vs. Oakland at Ohio State. year, a watch list for the award given 31 points and 80 shots and was named He finished with an NCAA leading 15 regular to the top collegiate soccer player at to the NSCAA All-America First Team. season and eight game-winning goals. Following is the remainder of the Gauchos’ 2016 the end of each season. This preseason Expectations are high this year for “Nick is obviously a big success story for us,” Vom schedule: honor comes after two consecutive DePuy, as the M.A.C. Hermann Tro- Steeg said. “He’s far exceeded any of our expectations. seasons in which he was named Big phy is a very realistic possibility for Now he goes into his senior year as probably one of August West Offensive Player of the Year. He the star forward in his final season as the top three strikers in the country. But, I do think started every game last season for the a Gaucho. this that this year is a big challenge because I think Sat. 20 he surprised people the last couple years, but he’s not Westmont W, 3-0 Final going to surprise anybody this year. He will be the one player [teams] circle whenever anybody is scouting Fri. 26 UCSB.” vs. Oakland @ Ohio St. 1:00 PM Mallory HROMATKO - Women’s Soccer Although DePuy has excelled individually, it is not Sophomore forward Mallory Hro- led to her earning the Big West Fresh- without the help of his teammates that has contributed Sun. 28 matko is coming off a stellar freshman man of the Year award. Hromatko also to his growth as a player, especially since making the at Ohio St. 4:00 PM campaign in which she led her team was a First Team All-Big West selection transition from being a midfielder to forward during with nine goals and six assists (24 and was chosen for the National Soc- his sophomore season. September points). These totals put her at No. 4 cer Coaches Association of America’s “Nick is not by himself creating his own on the Big West goal-scoring, assist Second Team All-West Region. The and point leaderboards. Nonetheless, forward is expected to use last year as opportunities,” Vom Steeg said. “He is the player that Fri. 2 Hromatko started in all of the team’s a springboard for a successful sopho- will finish the goal but it has to come off a lot of good San Diego 7:30 PM 20 games and was clutch when it mat- more campaign. She will be a key com- things from other players. It’s really incumbent on the tered most by recording five game-win- ponent in whether or not UCSB win players that we put out on the field that they create Sun. 4 ning goals. Her consistency on the field another Big West title this season. opportunities for Nick. Fortunately for Nick, I feel like St. Mary’s (Cal.) 7:05 PM we have our best players returning to our offense and consequently Nick won’t have to do more than what he Sat. 10 needs to do.” vs. Butler @ Akron, Ohio 1:30 PM Despite winning the Big West North Division Nicolas moreno - Men’s Tennis last season, the Gauchos fell short in the Big West Mon. 12 Nicolas Moreno, a sophomore and in the International Tennis Federation Championship game affecting their chase for home at Akron 4:30 PM Big West Freshman of the Year selec- (ITF) Juniors rankings. While playing field in the postseason. The Gauchos were able to tion, was another Gaucho represen- against ITF competition, he won two advance to the Sweet 16 due in large part to being at Sat. 17 tative on the All-Conference First singles titles. home and having a great home crowd cheer them on. UCLA 7:05 PM Team last season. Moreno is just the Moreover, Moreno is a former Ameri- When having the advantage of a home field and third freshman in UCSB program his- can Cup champion. It is inevitable that fan base such as Harder Stadium, it could have only Wed. 21 tory to recieve the honors. He became Moreno was a key piece in the Gauchos been most beneficial in pursuit of the national Loyola Marymount 7:05 PM the first Gaucho to do so since 2007. conference champions repeat. He end- championship. Prior to attending UCSB, In regional ed his freshman year on a three-match “If your goal at the end of the season is to be playing Sat. 24 action, Moreno was dominant tak- winning streak, going undefeated in home games at Harder Stadium then you cannot take Cal 7:05 PM ing home four singles titles as well as conference play the whole year (6-0) being a two-time doubles champion. and 1-0 against nationally ranked op- any game for granted,” Vom Steeg said. “Our goal of Moreno was ranked as high as No. 147 ponents. course will be to put ourselves in that opportunity to Thu. 29 win playoff games. Our players know that every single at UC Riverside * 7:00 PM game we play equal the same [magnitude], we have to October Palina Dubavets - Women’s Tennis Sat. 1 at Cal State Fullerton * 7:00 PM Palina Dubavets, a junior who competed in doubles competition as transfered from Texas Christian part of the top team with counterpart Thu. 6 University, received First Team All- Stefani Stojic. The two earned a UC Irvine * 7:30 PM Conference honors last season for national ranking of No. 10 last season both doubles and singles competition. with a 14-4 record.season as a Gaucho. She competed in the second spot The duo managed to advance to the Sat. 8 on the UCSB singles squad for the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament Cal State Northridge * 7:05 PM majority of the year, going 16-5 in but were defeaated by top-seeded dual matches and 7-2 in tournament North Carolina. Other accolades Wed. 12 play. Her 16 singles wins were tied included in her playing career are a Sacramento State * 7:05 PM for the most on the team. Dubavets total of five ITF doubles titles.

Sat. 15 at Cal Poly * 7:00 PM

Wed. 19 EMILIA PETRACHI - Women’s Volleyball at UC Davis * 3:00 PM As a freshman, defensive special- and a Big West Defensive Player of ist Emilia Petrachi earned Big West the Week award under her belt. From Sat. 22 All-Freshman Team honors as well Modena, Italy, Petrachi played club Cal Poly * 8:00 PM as All-Big West Honorable Mention. volleyball for the prestigious LJ Vol- Now, as a sophomore, Petrachi will ley organization. Despite being the Wed. 26 hope to build on a year in which she youngest player on the team, she at Sacramento State * 3:00 PM led her team with 423 digs (fourth excelled and eventually became the in the Big West) and 4.6 digs per team’s starting libero. Her young tal- Sun. 30 set (second in the Big West). The ent was so phenomenal that she was Italy native already has two Big West crowned the best libero in the team’s UC Davis * 2:00 PM SPENCER BRANDT / DAILY NEXUS Freshman Player of the Week awards region in 2014. All photos courtesy of ucsbgauchos.com

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CHRISTINA DEMARZO / DAILY NEXUS CHRISTINA DEMARZO / DAILY NEXUS Reigning Big West Freshman of the Year Mallory Hromatko chases down the ball while trying to evade a defender. Elliot Thornton and gold. round of the Big West Cup, Santa As the team’s goals (9), points (24) and assists (6) leader, Hromatko led the Gauchos to a Co-Big West title. Staff Writer The two underclassmen scored or Barbara assembled two five-game assisted on 22 of Santa Barbara’s 36 winning streaks in the process, out- WOMEN’S SOCCER goals of the year. Hromatko paved scoring their opponent by a margin the way, sending in nine goals to the of 22-5. High aspirations hang in the bal- back of the net and almost doubling Heading into his 18th season with ance for the UCSB women’s soccer forward Sara Feder and former senior UCSB, Stumpf looks to build on his team after capping off a remarkable Angelisa Cortez’ team-high of five team’s success with a more confident 2015-16 season. Tallying in a pro- goals each set the year before. crew from last year and another class gram-best 13 wins, a share of the Big While an aggravating foot injury of underclassmen eager to compete. West title and having four players kept her sidelined for eight straight The Gauchos welcome in 11 new ath- honored on the All-Big West selec- games, Ball managed to pick things letes to their roster, each player look- tion team, Head Coach Paul Stumpf’s up right where she left off, scoring five ing to mesh well into Stumpf’s fast- young yet well-rounded team once goals and starting six out of her total paced system. again has its sights on a champion- 12 games played. With the core of talent already in ship run, but this time deep into the In a tightrope for first place between place, a pool of newcomers ready to postseason. Long Beach State and Fullerton, the learn and a preseason schedule facing Winning five of its six final match- Chino Hills, Calif. native clinched teams such as St. Mary’s, Texas and ups, the Gauchos’ crew of 13 fresh- two game-winning goals for her team, UNLV, these factors could very well man and six sophomores helped snap including one on Oct. 29th which lead to a similar year in the making for UCSB’s two-year playoff drought and ended in a 1-0 victory over the Titans UCSB, if not a better one. guaranteed its first round bid against for the share of the Big West Title. The Gauchos are already off to a third-ranked Cal State Fullerton. The two forwards were selected solid 1-0 start after defeating Fresno While a 4-2 defeat managed to put on the All-Big West team, Hromatko State 3-2 in double overtime in their UCSB out of contention for the Big landing First Team All-Big West hon- opening match of the season. West Cup, the tandem of freshman ors and Ball earning Second Team Ball scored all three goals for UCSB striker Mallory Hromatko and sopho- honors. Hromatko also earned herself in the contest including the game win- more forward Amanda Ball proved to the Big West Freshman of the Year ner. All in all, an opening day win is be two pivotal components in revital- award. always huge and usually a sign of good izing a stagnant offense for the blue Despite an early exit in the first things to come. CHRISTINA DEMARZO / DAILY NEXUS

Sinead Leon Staff Writer

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

The UCSB women’s volleyball team is focused on redeem- ing itself this year after a disappointing 2015 campaign that concluded with an eighth-place conference finish. The Gauchos finished last season with program lows in wins, finishing 7-20 overall and 3-13 in conference play. This year, they are looking to turn things around and make their second NCAA Tournament appearance with the help of the returning players and new recruits. Five freshmen and a transfer makeup the new recruiting class which was ranked 24th in the nation by Prepvolleyball. com. After losing outside hitter Ali Barbeau and opposites Jaylen Villanueva and Britton Taylor, the team had to focus on restoring their offensive attack. Freshmen Chloe Allen and Megan Rice are two possible candidates to fill in for Barbeau at the outside hitter position. Allen led her high school team to four straight Channel League Titles while Rice ended her high school career with a solid .362 hitting percentage and even picked up 32 kills and six blocks in a regional semifinals match last season. On the defensive side, UCSB will have an option in fresh- man libero Maxine Burke, a Trinity League Second Team selection, who will help complement returning sophomore Emilia Petrachi who was named to the Big West All¬- Freshman team last year. Aside from Petrachi, senior middle blocker Phoebe Grunt was also named a Big West Honorable Mention for the second time after coming in third in the conference with a .335 average hitting percentage. She averaged one block per set, accumulating 98 blocks in the 99 sets she played. Santa Barbara is expected to finish sixth according to the coaches LORENZO BASILIO / DAILY NEXUS preseason poll, but the team is hoping to surprise many by UCSB ended the 2015 season with program lows in making the postseason for the first time since 2013. wins in both non-conf. (7) and conference (3) matches.

Jorge Mercado Asst. Sports Editor

MEN’S WATER POLO

Our men’s water polo team had a solid season last year, improving from an 11-15 record and a last-place finish in the conference in 2014 to a much more respectable 17-11 overall record and sixth-place finish in the conference. The team finished its season in seventh place after the annual Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) conference championship. However, building off their success from last year will be tough for the Gauchos this season as they are replacing seniors Derek Shoemaker and Chris Whitelegge, players who made big contributions. Shoemaker, an attacker, was the team’s best goal-scorer, netting 48 shots and making huge clutch shots, including a game-winner with just seconds left against UCI last season. Whitelegge, on the other hand, was quite possibly the CHRISTINA DEMARZO / DAILY NEXUS best goalkeeper in UCSB history. After playing his final The Gauchos concluded their 2015 season with a game as a Gaucho, Whitelegge’s 895 saves were not only 17-11,5-5 MPSF record, finishing sixth in the standings. the most in school history, but second-most in conference history. While it will be tough replacing the production of those two as well as their leadership, the Gauchos still have star attackers Mitchell Hamilton and Shane Hauschild. Hamilton, a senior, is one of the quickest guys on the team and set a new career-high in goals (25). A transfer from Cal, Hamilton is not just a scorer, but a defender as well, posting 19 steals and claiming fourth best on the team. Hauschild, a junior, will also be relied heavily upon as one of the main focal points on the offensive side of the pool. The junior was second on the team in goals (39), assists (17) and overall points (56). Both players started all 28 games last season, and that reliability factor will be huge for the team going forward. UCSB is also making a transition in conferences as after many years in the MPSF they will now be apart of the GCC (Golden Coast Conference). Santa Barbara’s first home match will be a double- PEIYUAN LI / DAILY NEXUS header against UC San Diego and Occidental beginning UCSB will open the regular season on the road on Sept. at 12 p.m. at Campus Pool. 3 playing in the Trition Invitational in San Diego, Calif. 10 Thursday, August 25, 2016 Artsweek Daily Nexus ARTSWEEK Frank Ocean, Blonde and the Visual Album The much-anticipated new material delivers soulful, avant-garde sounds and visuals to hungry fans

Zoe Jones of cold beats and vocal manipulation. On songs like Asst. Artsweek Editor “Pink + White” and “Seigfried,” we still can catch a glimpse of the sensitivity that his earlier work was Using the phrase “long-awaited” would be trite in built around. “Godspeed” has the same gospel ele- welcoming the release of Frank Ocean’s third album. ments favored by enigmatic artists Chance the Rapper The reclusive writer, singer and producer has been and Kendrick Lamar. “Ivy” — the only track on the clamored after since last summer when fans were album that has a traditional chorus — is about a promised new material in the form of a project called first love. For the most part, though, that’s where the Boys Don’t Cry. Over a year later, it has since been warmth seems to stop. “Less morose and more pres- rechristened Blonde, 60-minute opus streaming exclu- ent,” he raps on “Seigfried,” almost invoking a mantra sively on Apple Music. To accompany the album, Ocean for the collection of songs. also distributed a zine in pop-up shops located across Blonde, Endless and Boys Don’t Cry almost seem as the country, including his native Los Angeles. He gave though they were commissioned, brought about by the title Boys Don’t Cry back to the extensive, glossy incessant requests for new material from a hungry magazine, which itself resembles a concept more mod- fanbase. Now that the reality of new material from ern-art than DIY. Not Ocean is actually only did he give us real, what’s left is Blonde and Boys, but It is a reminder that Ocean is something that we also have Endless, doesn’t evoke the a sparse black-and- not only a brilliant songwriter, same emotion as white visual album “ but also a master at bending the a record as raw as full of covers and older channel ORANGE. material, also exclu- intricacies of song structure to Unlike channel sive to Apple Music. ORANGE, how- It’s been four years his will. The song, like the rest ever, this distance since Frank Ocean of the album, is free-floating. has allowed him put out the ethe- to create some- real, superb channel thing outside of ORANGE. Four years himself. The visu- have passed since the media buzz, the praise for his al album is a concept that wouldn’t have even been openness about his sexuality and the Grammy nods. possible four years ago, before the rise of streaming It’s left many wondering: Was he working on this the services. Artists were not pushing the boundaries of whole time since then, or did he take time off, then the relationship between music and moving pictures finish this all at once just to please everyone? Either in the same way. Beyoncé would not have released way, both Blonde and Endless are beautiful, there’s no her eponymous fifth album or Lemonade; Kanye West denying it. So the question is, where does Frank Ocean would not have released his headline-inspiring world- fit into music now? Apple Music dubs his music as pop, wide screenings of his “Famous” short film project. The but it all has an obvious inclination toward soul. He rumors swirling around the release of the album itself may even near avant-garde territory with the release were virtually all generated by the internet. Music does of the zine and the visual album. Unsurprisingly, the not exist now in a vacuum from technology or visuals. music accompanying the visuals has the same sophis- Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde cover is an out-of- ticated feel. “Nikes,” the cerebral, genre-bending open- focus portrait of Dylan himself and was one of the ing track to Blonde, is gorgeously intricate, and it also first double albums in history. Frank Ocean’s Blonde serves as the album’s lead single. It is a reminder that cover features a portrait of the singer covering his face Ocean is not only a brilliant songwriter, but also a with his head down. Both were instant classics upon master at bending the intricacies of song structure to their releases and feature some of the most anticipated his will. The song, like the rest of the album, is free- music of their times. Frank Ocean, like Dylan or other floating, almost formless, but somehow still has a great artists of any era, is not just creating music that definitive shape. does not sound or look like anyone else’s. He moves However, there is a distance that Ocean puts beyond that, creating a world of his own that exists between himself and the listener, felt most in his use for us, too. SIERRA DEAK / DAILY NEXUS 2n Annua Welcom t Paradis Festiva When: Tuesday Sept. 20th 2-4 pm Where: Storke Plaza With a live performance by the local I.V. band, The Hypno Rings

BY THE DAILY NEXUS NEWSPAPER AND KCSB RADIO Daily Nexus Artsweek Thursday, August 25, 2016 11 A New Future Unveiled at Virtual Reality Cons Various immersive simulations came together during the convention, one of many sure to crowd the convention scene in the near fututre, to heighten tactile and auditory experiences

Phi Do tual experience. and former Marvel Comics chairman, of different virtual worlds, through Cline’s fiction might not be too far- Player One Ready Staff Writer Fast forward to the 21st century. teamed up to debut the first-ever SVCC which colossal numbers of people fetched; MMORPGs have long been a In “The Matrix,” arguably the ultimate Both newly inaugurated conventions in March this year. The convention can compete against one another reality with games, like World of War- virtual reality film, Judas figure Cypher “Most of you are here because you such as Silicon Valley Comic Con brought together more than 60,000 in massively multiplayer online craft (released in 2004), which have admits his sin of delivering rebellion believe VR is the future,” declared co- (SVCC) and established expos like comic fans, VR technologists and game role-playing games (MMORPGs) or millions of players worldwide online leader Morpheus to the all-powerful founder Cosmo Scharf to a crowd of VRLA are on a mission to showcase developers to promote the convergence Machines’ avatar, Agent Smith, stating, 6,000 techies early this August at the how divides are being erased, both be- of entertainment and technology. “You know, I know this steak doesn’t Virtual Reality Los Angeles (VRLA) tween virtual and physical spaces and “Virtual reality: It’s like an artificial Virtual reality: It’s like an exist. I know that when I put it in my Summer Expo 2016, the world’s larg- between the hands of developers and world that feels and seems real,” artificial world that feels and seems mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain est virtual reality industry convention. those of everyday audiences. Wozniak said in an interview with that it is juicy and delicious. After nine Such a proclamation sounds like sci- At VRLA, consumers and industry TechCrunch. “And that’s what comic “ real ... And that’s what comic years, you know what I realize?” ence fiction, but the idea of virtual re- professionals alike marveled at books and movies are all about.” He takes a bite of the steak before de- ality (VR) is actually ages old and cur- 360-degree domes, cut a rug at the Between SVCC’s blending of books and movies are all about. claring his guilt. rently the coolest thing there is. first-ever VR rave and experienced entertainment and technology and “Ignorance is bliss.” In fact, it can be traced back to the various other immersive simulations VRLA’s vision of VR applications If Zuckerberg, Wozniak and Scharf debate of over 2,000 years ago be- from 133 exhibitors like HTC Vive, in multiple facets of society, these - sTEVE wOZNIAK are right, we might see VR experienc- tween philosophers Aristotle — whose Sixense and Vanishing Point Media. potentials don’t seem to be far off es become as common as online video view of reality follows “what you see is VRLA explored how cardboard boxes from Ernest Cline’s projections in ” chatting and VR devices as ubiquitous what you get” — and his teacher Plato, could transport people into worlds his best-selling novel, Ready Player participate in all kinds of activities like 24/7. Hence, a virtual universe like as video game consoles or computer who posits that our reality is a mere new and old through Unofficial Card- One. According to Cline’s novel, 2044 shopping, socializing and even dinning Oasis could conceivably begin to take tablets in households. For now, VR is imperfect reflection of the ideal world board. It addressed how to add a tactile will enjoy a takeover by Oasis, a at favorite restaurants just like in the shape once the VR ecosystem becomes definitely a guilty pleasure more and beyond the physical realm. touch to the virtual experience by us- virtual universe housing thousands real world. more mature. more people are ready to embrace. What if, however, both reality and ing SubPac to physically feel music and the “ideal world,” with added imagi- sounds pulsating through the body. nation, were morphed into VR in real The con also revealed how one person time? Effectively, this would render can seamlessly be their own produc- the Aristotle/Plato debate irrelevant, tion studio and create and share VR and that’s what VR promoters like experiences through Mindshow. At VRLA, consumers and industry professional alike marveled at “ 360-degree domes, cut a rug at the first-ever VR rave and experienced various other immerside simulations.

Scharf and the growing legion of VR There were experiences with dino-” techies and enthusiasts around the saurs to run from, castles to defend world believe: In the future, VR will and painful memories to suppress. regularly deliver such experiences and Beyond these entertainment experi- even become part of life. ences, VR has also been used for simu- While only time can tell if they were lations to help design factories, train right, the new, immersive experience soldiers and astronauts, help athletes is undeniably exciting with its promis- improve their techniques and even ing and impactful social premise. guide surgeons through complicated procedures. Cultural Acceptance, Thus, to become a seamless part Immersive Experience of everyday life, like cell phones and VR has long existed as simply a con- Facebook, seems like an obvious next cept, and it wasn’t until 1968 that we step. saw the first primitive VR device (with the ominous name, “The Sword of Da- Preparing the Systems mocles”), created by computer scien- Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, who tist Ivan Sutherland. In the ensuing spent $2 billion to acquire Oculus years, other early VR inventions were Rift (which just launched its first developed, and the vision began to generation of headsets to the public in seep deeper into our culture through March), wants to enhance social media, science fiction novels (e.g. Philip K. gaming, online education and sporting Dick’s We Can Remember It For You events with VR technologies to Wholesale and William Gibson’s Neu- produce a richer immersive experience romancer), Hollywood films (“TRON” for Facebook’s billions of users. And and “The Matrix”) and TV shows (“The that’s just a small part of Zuckerberg’s Twilight Zone” and “Star Trek”). vision for VR potentials, according to These media instilled in the public a his statement. Recognizing its future fascination with VR, but there was still potential, Apple co-founder Steve a big gap between the idea and the ac- Wozniak and Stan Lee, comic creator

PHI DO / DAILY NEXUS VRLA attendees immerse themselves in a world of color and sound at the world’s first VR rave. The performance used SubPac technology, among other new VR systems, to feel music and beats physically. 12 Thursday, August 25, 2016 Science & Tech Daily Nexus SCIENCE & TECH What Came First: The Venus Table or the Feathered Serpent?

JENNY LUO / DAILY NEXUS Above is Engineering II, a three-story building where many upperclassmen majoring in mechanical and chemical engineering have classes as well as labs. The labs are also occupied by professors conducting their own research.

Courtesy of University of California, Santa Barbara The image above displays the preface of the Venus Table, the leftmost column, along with the first three pages of the table found in The Dresden Codex. Following the preface, the Mayans would add the pictures of gods they would honor. 50 Years of Education, Dana Jessen Reporter seeing it,” Aldana said. (also known later as Quetzalcoatl in The significance of his research comes Aztec), began to appear in the ar- in two parts: analyzing the sequence of chaeology. Innovation and Technology Gerardo Aldana, a professor in the rituals the Mayans had that took place “Stories come about a man named Chicana and Chicano Studies and An- in Chichén Itzá and then converting Quetzalcoatl who left his home in Cen- Stephanie Pernett A pioneering nature seems to be what has the kept the thropology Departments at UCSB, their findings to Mayan calendar. tral Mexico and went east. It says that Science Editor college successful for 50 years. Since its inception, its fac- presents a new interpretation of the “The circular building at Chichén Itzá when he got to the coast, he boarded ulty has been involved in groundbreaking research that, in Venus Table, which tracks the observ- has four little windows at each of the a raft of snakes and sailed off into the some cases, has led to a Nobel Prize. able phases of the planet, in the Maya cardinal directions, and this is where sunset, caught on fire, and then he An interdisciplinary culture of innovation committed Currently, the College of Engineering has three Nobel book, The Dresden Codex. they would place a [ceramic] god stat- turned into Venus,” Aldana said. to developing new technology in ways that benefit the Prize winners in its faculty. In 2000, Alan J. Heeger, pro- The Venus Table is an ancient Mayan ue,” Aldana said. “Pictures of the gods, Shortly after, images of feathered ser- world, the UCSB College of Engineering has proven itself fessor of physics and materials, won the Nobel Prize in astronomical and religious text from who they would have made figurines pents who were called K’uk’ulkan began as one of the most successful public research institutions Chemistry for the discovery and development of conduc- Chichén Itzá, Mexico used to honor of, are after page 24.” to show up around the Mayan areas. in the country for the past 50 years. As such, the College tive polymers. their gods, according to Venus’ place- According to Aldana, researchers can “This discovery [of the Venus Table of Engineering is celebrating its 50th anniversary after In that same year, Herbert Kroemer, professor of elec- ment in the night sky. Made out of fig know within 25 years of when the Ma- corrections] occurs right before this years of growth and emerging engineering departments. trical and computer engineering, won the Nobel Prize in tree bark and gesso and written left to yans made their corrections. Specifi- major religious transformation. So the One of the three undergraduate colleges at UCSB, the Physics for developing semiconductor heterostructures right in paired columns, the intricate cally, it was made in the 10th century, question is, did one generate the other? College of Engineering offers five undergraduate majors: used in high-speed and opto-electronics. More recently, hieroglyphs are meant to be read in a also known as the Terminal Classic What is the relationship between this chemical engineering, computer engineering, computer in 2014, Shuji Nakamura won the same Nobel Prize for “Z” formation. On page 24 of The Dres- Period. interest as Quetzalcoatl as Venus and science, electrical engineering and mechanical engineer- his contribution to the invention of blue light emitting den Codex, the text of the table shifts This process is akin to Nicolaus this discovery of Venus calendrics?” Al- ing. Additionally, the college offers six different com- diodes. from discussing rituals based on the Copernicus, who discovered the he- dana said. bined five-year Bachelor of Science/Master of Science In addition to three Nobel Laureates, other faculty Mayan calendar to a set of numbers liocentric model of our solar system The singling out of Venus in Mayan (BS/MS) programs, where students pursuing the majors members are part of the National Academies of Science, and dates arranged in four columns to in the early 1500s while trying to astronomy did not occur until the Late above can obtain a master’s degree in their respective Engineering, and Medicine, the Royal Swedish Acad- represent each of the cosmic regions: correct the Gregorian calendar for Classical period when the first record of field. emy of Science, the Royal London Society and have won north, west, south and east. Christian rituals. Venus was documented. Aldana orga- The curriculum in the awards such as the Nation- During the 1880s, Ernst Förstemann “Both approached the problem in nizes the timeline in Mayan astronomy college is designed to be al Medal of Technology discovered that the numbers in the the same manner but did it in differ- as such: Late Classical — interest in Ve- completed in four years. It and Innovation. Dresden Codex corresponded to Ve- ent ways,” Aldana said. nus. Terminal Classic — Chichén Itzá aims to provide students Since I had a strong foundation Alumni from the college nus’ cycle of 584 days. Then in the Archaeological records are sparse — heightened interest in Venus and with the background nec- have become innovators 1920s, John Teeple found it contained for the Terminal Classic period, the witnessed the discovery of the Venus essary to begin profes- “ during my time at UCSB, I in their own right, such corrections to accommodate for Venus’ end of Mayan peak in innovation. cycle. After that, Venus is found all over sional careers or to enter as Naga Sowjanya (Sowju) actual cycle of 583.92 days over time, For the Classic Period, it is typically the place with Quetzalcoatl. graduate programs. approach every new challenge Mudunuri, who earned her similar to how we invented the leap noted who the ruler was, what he Aldana believes that more attention While the electrical and M.S. in electrical and com- year for our solar-based calendar. did and why they built the buildings. needs to be paid to what the hiero- computer engineering de- in my life and career with the puter engineering in 2009, Teeple assumed these numbers These notes were not made clear at glyphics are saying. According to him, partment was established and Bob Lansdorp, who were corrections because they did not Chichén Itzá’s site. it is easier to tell what the Mayans were in 1962, it was not until Gaucho pride. completed his Ph.D. pro- match whole number intervals. How- Aldana assumes that the patron thinking from the nuances found in the 1966 that the college was gram in materials in 2015. ever, Aldana is now arguing that these is K’ak’upakal K’awiil because of his texts. established and depart- - SOWJU MUDUNURI Lansdorp is the cofound- numbers are not just corrections but patronage of other works found near “In Chicano Studies, we try to make ments came together. er of Milo Sensors, a start- actually a recording of the Mayans dis- the Venus Table. According to Al- connections to the past [through] art. Just three years after ” up whose first product is covering how to correct their Venus dana, it may suggest that he was the Now we are giving a greater structure its official establishment, the college became involved in a wearable, non-invasive, blood alcohol level biosensor. calendar. ruler if he paid for such an important and link to what they were saying in work that would eventually lead to the founding of the It connects to the user’s smartphone and stores all the “The first dates were not based in structure. the past and how we are interpret- internet. bio-data in an app. Milo Sensors’ origins began at the reality. The Mayans just wanted their A major religious transformation ing that today. These are indigenous Under the direction of Glen Culler, a professor of elec- 2015 New Venture Competition where Lansdorp, a Ph.D. calendar to be accurate, which is based was also taking place during the authors writing for indigenous peo- trical engineering, the college was chosen as one of the candidate at the time, and his business partner, Evan St- in numerology, but these are actually Terminal Classic period in Central ple. Usually it is foreigners writing first four nodes, or connection points, of the original Ad- renk, competed. Their team won that competition and historical dates. Some Mayan scribe Mexico. The introduction of a new about indigenous people, and that vanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), have since been awarded $100,000 in funding. was writing down when he was actually feathered serpent deity, K’uk’ulkan is a totally different perspective.” along with UCLA, Stanford and the University of Utah. Mudunuri develops code for different microservices ARPANET was an early packet switching network and that serve the necessary backend functionality for the the first network to implement Internet Protocol Suite, yoga and personal trainer app, FitStar, from the Fitbit TCP/IP, the computer networking model and set of com- family. munication protocols used today. According to Mudunuri, her time at UCSB has laid a strong Culler also served as the director of the UCSB Comput- foundation and prepared her for facing real world challenges, er Center in the 1960s. Then in 1999, he was awarded such as picking up new programming languages and staying on WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO? the National Medal of Technology and Innovation for top on the latest technological trends. his pioneering innovations in computing, including digi- With new students admitted into the College of Engineering tal speech processing, the invention of the first online for fall 2016, it is no doubt that the college will continue We can help you get there! system for interactive graphical mathematics computing to have faculty and students who possess a pioneering na- Students Families and ARPANET. ture that will lead to technological advances in the future. Career Services is here to help Families can play an integral UCSB Gauchos gain the skills and role as their student navigates experience required through their time for a successful résumés at UCSB and makes journey from college plans for their future. to career. 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UCSB Career Services JENNY LUO / DAILY NEXUS Building 599 Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7140 To the left of Engineering II stands Harold Frank Hall, a building that houses the electrical and computer (805) 893-4412 engineering department as well as the computer science department. Just like Engineering II, classes and labs M–F; 8:30am–4:30pm are held here for students studying the majors above. Complete with its own electronics shop where students buy career.sa.ucsb.edu the materials needed for their classes, this building provides students with a basis for their education. Thursday, August 25, 2016 On The Menu 13 ON THE MENU Eyes Wide Open: A Guide to Isla Vista Coffee

drinks are excellent and boast a wide range of options and flavors including red velvet. If it’s a sweet treat you crave, I recommend gelato affogato style (with a shot of espresso on top).

Coffee Collab: Entertainment, Large Mugs, Artsy Feel

Located at the corner of Embarcadero del Mar and Pardall, this hip little collaborative has a lot going on. From spoken word to open mic night, the collab always seems to be teeming with creative people looking to share a nice cup o’ joe together and collaborate (excuse the pun) to create exceptional work. Coffee Collab is also known for their dirty chai latté, so head over and try a cup.

Kol’s Café: Repeat Revival, Offbeat Location, Interesting Layout

The second time is hopefully the charm for the risen-from-the-grave Kol’s Café. Though it had a short run last school year, the owners soon changed interests, putting a dividing wall through the property and turning it into Le Café and Blend Me Tender, both Stephen Manga / Daily Nexus of which were underwhelming. However, Spudnuts: Late Hours, Doughnuts and Kol’s is back for a second run at Isla Vista’s Friendly Next-door Neighbors saturated coffee market, and the tenacity is definitely admirable. Unfortunately, because Coffee and doughnuts, is there any of it’s short-notice revival, there isn’t much combination more perfect? Probably not! buzz about it as of late. To be frank, I hadn’t This is the only doughnut shop in town realized Kol’s was back until I began writing (unless you count 7-Eleven) and this place this article. For a cup of Peet’s brand coffee packs a punch. The donuts are divine and and maybe a bit more information, head over their coffee is the perfect pick-me-up with to Kol’s Café. its simple flare. With fair prices and food, Spudnuts is I.V.’s haven for any doughnut

Sierra Deak / Daily Nexus Bagel Café: Best Breakfast, Local Coffee, fanatic. Good Vibes Marisa Ratchford buck a cup” during dead and finals weeks, Chip. Sometimes that sense of familiarity is Sweet Alley: Fro-Yo, Candy Galore, Alumnus On The Menu Editor no matter the size. I.V. Drip offers build- what you need when you’re miles away from As the name suggests, this place isn‘t Owner your-own bagel- and croissant-wiches, but, your family and knee-deep in term papers, and known for their coffee so much as they are for Ah, the sweet air of yet another approaching of course, the crowning glory of I.V. Drip is that is something I can appreciate. But good their bagels, but that doesn’t mean a cup of Although coffee isn’t usually what makes school year is descending upon I.V. That the handmade cookiewich: your choice of two luck finding a place to sit at this Starbucks piping hot Santa Barbara Roasting Company me crave a trip to Sweet Alley, it is still a familiar scent of roasted coffee brings us delectable cookies encasing a fresh scoop of as it’s always busy; the tables are usually joe wouldn’t go great with your Eggle Plus. hotspot you should check out. Like a mad back to late-night cram sessions fueled solely glorious McConnell’s ice cream. These treats full and the blenders are whirring all day The place has a fun, surfer-chill vibe, and the scientist, Nick Mason, a UCSB alumnus by caffeine and a let’s-just-get-this-over-with are absolutely to die for, and you can pick up long. Maybe it’s just a personal preference, outdoor seating or next-door park are good reinvented the former glory of Sweet Alley attitude. For some of you, this is your first this killer combo anytime because I.V. Drip but that isn’t conducive to studying for me. places to relax and munch a bagel before the and brought in some hip and exciting items year experiencing this ritual; for others, it’s is open until 1 a.m. Thursday-Saturday and However, its prime location places it directly big test. Though Bagel Cafe’s hours may seem for his patrons. They produce craft nitrogen- a familiar and comforting friend. But as most until midnight for the rest of the week. Good next to Subway and The Habit and across the odd, they truly cater to their target audience, infused coffee and teas that pour like stout of you know, not all coffee is the same, and luck finding a place to sit, though, because street from Freebirds, so it’s easy to stress- open 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m Sunday-Wednesday beer, and their cold brew is something you certainly not all coffee shops are equal. It’s aside from a few small patio tables, there eat while caffeine-bingeing. and opening up an additional 10 p.m.-3 a.m. should definitely try! For a more inventive important to find the right match to suit isn’t much space to spread out and get your shift Thursday-Saturday to satisfy your carb- take on your caffeine, I would definitely take your studying needs, so here is a compilation study on. Nevertheless, it’s a good place to Cajé: Cool Atmosphere, Killer Coffee, Chilly craving drunchies. the trip over to Sweet Alley. of the pros and cons of each coffee shop in grab a quick pick-me-up and head back to the Weather Isla Vista. library. Cajé is one of the trendiest coffee shops I.V. Drip: Minimal Seating, Friendly Service, Starbucks: Familiar Setting, Always Busy, in Isla Vista equipped with its own chic COOKIEWICHES Great Location mugs, cool aesthetic and fun latté art. This place is awesome! The caramel latté is to The Drip is a quintessential part of I.V. Sometimes you need something so tried die for, and the atmosphere always seems The Green Star brand coffee is typically and true and familiar that it takes you back so Zen. If you’re fortunate enough to get a good, usually offering around four different to your very first Frappucino. Starbucks can table indoors, then kudos to you, because brews on any given day, and the ever-friendly always be counted on for consistency; no those are coveted seats come midterms and staff is great to boot. Best of all, coffee is “a matter where you are, a Java Chip is a Java finals seasons. We less dedicated people end up sitting outside on the cement, picnic- style tables where the ocean breeze finds its way up and casts a chill over the patrons. Additionally, most of the outlets outside no longer work, so if you plan on sitting there for the long haul, I recommend a light jacket and a full battery.

Cafe Equilibrium: Sweet Treats, Bursts of Energy, Study Room

This place is the hidden treasure of Pardall. Modest in its appearance and tucked in between buildings on I.V.’s busiest street, Cafe Equilibrium boasts a charming and energetic staff who serve some specialties that cannot be found elsewhere in Isla Vista including crêpes, gelato, gourmet waffles and coffee, coffee, coffee. It’s often rather empty in the store, so it makes it the perfect place to post up and study, especially in the out-of-sight back room where plenty of seating is available. The assorted coffee alex nagase / Daily Nexus Hari Patel / Daily Nexus Relax, we’ll do the driving! Providing safe, reliable transportation between Goleta to LAX LAX to Goleta Santa Barbara and LAX for over 33 years, we are 3:30 am 9:00 am the easiest way to get to and from Los Angeles. With 11:00 am 16 trips every day, we’re almost certain to have 5:30 am something that will fi t your schedule. 7:00 am 12:30 pm 8:30 am 2:00 pm Our Goleta location is only 1.5 miles from UCSB, 10:00 am 3:30 pm making it easy for UCSB students to use Airbus. 12:00 pm 5:30pm 3:00 pm 7:30 pm Save gas, time and money! Book your Airbus ticket 6:00 pm 10:00 pm today. Book online or give us a call! Goleta pickup is just 1.5 miles from UCSB. 805.964.7759 800.423.1618 Providing Safe, Reliable Transportation since 1983. TCP 1262A sbairbus.com 14 Thursday, August 25, 2016 Opinion Daily Nexus

aries OPINION MARCH 21 - APRIL 19 Take three chill pills and count to ten with some deep breaths. The barista is not taking your bullshit today until you calm down about the fact that they’re out The Letter I Wish I Had of coconut milk because the freshmen all wanted to take Instas with their new roommies all with matching pink drinks. taurus APRIL 20 - MAY 20 Read as a Freshman Get ready for the turkey drop. Your significant other will drop your ass over Thanksgiving break; no need to try a long distance relationship the first half of the quarter. Not to worry, though! This will happen to countless others, leaving them vulnerable and sexually neglected. Happy Bangsgiving. GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 20 Think these next ten weeks will be full of ruckus partying? Think again. Life is sure to smack you upside the head with a crisis, but keep calm. You will soon receive words of wisdom from an unexpected source. Take their sage advice with an open mind, as it may just be the compass needed to navigate out of these rough waters. cancer JUNE 21 - JULY 22 This quarter is sure to be a stressful one for you, friend. Luckily, we’re here to tip you off to some of I.V. and campus’s hottest panic attack locales! The places are hot, hot, hot! All the most mentally unstable students will be there! The middle of the Storke bike loop at 11:50 a.m. is a great mental breakdown spot for those suffering from lack of attention, and the HSSB lounge is perfect for those who are more lonely wallowers. Find your safe space this quarter. LEO JULY 23 - AUGUST 22 Bad news, hun … DG isn’t gonna give you a bid this rush season. But you know what? Take all those bad feelings and store them in your spacious thigh gap. Who cares anyway??? They’ll never find a more spirited or more aryan gal than you anyway. Keep your head up and keep on charging forward with a positive outlook on life. VIRGO AUGUST 23 - SEPTEMBER 22 This is your year! You’re gonna get that class you’re crashing! You’re gonna drink a perfect week without puking or hangover- ing! You’re gonna get some financial aid! You’re gonna have the time of your life, so get ready! Keep your phone charged so you can whip it out when you inevitably TARUSH MOHANTI / DAILY NEXUS spot the legendary albino raccoon. libra SEPTEMBER 23 - OCTOBER 22 HUGE amount of responsibility to wisely pick it). Social capital, as in your real-life social understanding, your whole perspective on If you don’t make it into that class you and choose where you invest your time. network, is one of the biggest predictors of learning will change. And, usually, grades will were crashing because you slept through Your daily choices — like how much time success, health, longevity, happiness and follow. it and you need something to blame it on, you spend on Facebook, watching Netflix, general wellbeing. By making connections One of the best tips I can give you is the moon is in its last quarter so that’s talking on the phone and texting or whatever with as many people as possible, in as diverse this: Go to class and section. Even if it feels probably bad for your sign or something. it is that you do — add up to be your big situations as possible, you are helping to set like a waste of your time and energy, just go. I bet Venus is rising or something, too, choices. Invest your time here as if it were yourself up for not only more fun at UCSB but Professors and TAs notice, and you’ll notice and it’s fucking you up, that orange bitch. your money; your time is never free because more success in life. Don’t get too sucked into a difference in your performance, too. Aside it always costs you something else you could just one person or one group, keep your eyes from your health, prioritize your academics scorpio be doing. Find ways to make it as profitable open and be open to make the first move. first and fill in the rest as it fits. OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 21 as possible. And, there is another huge body of Your ex is sure to hit you with that 3 Example: You could call your friend back research on how important it is for your a.m. text in the foreseeable future. Invite home for two hours or you could go to a club wellbeing to have a focus on helping others. You’re already, just that muthafukka over for some wine in meeting or go work out or study, or learn There are no enemies or even competitors at a candlelit room (important), then right Hey, reader! My name is Émile. I just guitar or meet new friends at school or take UCSB, only friends and allies. Treat everyone by virtue of being as they lean in for a kiss, give them a graduated from UCSB in June and, funny your first story at the Nexus or whatever! with respect and empathy, and you will find “ here, among the best confused look. “I thought it was very enough, I was actually the editor in chief of There are a million different they do the same. clear I needed you here for the seance.” this paper last year, so I’m really coming back opportunities that you have and every choice of the best students To really teach them a lesson, send the to my roots right now. costs you something, so make sure your #6. Minimize your stress! in the world. ghost of an orphaned 12th century boy to Anyway, I really enjoyed my time here return on that time is better than the cost. haunt their apartment until graduation. at UCSB, and I was fortunate enough to find Stress is a stupid state. When we’re quite a bit of success, too. To keep it brief, I #3. CHERISH THE DORMS! stressed, our brains do not function the SAGITTARIUS ” NOVEMBER 22 - DECEMBER 21 graduated with straight As and a University same way they do when we’re relaxed; there #8. Smile! Award of Distinction, was a member Please say this with me, “I will never is a severe decrease in higher functionalities, When the David Blaine apartment in the of Phi Beta Kappa and I got to give the have another chance to live in a building performance and recall. Plan your study It’s such a cliché that it almost hurts San Clemente villages disappeared, a hole commencement speech. All in all, I’m happy surrounded by an infinite number of friends schedule in a way that works for you, so you me to write it, but your time at UCSB will was left in the colorful fabric that is I.V. with my time at this magical University, and who just want to hang out with me.” Repeat can go to sleep the night before your test and go by so obscenely fast. Just treasure the From these ashes you shall rise. No longer my goal in writing to you today is to give you that indefinitely. There is plenty of time to go be confident in the fact that you prepared to experience and learn from all of it — even all shall ye remain a closeted memer, make a few tips on how to be happy and successful out and join a fraternity or sorority or commit the best of your ability. the stuff that happens outside the classroom. your house “that house.” It is your calling. here, too. all of your time to some club or whatever You should never need to pull an all- Stay flexible and stay open, forgive quickly else, but the most unique thing about your nighter. Most people will do it anyway, but and learn from it all. Most of all, be nice to CAPRICORN #1. Take care of yourself,so you freshman year, by far, is the dorm life. that’s a choice, not a necessity. I never did. yourself. You’re learning! You’re here to learn! DECEMBER 22 - JANUARY 19 can take care of business! I know it can suck sometimes, and Please remember this: Avoid studying That means you will make mistakes. None of You’re the pal with the extra hairband you might end up with a roommate who’s with people who are not actually trying to them are that significant, unless you really when friend #2 is puking into the bushes On airplanes they always say, “In the annoying, but that will pass and you’ll forget study. Separate your hangouts from your harm somebody else or yourself (don’t do behind I.V. Market on the way home from event of an emergency, put on your oxygen it. Cherish the whole experience and do your study sessions, and excuse yourself when the that). 68 DP. You’re always there for those in mask before putting on anyone else’s,” and best to make the most of it … for my sake! latter turns into the former. The reality is, you’ll blink and it’ll be need. But what have you ever gotten in that is just the perfect way to think about It really is the perfect opportunity over — the good stuff and the bad. And, no return? Fucking. Nothing. This year, ditch your time here at UCSB. What good are your to make a huge amount of friends in an #7. Build an awesome attitude! matter what, you’ll want to go back and do the ibuprofen and carry a pocket shot grades, accomplishments, awards, whatever, extremely short period of time. And friends it all again. So, for the old Gauchos like me, if you are too burned out to even appreciate are more important than you might think! I’ll Every day at UCSB gives you a chance please just love every second of it. Aquarius them, or worse? Make your health — both explain below. to prove yourself, learn something new and Of course, there’s so much more I would January 20-February 18 mental and physical — your number one make your life and the lives of people around like to say here, but I’m already over my word Go to trivia night at Woodstock’s during priority because without that, nothing else #4. Work with the Daily Nexus! you better. Be the perpetual student! In count and the editor’s not going to like me if Welcome Week. Tuesday the 13th will be matters. Give yourself oxygen before you give and out of the classroom, you have so many I keep going. Long story short: have fun, be extremely lucky as the full moon approaches. it to anything or anyone else. Shameless plug! It really is a good idea. I chances to learn and grow. Be the one that humble, learn from everything and love the Luck doesn’t account for stupidity though, won’t go too deep into it but it was easily the actually does it. process. so you may just win the pity pitcher. #2. Invest your time — it’s never most influential decision I made in college. If you try to skate through doing the If you do want to hear more from me free! Just check out the orientation! bare minimum, cutting lecture and avoiding about how to succeed in college, check out my Pisces the work, you might get good grades, but information below. FEBRUARY 19 - MARCH 20 You’re already, just by virtue of being #5. Be the world’s best bridge what’s the point? You can get a job with good Émile Nelson is the author of Nailed This WILL be the most emotional quarter here, among the best of the best students builder! grades, but without the knowledge to back it it! Your Pocket Coach to Student Success of your college career. Stock up on Keystone in the world. 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