Katherine Friedman

November 20, 2012

UCSB Student Arrested in Freebirds Stabbing

By Katherine Friedman, Marissa Wenzke

Third-year UCSB student Peter Cho was charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and destroying or concealing evidence following a fight outside of Freebirds early this past Sunday. UC Police Department ...

November 14, 2012

UC Regents Approve Budget for 2013-2014

By Patrick Kulp, Katherine Friedman

During the second day of their three-day meeting at UC San Francisco Mission Bay, the UC Board of Regents deliberated on revenue-generating measures such as increasing nonresident undergraduate enrollment and approved th...

August 22, 2012

Welcome to the Happiest Place on Earth

By Katherine Friedman

Parents: Remain calm. Your sons and daughters are likely far more competent than you give them credit for; after all, they were accepted to UCSB in its most competitive application cycle yet. I’m not going to sugarcoat...

April 5, 2012

Letter From the Editor

By Katherine Friedman

At Daily Nexus writers’ training, all potential Nexites are given a bible of codes and instructions, known as Nexustentialism, which they are instructed to consult in the event of journalistic crisis or controversy. Th...

November 17, 2011

Cal Community Condemns Violence During Shooting

By Erika Martin, Katherine Friedman

As ‘Occupy’ protesters from across the Bay area gathered at UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza on Tuesday to join a university-wide strike against police violence and privatization, a UC police officer shot and killed an a...

November 8, 2011

Project Brings Internet to Village

By Katherine Friedman

After bringing Internet capability to the remote town of Aghbradzor, Armenia, through the Hidden Road Initiative this summer, three UCSB students will share their experiences tonight in the Multipurpose Room of the Stude...

October 20, 2011

Nonprofit Protests Funding

By Katherine Friedman

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education proclaimed “Victory at UC Santa Barbara” earlier this month after accusing Associated Students Legislative Council and Finance Board of First Amendment violations in ...

October 7, 2011

A.S. Council Clashes With Permanent Staff

By Katherine Friedman

The following is the second installment in a series of articles regarding ethical and legal concerns about recent actions taken by Associated Students permanent staff. With no mention of a name, committee or particular i...

October 6, 2011

A.S. Director Intrudes on Student Rights

By Katherine Friedman

Mired in an indefinite haze of structural ambiguity and lacking a functional judicial branch, members of Associated Students Legislative Council struggled to reason with A.S. Executive Director Marisela Marquez as she do...

October 5, 2011

Associated Students Judicial Council Chair Forced to Resign, A.S. Forms Committee to Formalize Student Employee Rights; Closed Meetings Proposed

By Katherine Friedman

Associated Students Judicial Council Chair Jeanne Sabin was forced to resign from her appointed position last week after being faced with a controversial ultimatum from A.S. permanent staff, prompting the creation of an ...

August 24, 2011

A Letter From The Editor

By Katherine Friedman

Hey baby ‘Chos — Ima let you finish orientation, Ima let you finish, but once you’re done you gon have the best college experience of all time. OF ALL TIME. First of all, thanks for picking up the Nexus; it was a g...

May 20, 2011

A.S. Representatives Face Alcohol Allegations

By Katherine Friedman

Associated Students Judicial Council will decide today whether to approve or overturn A.S. Elections Committee’s May 6 recommendation that 14 current or former members of Associated Students — eight of whom were swor...

May 19, 2011

A.S. Swears In New Representatives

By Marissa Wenzke, Katherine Friedman

The Associated Students conducted official government turnovers at last night’s Legislative Council meeting, swearing in representatives for the five executive offices and 24 council positions amidst multiple resignati...

May 5, 2011

Speak Thoughtfully: With Great Freedom of Speech Comes Great Responsibility

By Katherine Friedman

One of my favorite things about the field of journalism is how seamlessly its various appendages — from tabloids to newsletters to WikiLeaks — have historically banded together in vehement defense of their free speec...

May 3, 2011

A.S. Rep Faces Theft Charges

By Katherine Friedman, Erika Martin

Associated Students On-Campus Representative Joseph Lee was released from Santa Barbara County Jail on $20,000 bail on Sunday after being arrested in connection with a stolen laptop. Lee, a second-year political science ...

April 19, 2011

SB Accepts Record Number

By Erika Martin, Katherine Friedman

UCSB offered admission to 22,386 of nearly 50,000 applicants — its largest pool ever — for Fall 2011. The university accepted 46 percent of prospective freshmen applicants and plans to enroll about 3,900 students nex...