Administrators Should Target Bikes, Not Boards

Editor, Daily Nexus,

Regarding the proposition to ban skateboarding at UCSB that seems to rear its ugly head every half-decade or so, I am assuming that the intention behind this proposition is to reduce the frequency of injuries on campus. This would be accomplished much more efficiently by addressing careless biking.

Navy To Keep Up Sonar Operations

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Wednesday to allow the Navy to continue the use of sonar in submarine training operations off the Southern California Coast, despite the potential risks the practice poses to the marine mammal life there.

Few Differences Between Obama, Dems in Congress

Editor, Daily Nexus, Steven Begakis’ column (“Obama at Odds With Far Left,” Daily Nexus, Nov. 13) is shockingly ignorant and misinformed about any differences between President-Elect Obama’s campaign platform and the expanded majority of the Democratic Congress. First, Obama’s platform supports an increase in capital gains and income taxes for people making more than $250,000 […]

New Tool Helps Inform UCSB Hopefuls

The University of California recently launched an online financial aid estimator for prospective students.

Obama Healthcare Hinders the Sick

Now that the election is settled, all that remains to be seen is what promises are fulfilled by our new god-emperor of hope. One that I sincerely hope he does not fulfill is his promise regarding health care. As someone from a family with many health issues, including a little brother with Down syndrome and […]

Knife Fight Leaves Three in Hospital

Three individuals, including two juveniles, were stabbed during a gang-related mêlée in downtown Santa Barbara yesterday.

New Wiring Electrifies UCSB

UCSB has recently completed a massive $22 million upgrade of the campus’ electrical infrastructure.

No Pass

So the pass/no pass deadline is coming up tomorrow, and the ‘human is going to take the cowards way out with 16 non-GPA-ruining units. That doesn’t mean the road ahead is going to be easy, though, by any means. It’s seriously time to buckle down, buy textbooks and find out what time my sections meet. […]

Santa Barbara Grabs Conference Awards

Just a few days after winning the Big West Championship in an epic shootout, the UCSB women’s soccer team now has a few more reasons to celebrate after five Gauchos received All-Big West honors.

Gauchos Put Ponies to Pasture

As if the first two meetings this year between Cal Poly and UCSB were not intense enough, the third meeting raised the bar entirely… and then some.