Committee Stalls Proposal for I.V. Park Alterations
County officials delayed plans to rezone 6631 Del Playa Dr. – also known as “Volley Park” – into a residential property yesterday in order to give Isla Vistans more time to comment on the matter.
An Inconvenient Truth
Isla Vista got hosed again last week
Bathroom Reading Material
Back in September the UCSB men’s soccer team suffered a crushing 5-0 loss at Cal State Northridge, but as we’ve seen during this run to the College Cup, that game is a distant memory. The Gauchos have regrouped and are currently in the process of taking full advantage of college soccer’s playoff system, but not […]
Man Shoots Own Hand, Invents Fake Gunfight
One embarrassed Santa Barbara resident learned the value of honesty – as well as handgun safety locks – this weekend after blaming his accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound on the hand of an imaginary attacker.
Friedman Is Not So Worthy of Grand Tribute and Praise
Last week, the Nexus’s resident insufferable economics major Colin Marshall (“Ode to Economist: Farewell Friedman,” Daily Nexus, Nov. 22) was found reminiscing on the life of the late Milton Friedman.
Federal Grants Catalyze New Research at UCSB
After submitting over 1,800 proposals for funding last year, departments on campus raised $159 million for research and development funding ( over double the money raised in the past ten years.
Political Mudslinging Skirts Issues and Harms Discourse
Paul Jones (“Dems Prove No Party Is Perfect,” Daily Nexus, Nov. 27) is entitled to think that Democrats are as corrupt as Republicans, but his lame attempt at “proving” this as fact makes his column little more than sour grapes written by a Republican apologist.
A.S. Funds Student Groups, Grants
Associated Students Finance Board doled out $83,800 to 13 campus entities in addition to tabling a $26,000 Boards, Committees and Commissions budget request at its meeting yesterday.