Students Reject Bulk of Fees
The results of the Spring Elections’ Campus Elections Commission ballot were released Friday, establishing one new fee and upholding five reaffirmations. Students approved a fee increase of $4.24 per quarter for Arts & Lectures by a margin of 66.98 percent, bringing total undergraduate student fees for 2011-12 to $654.40 per student — up $28.96 from […]
Nexus Deems Future Editor “Trainwreck”
The Daily Nexus editorial staff selected Katherine “KittyKat” Friedman — Zumba enthusiast, onesie-wearer and self-proclaimed “gremlin” — as the next editor in chief in last Thursday’s controversial and possibly rigged election. The sole human candidate, Friedman earned a default win over serious write-in challengers including two different varieties of sandwich (ham and meatball marinara). A […]
Baseball: Sunday Loss Ends Three-Game Win Streak
Gaucho baseball split the final two games of its three-game conference series with Long Beach State this weekend, pushing the team’s record to 17-17 overall and 4-5 in the Big West.
Sports Briefs: Softball
UCSB softball won its third consecutive Big West series this weekend, this time against Cal State Northridge 5-4, 2-9 and 4-2 at Campus Diamond.
Men’s Volleyball: Gauchos Upset No. 2 BYU, Advance to MPSF Semis
The UCSB men’s volleyball team shows up when it matters most. In the program’s first conference playoff appearance in five years, the No. 7 Gauchos upset No. 2 BYU in four sets (25-21, 23-25, 26-24, 25-2), handing the Cougars their first home loss all year and advancing to the semifinals of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament.
Campus Elections Commission Results
Campus Elections Commission Campuswide New Fees – 2011 Voter turnout exceeded the five-year average. A measure passes if 50% plus one voters vote “yes” Recreation Facility Enhancements Total votes: 6503 % yes 46.98 % no 53.02 Measure failed Ucen Third Floor Student Study Space Renovation and Support Fee Total votes: 5819 % yes 39.16 % […]
Human Logic Incapable of Disproving the Existence of God
The “Ask an Atheist” column in last Friday’s edition of the Nexus featured Connor Oakes, Tyler Santander and Cameron Moody, who put forth a variety of arguments positing that suffering in the world disproves the existence of God as an omnipotent — or at least loving — entity.
Acknowledging Spiritual Hierarchy Irrelevant to an Individual’s Value
This week’s question: Without religious faith of any kind, how can you say you’re as good a person as someone who truly believes in something greater than themselves?
UCSB Professor’s New Book Reinterprets Cold War
A new book edited by UCSB history professor Tsuyoshi Hasegawa indicates that East Asia was a “second front” of the Cold War — aside from the conventionally recognized European Cold War front — that was critical to third-world development. The book, The Cold War in East Asia — 1945- 1991, explores how six nations — […]
Demand for Crude Oil Makes Venoco Executive Millions
Venoco Chairman and CEO Timothy Marquez saw his personal fortune increase by $38.6 million last week, according to a Forbes blog post. Freelance journalist Brendan Coffey’s blog posting on Forbes.com, which credits Marquez’s financial information to independent market analysis firms, indicated that his Venoco stock value rose to $518 million last week. The blog predicts […]