Three Gauchos Continue to Nationals
The UCSB men’s track team is back at sea level after competing in the NCAA Western Regional in Provo, Utah. The unfriendly combination of BYU’s high heat and altitude was rough on the Gauchos, and some athletes from other low-altitude schools did not even manage to finish their events.
IVFP Awaits Approval for New Office
Within the next few weeks, the I.V. Foot Patrol may get the green light on its plans to build a new and larger station just a couple of blocks away from its current location.
Painting The Town
Set against the gorgeous Santa Barbara sunshine and the picturesque charm of the Old Mission, the 20th anniversary of the I Madonnari Street Painting Festival this weekend was a treat.
Festival To Celebrate Environment, Community
After months of planning, a venue change and bounds of advertising, Chilla Vista is set to rock, educate and even recreate the Isla Vista community.
Acoustic Awesomeness
In distressed jeans, tight green T-shirt, flashy sunglasses and bed-head hair, Josh Allan may seem like a typical young musician. But once he took the stage at SOhO in downtown Santa Barbara on Tuesday night, he proved that looks can be deceiving.
CD: Elefant – Black Magic Show
Rather than churning out an album that you would love to love, or even something that you would love to hate, 80s throwback gurus Elefant have crafted The Black Magic Show – a record that jumps between infectious and infuriating.
Leggies Vote to Support L.A. Farmers
The 2006-07 Associated Students Legislative Council held its first full meeting yesterday to discuss various resolutions, including one asking the University of California Regents to sever ties with two research laboratories.
June 1, 2005-June 7, 2005
CALENDAR FOR 6/1/06 Thursday, June 1: Search for buried treasure and learn a little about anarchy along the way tonight, as UCSB’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Center presents the film “Hiding Is the First Act.” The film follows the adventures of the Springer family, as generations of the clan search for buried treasure in the caves of […]
New Freshmen Registration to Increase
The University of California released statistics yesterday about the number of freshmen who will be attending the nine undergraduate UC campuses in fall 2006.
Leaving the Nexus is Such Sweet Sorrow
Sitting here in the Daily Nexus office, my eyes wandering – as they have for three years now – over the spectacular array of random crap covering the walls, I find myself struggling to put my thoughts into words. At least, words with some measure of humor or insightfulness. Or, failing that, just enough words to fill this enormous blank page stretching before me like a barren expanse of Arctic wilderness.