Staff Box Hot Line
This particular box will be calling attention to a different framed rectangle that graces the pages of the Nexus: the staff box. Today is the last day you’ll see many of your Nexus favorites. It’s called turnover.
Seniors Dance Last Steps at UCSB
UCSB Dance Company’s yearlong tour will come to an end this weekend at the Center Stage Theater in downtown Santa Barbara. The company will perform at 8 p.m. both Friday and Saturday nights.
Mysterious Error Cuts into STEP Funding
A bookkeeping error cut money from some student retention programs earlier this year because they were mistakenly classified under outreach services, but the retention efforts will not be reimbursed by the recent agreement between the governor and the president of the University of California.
Troy | A Time Before Pants
Eric Bana, Brian Cox, Wolfgang Petersen and Brad Pitt in a skirt – Warner Brothers’ latest filmmaking adventure, “Troy,” promises big things. Unfortunately, it doesn’t quite deliver. Thirty minutes in, no one is quite sure who the main characters are, and it will be another 10 to 20 minutes before you get around to seeing Achilles and Hector -the main characters.
Leggies Clean Up, Move Out
Praise and tears met the changing of the Associated Students Legislative Council guards Wednesday night. Outgoing council members spoke about their experience this year, and praised each other for their efforts. Some members of the old A.S. government cried because their time was over, but before the reins of A.S. were handed to new blood, the council approved five bills left over from previous meetings.
Talk Amongst Yourselves
I see more unicyclists on campus these days. I saw a guy yesterday that looked like he was riding the damn thing for the first time. “That guy is cool, his day at school is like a fucking thrill ride,” I thought.
Softball: SB Faces Wildcats in Tucson
After 20 years of anonymity in the collegiate softball world, Santa Barbara now has the chance to be a no-namer no more. In just her third year, Head Coach Kristy Schroeder has catapulted the Gauchos into the NCAA Regionals, uncharted water for the blue and gold in their tenure at the Division I level.
Knock: Don’t Steal Me Lucky Charms!
Watch your back, Dalai Lama! Find a new job, Dr. Phil! Start panicking, Buddha! There’s a new philosophically inspiring bigwig in town, and his name is Me!
Super Size Me | Supersizing America
In the new documentary “Super Size Me,” filmmaker Morgan Spurlock confirms what any reasonable person already knew: Fast food is terrible for your heath.