The Best and Worst of 2012: The Forgotten Categories
This past Tuesday the Daily Nexus published its Best of 2012 issue. Readers voted on the best restaurants, locations and establishments of 2012. Today we have our own edition — The Best and Worst of 2012: The Forgotten Categories. Best Place for Guaranteed Diarrhea: Naan Stop If you’re looking for a long night on […]
Women Ready For Big Weekend
The No. 65 UCSB women’s tennis team plays back-to-back-to-back over the holiday weekend, starting with No. 36 St. Mary’s tomorrow, then at San Francisco on Sunday and at Santa Clara on Monday. The Gauchos are 1-4 and still looking for their first road win of the season. UCSB, which will return home on Feb. 25, […]
Men Set to Host SMU, Travel to Irvine
The No. 62 UCSB men’s tennis team hosts SMU tomorrow before traveling to No. 55 UC Irvine on Monday to take on the Anteaters in its first Big West match of the year. The Gauchos are 4-4 this year and 2-0 at home. The team is hoping junior Benjamin Recknagel is at full strength against […]
Yang Bails Out Grad Travel Fund
Chancellor Henry T. Yang personally donated $50,000 to cover shortfalls in the campus’ Doctoral Student Travel Grants budget through the summer of 2013. The scholarships are granted on a first-come, first-serve basis for doctoral and masters students of candidacy status to establish themselves in their field and develop important contacts while presenting their research abroad. […]
Study Attributes Ape Deaths to Human Viruses
Researchers at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis on campus recently discovered the missing variable in the mysterious population decline among endangered African great apes. The scientists’ findings — published in the online science journal PLoS ONE — indicate mortality rates among primates such as gorillas and chimpanzees are increasing at exponential rates […]
Hospital Moves Patients Into Redone Wards
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital staff transferred 102 patients Sunday morning into its three newly-renovated patient pavilions. Over 400 of the infirmary’s 2,500 employees moved the patients from non-critical, intensive or maternity care facilities into their new rooms and wards from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. The facility — which began preliminary planning for the move […]
Unresolved Burglary Case Prompts New Discussions on Dorm Safety
The UC Police Department is still searching for the suspect involved in the Feb. 5 burglary at the Santa Catalina Residence Hall’s South Tower. The unknown perpetrator visited and stole over $5,000 worth of items including laptop computers, an iPad, a laundry basket, clothes and several blankets from multiple rooms on floors three, four and […]
Election Bill Veto Sparks Controversy in A.S. Session
The Associated Students Legislative Council spent the majority of last night’s meeting debating A.S. President Harrison Weber’s veto of the organization’s amended Elections Code. Weber struck the bill down after the representatives unanimously voted in its favor last week on the grounds that many of its provisions — such as a ban on A.S. officials’ […]
UCSB Looks To Extend Winning Streak
The UCSB women’s basketball team will look to win three games in a row for the first time this year tonight on the road against UC Riverside. The Gauchos currently rank seventh in the Big West with a 4-6 conference record and 10-13 record overall. At 3-9 in the Big West and 5-19 overall, the […]
UCSB Upsets No. 11 Cal State Northridge at Home in 3-0 Series Sweep, Improve to 4-7
In a hard- battled back and forth match, the No. 15 UCSB men’s volleyball team upset No. 11 Cal State Northridge in Rob Gym with a 3-0 sweep. With 34 ties and 11 lead changes in the match, UCSB used late game heroics to close out the Matadors and set off on their ensuing road […]