Tea Party Reasserts Conservative Principles

There is a battle going on within the Republican Party between Conservatives and the current “establishment” such as Charles Krauthammer and Karl Rove.

Liberals See Opening in Divided Republicans

The radical elements that the Tea Party movement props up will either help them lose elections against more moderate candidates, or it will further polarize the congress and perhaps even split the GOP into two parties.

Bulldogs, Britney Spears and Red Cards

Editors Note: Julia Speace is a senior defender on the Gaucho women’s soccer team, as well as a regular contributor to the Daily Nexus with her professional sports column titled “Speace of Mind.” Printed in this edition of Nexus Sports is her latest entry in her weekly blog, which also appears on the Gaucho Athletics […]

SB Places Eighth in Invitational

On Saturday, the UCSB men’s cross country team traveled to Palo Alto to compete in the Stanford invitational eight-kilometer race, where they finished in eighth place amongst 26 teams.

Gauchos Can’t Hang Against Irvine

After defeating #6 Irvine last weekend in the NorCal Tournament at UC Berkeley, the #5 UCSB men’s water polo team lost to the Anteaters 11-5. “This is embarrassing,” senior utility Milos Golic said. “Nothing went right.” Irvine (7-2 overall) opened the game up much hotter than Santa Barbara, outscoring the Gauchos 4-2 in the opening […]

Gaucho Offense Rolls, #6 Ranked Bruins Struggle

The UCSB men’s soccer team prevailed Friday night after 75 minutes of scoreless soccer, beating #13 UCLA 2-0 in front of a record crowd of 15,896 at Harder Stadium. With the victory, the Gauchos (3-2-2) were able to avenge their loss to UCLA (4-2-1) last year, when the Bruins knocked out Santa Barbara in the […]

Coal Oil Point Reserve Nature Tour

UCSB Climbs Academic Rankings

UCSB’s numbers continue to reach record-breaking heights on top academic rankings.

Student Survives Cliff Tumble

Police responded to a call yesterday afternoon after reports came in that a UCSB student had fallen off a cliff on the 6500 block of Del Playa Drive.

Curious Mind Probes Drug Hypocrisy

Drug is a funny word. On one hand, there are “good” pharmacy drugs that may kill you, but for the carefully prescribed dosages of an educated doctor.