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Riding the high from Friday’s success, the team now enters the stretch of the season when they will compete in these key championship meets...
ASHIL ANN, A SOPHOMORE at the University of California at Santa Barbara, went to college to stretch her mind--she didn't expect it also to expand her waistline. "At home my mom made choices on what I could eat," she explains, "but it was all-you-can-eat at the dining halls." Ashil got to school a year ago as a featherweight size 1. She now fits "snugly" into a size 3, she says. Say hello to the "freshman 15": the unwanted pounds many students pack on during their first year of college. The extra pounds--usually the result...
...rumbling of a shuttle in the shadows nearby, and as it rounded the corner, he spotted a stainless steel miracle—a bike rack, gleaming under the streetlights, affixed to the grill of the nighttime savior. He approached it eagerly, and spotted instructions attached. Pull, drop, heave, slip, stretch, and release. Done. Fifteen seconds later, Dartboard was sitting in the front seat of the shuttle, admiring his handiwork perched on the other side of the windshield...
...until the bright lights of Currier were in sight did Dartboard’s heart rate begin to return to normal. Stretch, release, slip, heave, pull and lift: Dartboard’s wheels were free, and he was home safely for the night but still pondering what his next nighttime modus transporandi would be. But the novelty and convenience of the racks have been so addicting that Dartboard finds himself using them again and again—although still sweating it out each time. And while the chipper folks at transportation services confirm they’ve never lost...
...their first album has been revived here, but the sound is warmer, and the band is more self-assured. The rhythm section has solidified, tighter and bolder now after long months playing together on tour. Drummer Sam Fogarino and bassist Carlos D lock into a groove right away and stretch it out easily for the course of a song. The often danceable bass lines add satisfying counterpoint to the darker, choppier guitar licks layered on top. Guitarists Daniel Kessler and Paul Banks let their sound intertwine, ringing out with Clash flavor, flirting with Carlos D’s tasteful keyboard...