Runners Raise $23,000 for Cancer Cure
Twenty-four hours after stepping onto the UCSB track Saturday morning, the several hundred volunteers participating in this year’s Relay For Life learned they had raised approximately $23,000 for cancer research.
Nava Meets, Eats With SB Residents
Local residents got a chance to meet their state assemblyman Saturday morning when 35th District representative Pedro Nava opened his doors and invited everyone to breakfast.
Judicial Council Declines to Fine SAC Candidates
The Associated Students Judicial Council did not charge two Student Action Coalition (SAC) candidates for violating campaign rules in last spring’s election, citing insufficient evidence against the accused.
Only You Can Prevent…
PSA: Couch burning season is coming up. In late spring, the couches of I.V. become hot and dry, overgrown with flammable material.
Baseball: Seven SB Seniors To Say So Long
For the seven seniors on the UCSB baseball team, saying goodbye to Caesar Uyesaka Stadium this weekend may be just as difficult as saying the name Caesar Uyesaka. Playing in their final home series of the season, the Gauchos will try to send the seniors out on top, as they host Irvine for three games starting today.
Everyone Needs a Hero
Everyone has an idol. In my case, from a career point of view at least, I look up to Nexite alums Josh Elliott and Chris Ballard, who both graced the Nexus office in the early ’90s, only to become two of the most promising sportswriters at Sports Illustrated.
Workers Mend Collapsed Isla Vista Pipeline
After three days without running water, over a hundred residents on Sabado Tarde Road can bathe again after crews repaired a broken sewage line Wednesday afternoon.
Intercollegiate Athletics Funding: Part IV of IV
In my tenure as sports editor and as a staff writer at the Daily Nexus, I’ve had the pleasure of conversing with most of the coaches at UCSB. By and large, they have all been accommodating, amiable people doing what they do because they have a passion for the game they teach and an inexhaustible ability to coach.
Save Your Ride, Join The Bike Impound Revolution
Protect your bike from being impounded! On Wednesday I biked to work at Bio II, at the corner of UCen and Lagoon roads. On my way back out of the building, I went to unlock my bike. It was gone.
Concert for Coast To Brew Support for Preservation
As part of tomorrow’s Concert for the Coast, organizers will be planting an unusual kind of garden in Anisq’ Oyo’ Park — one that should yield a healthy harvest of brewed hops and barley.