Brendan Buhler

October 18, 2004

Our Hallowed Halls Defiled

By Brendan Buhler

Welcome to the University of Colors that Scare the Blind. Take Isla Vista Theater, which you may have already observed through disposable tinted glasses left over from the most recent solar eclipse.

June 3, 2004

A Final Word from the Former Editor-in-Chief

By Brendan Buhler

On Tuesday, I was sitting in a chair at Energy Tattoo as P.J. Ferrante ran his needle over my flesh and I started thinking about my being editor in chief of the Daily Nexus for the last two years. "Oh God, this fucking h...

February 27, 2004

Firefighters Return to Safe Workplace

By Brendan Buhler

County firefighters returned to UCSB's station Friday after a three-week absence. The UCSB Fire Dept. evacuated its firefighters from the Public Safety Building - which also houses the campus police department and commun...

February 6, 2004

Dirty Air Ducts Drive Firemen From UCSB

By Brendan Buhler

This morning the Santa Barbara County Fire Dept. is withdrawing its firefighters from UCSB because it is concerned for their health. The department is moving the three-firefighter crew to a station on Storke Road.

November 12, 2003

Firestone To Run for 3rd District

By Brendan Buhler

On Tuesday, Los Olivos vintner and former Republican Assemblyman Brooks Firestone announced his candidacy for county supervisor of the fractious 3rd District.

October 20, 2003

DP Weekend Clash Ends in Injury, Arrest

By Brendan Buhler, Daniel Haier

A brawl in a Del Playa Drive apartment Saturday night left the alleged instigator with a head wound from a miniature baseball bat, in addition to an arrest on charges of unlawful entry and felony battery.

October 20, 2003

Police Reports: October 19, 2003

By Brendan Buhler, Daniel Haier

Deputies saw a woman staggering along Del Playa Drive following a group of people. The woman, perhaps deciding that walking was for suckers, sat herself on the bumper of a slow-moving van.

September 19, 2003

Aaarrrrrrrrrrrr!

By Brendan Buhler

Today is the eighth annual International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Well, technically, the first seven years consisted almost entirely of four or five grown men telephoning each other, shouting "Aarrr!"

June 25, 2003

Davis Recall Efffort Gains Momentum

By Brendan Buhler

A Republican-led campaign to recall Democratic Gov. Gray Davis has collected close to half the signatures needed to get the measure on the ballot, the secretary of state announced June 24.

April 16, 2003

Sliding Scale Formula Fails to Add Up

By Brendan Buhler

Wednesday night, quickly and quietly, Associated Students Legislative Council changed a constitutional amendment on next week's ballot to correct a small and quite consequential error.

February 11, 2003

Korea Veteran Earns Medal

By Brendan Buhler

On Monday - 50 years, six months and 13 days after he led a dozen men in a night attack on a hill in central Korea - the United States government awarded Lt. Ray Sargent the Silver Star.

January 6, 2003

Chancellor Yang Postpones Night, Weekend Parking Fees

By Brendan Buhler

Despite plans to the contrary, night and weekend parking will still be free at UCSB for the rest of the school year, but next year what was free will be subject to fees.

November 15, 2002

Conservative Calls for U.S. to Listen to Critics

By Brendan Buhler

Dinesh D'Souza told a largely conservative crowd of 100 people in Girvetz Theater on Wednesday night to listen to the Islamic world's criticisms of America.

October 25, 2002

He Said: The Sound of Music Makes Me Want to…Release a Horde of Apex Predators Upon the World

By Brendan Buhler

Some people say that the musical is a magical art form, a representation of the way the world ought to be. The people who say this are either unnaturally thin types who savor the bitter tea of life before having a good c...

October 24, 2002