Taken from the March 15 issue of 93106


Gaucho baseball head coach Bob Brontsema watches the action at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. With the season about half over, the home team has a win-loss total of 10-8.
WEDNESDAY 17
TIP-A-COP BENEFIT
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Faculty Club
The annual fund-raiser by UCSB police benefits the Special Olympics athletes. Call x3096.


SATURDAY 20
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Events Center
UCSB hosts the NCAA Tournament's 1st round.


SUNDAY 21
WOMEN'S TENNIS
11 a.m., RecCen Courts
UCSB hosts Utah

BASEBALL
2:30 p.m., Uyesaka Stadium
UCSB hosts Cornell.


MONDAY 22
BASEBALL
2 p.m., Uyesaka Stadium
UCSB hosts Cornell.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Events Center
UCSB hosts the NCAA Tournament's 2nd round.


TUESDAY 23
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
7:05 p.m., Events Center
UCSB hosts Cal Baptist.

SCIENCE LITE
7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church
Paul Hansma, professor of physics, will discuss "How Bone Quality Affects Fracture Risk: Why Bone Mineral Density Is Not the Whole Story." Call x4388 to reserve a space.


WEDNESDAY 24
CHILDREN'S DAY SIGN-UPS
Deadline for signing up to participate in UCSB's Children's Day is today. Contact person: Wendy Nishikawa (x7323).


THURSDAY 25
MEN'S TENNIS
1 p.m., RecCen Courts
UCSB hosts Dartmouth.

BASEBALL
2 p.m., Uyesaka Stadium
UCSB hosts Cornell.


FRIDAY 26
UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY

BASEBALL
2 p.m., Uyesaka Stadium
UCSB hosts Cornell.


SATURDAY 27
WOMEN'S TENNIS
11 a.m., RecCen Courts
UCSB hosts Sacramento State.

SOFTBALL
Noon, Campus Diamond
UCSB hosts Portland State.

BASEBALL
1 p.m., Uyesaka Stadium
UCSB hosts Cornell.

SOFTBALL
2 p.m., Campus Diamond
UCSB hosts Portland State.
EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS "ART OF THE ZODIAC"
Through March 31
MultiCultural Center Lounge
The Taiwanese exhibit "Art of the Zodiac-Celebrating the Year of the Monkey" features modern and traditional Chinese art.

"BEYOND WORDS"
Through March 31
Faculty Club
The abstract paintings of artist Pam Benham, whose work has been widely exhibited, including Paris' Musee d'Art Modern, are featured.
"Life Can Be as Full as It Is Meant to Be" is the title modern artist Pamela Benham has given this oil painting.

"INSIGHTS: BUDDHIST PERSPECTIVES ON CONTEMPORARY ART"
Through May 16
University Art Museum*
Works from the University Art Museum's permanent collection link contemporary American art with Buddhist philosophy and practice.
"Ear Brick" by Robert Arneson is part of the modern art contribution to the exhibition "Insights: Buddhist Perspectives in Contemporary Art."

"THE RENAISSANCE REVEALED"
Ongoing
University Art Museum*
On view is the Sedgwick Collection of Old Master paintings, which includes 20 works dating from the 15th-17th centuries. The Morgenroth Collection of Renaissance metals and plaquettes is also on display.

(*Note: The UAM will be closed to the public between March 15-30 in order to mount three new exhibitions.)
 
ONGOING
"MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING"
March 4–6, 8 p.m.
Hatlen Theatre Theatre
UCSB presents William Shakespeare's comedy "Much Ado About Nothing," directed by Judith Olauson, lecturer in dramatic art. Call x3535.

CAREGIVERS GROUP
Noon, 2nd Wednesday
Women's Center
 
UC television programming includes cablecasts of past UCSB events and speakers over Cox's cable Channel 21 on the South Coast. Currently, UCTV is on Chan. 21 Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon, and 8-10 p.m.; on Saturdays and Sundays it airs 7-11 p.m. For a complete program guide, go to <www.uctv.tv>. Sample programs follow:
March 15, 9 a.m.: "Endangered Species Act at Thirty: Governor Dirk Kempthorne." Gov. Dirk Kempthorne (R-ID) delivers the keynote address to a conference examining the Endangered Species Act.
March 19, 9 a.m.: "Genocide & Crimes Against Humanity: The Challenge of Prevention and Enforcement Panel."
March 19, 10:30 a.m.: "Portraits of Survival—Life Journeys During the Holocaust and Beyond."