UCSB Softball Surprises Long Beach State

When the dust cleared and the three-game series had been played, it was the Gauchos who emerged victorious, winning the last two games of the series and sending the 49ers home as losers.

Week Highlights Rape Awareness

Students and faculty began to take back the night Monday with a noon rally in Storke Plaza, kicking off a week of sexual assault awareness.

Professor’s Campus Activism Is Appropriate Form of Expression

Professor Armbruster’s transparency about his point of view and his involvement in campus activism should not make students fear disagreeing with him anymore than students should fear voicing an opinion in a class where they know nothing about the professor’s political viewpoints or political involvement.

Take Back the Night Provides a Forum to Examine Rape Culture

Every year we hold Take Back the Night here at UCSB. And every year, after the event, one of the organizers has to write a hurt and angry letter to the Nexus about the stupid, cowardly acts of seemingly requisite antagonists.

Workers File For Bonuses Today, Bargain In May

The Coalition of University Employees (CUE) will begin negotiating its next contract with the University of California in May.

The NFL Draft Sucks

Unlike the NBA Draft, which is a nip-and-tuck two-hour affair, the NFL Draft is spread over two unbearable days.

Biking on Pedestrian Walkways Will Now Cost Violators $77

The fine for riding a bike on sidewalks has gone up $22, from $55 to $77 in the last month.

Feature Photo: Up Next on VH1 Divas …

Musician Veena Jayanthi thanks the audience during her instrumental veena performance Sunday night in the MCC Theater.

PLO/Israeli Violence is a Two-Sided Dilemma

If the PLO is a terrorist organization for defending and fighting for their land and homes, then Israel’s occupation and destruction of Palestinian homes and communities is no less terrorist in nature.

Real Stories of the Isla Vista Foot Patrol

Your weekly round up of only the best drunken encounters in Isla Vista.