Marijuana Crackdown Prompts Investigations Into Dispensaries

Last week, the Santa Barbara Police Dept. aided federal authorities in the investigation of three Santa Barbara medical marijuana facilities believed to be operating outside state and national laws. O...
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UCSB’s Most Useful Majors

In continuation of yesterday’s installment of UCSB’s Most and Least Useful Majors, as compiled by Newsweek using U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, today the Nexus provides the Six Most Useful ...
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UCSB’s Least Useful Majors

Citing data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Newsweek recently released a list of what it considers the 13 Most Useful and Useless college majors after weighing factors such as employm...
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TBL Requests Additional Funding

Last night’s Associated Students Legislative Council meeting focused on the organization’s budget, highlighting discrepancies between the groups’ funding and next year’s decreased honoraria. M...
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Sedaris Returns to Santa Barbara Stage

Comedian and best-selling author David Sedaris will make his annual visit to Santa Barbara today to dazzle audiences with his classic self-deprecating wit at 8 p.m. in the Arlington Theatre. Sedaris, ...
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A.S. Tables Bill on Student Stipends

The Associated Students Legislative Council debated whether or not next year’s stu- dent government budget should include cuts in honoraria during last night’s meeting as a crowd of protestors fro...
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New Short Film Reveals Roots of Green Activism

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mark Kitchell’s environmental documentary “A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet” will prescreen on May 7 at 7 p.m. in the Marjorie Luke Theater at Santa ...
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A.S. Deliberates UCOP Tax, Frets Over Election

Budget strains and funding issues dominated A.S. Legislative Council’s agenda during its meeting last night. Council members approved a $500 allocation for the Elections Committee to supplement the ...
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University Officials Address Concerns About New UC Tax

Two UC Office of the President executives held a panel in the Student Resource Building yesterday to discuss the recent controversial switch in revenue structure and field questions from students. UCO...
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A.S. Presidential Candidates Begins Series of Debates

Associated Students presidential candidates Sophia Armen and Nate Walter debated inside the Hub yesterday, discussing student government’s accessibility to the larger student body and relations betw...
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Leg Council Reviews New Tax

A.S. Legislative Council discussed the UC Board of Regents’ tax initiative to restructure the UC Office of the President’s funding model during this week’s meeting. The tax requires that the UCs...
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Board of Regents Approves New Tax on Campuses

The Board of Regents approved a new expenditure tax requiring all campuses pay a 1.69 percent fee on all revenue-earning funding streams, including student lock-in fees in an effort to restructure the...
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Google Economist To Speak On Social Media Markets

Google’s chief economist Hal R. Varian will host a free lecture at 6 p.m. today in Corwin Pavilion to discuss how the data accumulated from Google users can gauge the economy’s current state. Vari...
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Demonstration at UCSC Closes Campus’ West Gate

Hundreds of UC Santa Cruz students, faculty and community members closed off most of the Banana Slugs’ campus last Thursday as part of the statewide student protests against sustained higher educati...
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Local Boys And Girls Clubs Search for Private Donors

The United Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County recently began a 60-day fundraising campaign to garner $300,000 to offset growing financial difficulties. The 10 clubs serve over 5,000 local yo...
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