Former UCSB Student To Act as Regent Designate

April 6, 2006 by

UCSB alumnus and Santa Barbara Independent chief executive officer and publisher George Thurlow will join the governing board of the UC Board of Regents on July 1.
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UCSB Leaders Travel to Conference in D.C.

March 3, 2006 by

With plans to lobby the U.S. Congress, 20 UCSB students will fly to Washington, D.C. tonight for the 37th Annual United States Student Association (USSA) National Grassroots Legislative Conference.
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Board Suggests Rise in Night, Weekend Parking

February 28, 2006 by

In an at times heated meeting on Monday, the Transportation and Parking Services (TPS) Ratepayers' Board recommended an increase in night and weekend parking rates for non-permit holders from $2 to $3...
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New Alumni House To Host UCSB Visitors

February 24, 2006 by

UCSB graduates who come visit their alma mater will have a new place to congregate next February when campus developers open the university's first alumni house.
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UCSB Cheer Squad Turns New Tricks, Wins Contest

February 21, 2006 by

The UCSB Cheer Team reinvented itself as a competitive group this year, taking first-place honors at Sunday night's King of the Bleachers competition in Irvine. The event marks only the second time in...
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CAB Seeks Funds for Volunteer Events

February 14, 2006 by

After garnering enough petition signatures to secure a place on the campus-wide ballot, the Associated Students Community Affairs Board (CAB) now hopes to win enough votes for its CAB Foundation initi...
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Computer Flaw Bugs Potential Residents

February 13, 2006 by

Housing and Residential Services' (HRS) online application system failed Thursday for the third time this year, prompting the switch from a first come, first served system to a lottery for on-campus h...
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Online Application Fails, Opens for Last Attempt

February 9, 2006 by

Housing and Residential Services (HRS) will try to reopen its website to applicants today at 8 p.m. - its third attempt to get the system back up and running since Feb. 1. The online system crashed fo...
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UCSB To Expand its Campus Wireless Internet Capabilities

February 6, 2006 by

The UCSB Office of Information Technology (OIT) plans to extend wireless Internet coverage throughout much of the campus' public space, including the area near the new Arbor building and the campus bu...
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Student Groups Vie for Lock-In Fees

January 25, 2006 by

With campus elections looming on the horizon, Associated Students Community Affairs Board (CAB), the A.S. Bike Shop and The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) have begun petition drives to get their measure...
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Silent March Celebrates King’s Life

January 18, 2006 by

The Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity drew spectators yesterday as the group staged a silent march in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at exactly 11:47 a.m.
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Lecturer Speaks on Civil Rights, MLK’s Philosophy Tonight

January 17, 2006 by

Controversial academic and American Indian Movement (AIM) of Colorado co-director Ward Churchill will speak on campus tonight about civil rights and cultural activism.
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Registrar’s Office Opens Updated Version of GOLD

January 10, 2006 by

In order to lighten the load placed on the Gaucho On-line Data (GOLD) system during peak use, the Registrar's office debuted a modernized version of the system over Winter Break that currently provide...
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GOLD Makeover Would Come As a Relief

November 22, 2005 by

I am so frustrated with GOLD that I thought I'd write to the Nexus and make a few suggestions. I think I speak for most students when I say that GOLD needs some major revision and modernization.
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Ex-Professor To Serve 2 Years

November 9, 2005 by

Former UCSB professor and Nobel Prize winner John Robert Schrieffer was sentenced to two years in state prison Monday for gross negligence vehicular manslaughter.
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