Month: January 2009

News

Project Predicts Deep Recession

January 20, 2009 by Evan Sherwood

If UCSB economists are right, California is in for a rough couple of years: Unemployment will hit double-digits, the economy will continue to deteriorate throughout 2009 and into 2010, and even immigration will fall.

Sports

UCSB Wrecks Poly

January 20, 2009 by John Greely

Losing is hard to take. Maybe that could explain why Santa Barbara seems to be avoiding it like the plague recently.

Opinion

UC Budget Control Does Not Add Up

January 20, 2009 by Jaret Ornelas

I was at the UC Regent teleconference on Wednesday in Cheadle Hall. After reading the article in the Nexus, (“UC Cuts Enrollment, Freezes Salaries,” Jan. 15, 2009) concerning the meeting, I felt there were a few key pieces of in...

News

Protesters Memorialize Soldiers

January 20, 2009 by Katie Tullsen

Three hundred and nine white tombstones lined West Beach last Friday, each symbolizing a teenaged U.S. serviceman who has died in Iraq or Afghanistan

Sports

SB Rolls on Poly

January 20, 2009 by Derek Mead

With the Big West conference better than it ever has been, it takes 40 full minutes of solid effort to snag a win. Saturday night against Cal Poly, the UCSB men's basketball team did just that. The Gauchos (8-9, 2-3 Big West) got 44 points...