Christine Cha

May 22, 2012

Goleta Ice Rink Plans Move Forward With Help of Recent Grant

By Christine Cha

The Greater Santa Barbara Ice Skating Association recently received a $350,000 grant from local attorney Christina Djernaes and the Kind World Foundation to fund the development of a new ice rink in Goleta. The “Ice in...

May 10, 2012

UCSB’s Most Useful Majors

By Christine Cha, Arda Jooharian, Patrick Kulp

In continuation of yesterday’s installment of UCSB’s Most and Least Useful Majors, as compiled by Newsweek using U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, today the Nexus provides the Six Most Useful Majors offered on ca...

May 9, 2012

UCSB’s Least Useful Majors

By Arda Jooharian, Rilla Peng, Christine Cha

Citing data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Newsweek recently released a list of what it considers the 13 Most Useful and Useless college majors after weighing factors such as employment rates and salary...

May 1, 2012

Finance Board 5/1/2012

By Christine Cha

The UCSB Associated Students Finance Board granted $1,235 to the campus Sociology Association last night during its weekly meeting. The group initially requested $1,485 to finance its Isla Vista Culture Week, scheduled f...

April 10, 2012

City Funds Nonprofit Agencies

By Christine Cha

The city of Santa Barbara recently offered grants collectively worth $1.3 million to dozens of local community service organizations. City officials allocated over half a million dollars to capital projects and over $700...

April 4, 2012

Web Courses To Offer UC-Caliber Learning at Home

By Christine Cha

UCSB will offer its first fully online courses during this year’s Summer Sessions for students seeking the convenience of a UC education from home. Session A will feature Geography 8: Living with Global Warming, while ...

February 28, 2012

A.S. Funds Aid Humanitarian Efforts

By Christine Cha

During last night’s Associated Students Finance Board meeting, the campus chapter of the Global Medical Brigades requested $4625.02 from the board’s unallocated funds for medication to be distributed during the group...

February 27, 2012

New Book Finds UCSB Surpasses Federal Standard

By Christine Cha

The College Success for Students with Physical Disabilities guide recently named UCSB one of the top disability-friendly colleges in the nation. The book, released Feb. 1, compares prospective schools for students with d...

February 16, 2012

Election Bill Veto Sparks Controversy in A.S. Session

By Christine Cha

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 th...

February 14, 2012

Food Bank Splurges on Awareness

By Christine Cha

During last night’s Associated Students Finance Board meeting, the A.S. Food Bank requested an allocation of $11,300 for the upcoming 2012-13 school year. The organization’s proposed budget includes expenses for gene...

February 13, 2012

Litigation Brings Modifications to DSP Application

By Christine Cha

UCSB’s Disabled Students Program modified its online application system in response to a lawsuit filed last quarter by fourth-year global studies major Alexander Stern. Stern filed litigation against the UC Regents in ...

February 6, 2012

Campaign Promotes a Smoke-Free UC

By Christine Cha

UC President Mark G. Yudof announced that the UC system will launch an official campaign to make all 10 UC campuses smoke-free by 2014. Yudof formally announced the decision to prohibit smoking in a letter addressing all...

January 26, 2012

Beloved Psychology Professor To Deliver Pseudo-Final Lecture

By Christine Cha

Psychology professor Alan Fridlund, best known by students for his popular Introduction to Psychology course, will consider the approach of his death and give his ‘last lecture’ at 8 p.m. in Embarcadero Hall. Carnegi...

January 26, 2012

Campus Ad Request Causes Controversy

By Christine Cha

Student government representatives grappled with the issue of restricting on-campus advertising by Crisis Pregnancy Centers during last night’s Associated Students Legislative Council meeting. If passed, the resolution...

January 25, 2012

Student Sues UC Over Employment Policy

By Christine Cha

Fourth-year global studies major Alexander Stern has filed a case against the UC regarding the employment policy of the Disabled Students’ Program, which allegedly bans disabled people from applying for several positio...

January 20, 2012

Patrons Work To Support Clean Energy

By Christine Cha

The Community Environmental Council will “carrot mob” Coffee Cat on Anacapa Street in downtown Santa Barbara from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday in an effort to promote local business and environmental practices. A ...