University of California Santa Barbara - La Cumbre Yearbook (Santa Barbara, CA)

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Au an mvfazvfso t. Ana of at am? -headline for a week of campus events listed in EI Gaucho. From a record Frosh Camp turnout to a revamped Bellamy Society and the newly organized Free Campus, the ex traccuricular scene fairly clamored for the participation of the UCSB populace. Although some of the activities bore a political tenor, there were the vast number of uncontro versial ones in between, among them cheerleading and hostessing Chimes ticket sales. A desire for entertainment, education and enlightenment motivated many of the special events. ln addition, UCSB has ah image to protect, University public relations to help improve, and more importantly, student interests and opinions to represent. During a year of occasional campus violence elsewhere in the state, Santa Barbara? open channels of communication were all the more valuable. lt was within on-campus involvement in informal conclaves that understanding among students and be tween students and administrators really flourished. CAMPUS lll-'E E V0lVES'

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INVOIVEMENT S'0lI6lIT 0R ESCAPED IN IEISURE lI0llRS' '7vfrazaad,6laqweucowzt4e mugmtpmmwdeazdewwdedaq woaldndz ldfeoew anlgaaeaamallaedoaafdadeane' Marshall McLuhan in Understanding Media Leisure activity is relatively unstructured at the Santa Barbara campusg all types of recreation abound. Amateur athletics boasts a strong intramural program, and 'pick-up games of co-ed volleyball, basketball and touch football are likely to occur almost anywhere at any time. On the musical scene, a numberof student rock bands are constantly en ve- loped in a cycle of forming, hiring out and breaking up. Formal choral groups, organized by the music department, also draw healthy support, as they tour and perform locally and abroad. People are at play everywhere, display- ing new talent, learning to laugh and en- joy themselves and others. Occasionally, whether escaping involvement or seeking it, they simply pound out or belt out their pent-up energy.

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