A.S. SAG Summer update
2023-24 UC Santa Barbara Associated Students Student Advocate General Nathan Lee spoke with the Nexus about his goals for the upcoming school year and the progress he has made over summer. After holdi...
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SBSO reports two stabbings in I.V., two suspects at large
Warning. This article contains graphic content relating to physical assault. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office responded to a crime in progress resulting in two stabbings on August 13 at 1...
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Highlights of the Regents’ July 2023 meeting
The Regents convened at UCSF Mission Bay from July 18 to July 20.
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Isla Vista locals urged to heed water safety protocols
Rescue teams were frequently called to the Isla Vista area due to poor ocean conditions from impacts of the storms.
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Anti-Defamation League CEO discusses combating hate in America
Jonathan Greenblatt spoke on hatred, antisemitism and how to work against it at Campbell Hall on May 22.
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QTGSU creates a lasting community for LGBTQIA+ graduate students
The Nexus spoke with members of the Queer and Trans Graduate Student Union’s (QTGSU) board regarding their events and advocacy throughout the past year.
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Simply Stated: What exactly is a superbloom?
You have to be living under a rock to have not noticed the sudden surge in greenery and flora throughout the state of California since around mid-February.
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Gauchos for Recovery celebrates 10 years with “Generation Recovery” art and music festival
GFR aims to build a supportive community of peers through offering recovery-oriented meetings, events and professional support.
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MultiCultural Center and Middle Eastern, North African, South Asian Resource Center hosts Bazaar
The event, much like a traditional bazaar, was complete with an array of student vendors, all displaying and selling their work.
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Labyrinth: Grades Search
Aries
March 21 - April 19
Forgetting to take off the ratty AF1’s at the potluck (most Asian households don’t take kindly to shoes in the house!)
Taurus
April 20 - May 20
Wearing your only red t-shirt to every final (Red is a lucky color in many cultures, especially Chinese cultures)
Gemini
May 21 - June 20
Putting spiders in your friend’s wedding dress for good luck (Has its origins in old english folklore, and represents abundance for the couple)
Cancer
June 21 - July 22
Accidentally summoned a ghost by leaving their chopsticks straight up (A superstition that has Chinese origins because the chopsticks are reminiscent of funeral incense)
Leo
July 23 - August 22
Didn’t like your friends significant other so they gifted them an umbrella (The word for umbrella ‘san’ sounds like the word for divorce in Chinese)
Virgo
August 23 - September 22
Believing in horoscopes (The modern western zodiac actually came from Babylonian astrology)
Libra
September 23 - October 22
Walked backwards in Portugal to live out the Faust fantasy (In Portugal, walking backwards allows the devil to know exactly where you are)
Scorpio
October 23 - November 21
Stole a raven from the tower of london as reparations (According to UK superstition, if there aren’t 6 ravens in the tower, the kingdom will fall)
Sagittarius
November 22 - December 21
Breaks a knuckle knocking on wood for good scores on finals (Knocking on wood may have originated from the Celts and their love for tree spirits)
Capricorn
December 22 - January 19
Drunkenly rearranging their apartment for the feng shui at 3 AM (A Chinese cultural practice that harmonizes a person with the energies of the environment around them)
Aquarius
January 20 - February 18
Left out their middle name on their taxes because the Fae run the IRS (Giving the Fae your full name gives them power over you, and the IRS has too much)
Pisces
February 19 - March 20
Hit by a car but the license plate had an angel number (Beyond just blowing up on TikTok, angel numbers were invented by... Pythagoras)
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