Jonathan Rogers

May 30, 2014

A Farewell to UCSB

By Jonathan Rogers

Jonathan Rogers says goodbye to UCSB and the Daily Nexus.

May 30, 2014

Remembering Katie Cooper

By Jonathan Rogers

Columnist Jonathan Rogers pays tribute to his late friend, Katie Cooper.

May 20, 2014

Sports and Scholarships: An Odd Coupling

By Jonathan Rogers

Does having exceptional athletic abilities mean that you're deserving of a college scholarship? Jonathan Rogers argues that we need to rethink this association.

May 8, 2014

An Argument for Affirmative Action

By Jonathan Rogers

The recent ban on affirmative action in Michigan's public universities prompts Jonathan Rogers to take a second look at the positives and negatives of the policy.

April 22, 2014

UCSB: Truly a Cinderella Story

By Jonathan Rogers

UCSB is still young, both in age and at heart.

April 8, 2014

Breaking the Consensus

By Jonathan Rogers

Jonathan Rogers launches a direct criticism at the police response to Deltopia.

March 7, 2014

Fortifying Isla Vista

By Jonathan Rogers

Has Big Brother come to Isla Vista? Not quite, but ...

March 4, 2014

The Big Burn: Then and Now

By Jonathan Rogers

Columnist Jonathan Rogers reviews the Big Burn

February 12, 2014

True Life: UCSB Thinks I’m A Woman?

By Jonathan Rogers

A classic mix-up forces Jonathan Rodgers to explain to Student Health why he cannot, in fact, get pregnant.

January 21, 2014

Santa Barbara Leads the Way in UC Water Sustainability

By Jonathan Rogers

UC President Janet Napolitano announced the prospective goal of reducing the UC system’s water usage by 20 percent on Thursday, with plans of reaching this reduction goal by the year 2020.

November 22, 2013

Protests, Pepper Spray and Compensation

By Jonathan Rogers

Jonathan Rogers explains his disappointment with the $38,000 settlement awarded to former Lieutenant John Pike of the UC Police Department.

May 15, 2013

Statewide Affairs

By Jonathan Rogers

A bill allowing states to tax online purchases passed the Senate this week in a 69 to 27 vote and will now move to the House of Representatives for final consideration. Under current regulations, sales tax is not added t...

April 19, 2013

Assemblyman Das Williams Introduces Bill to Implement Extension-Type Courses at Community Colleges

By Jonathan Rogers

37th District Assemblyman Das Williams has introduced AB 955, a bill which would allow community colleges to implement extension-type programs similar to what many UC and CSU campuses currently employ. With AB 955, stude...

March 6, 2013

Students Attend Education Protest, Discuss Legislation

By Jonathan Rogers

Nearly 5,000 college students from around California descended on the state Capitol building in Sacramento this past Monday to demand educational reform from state legislators. The annual event, called the “March in Ma...

February 25, 2013

Statewide Affairs

By Jonathan Rogers

In the first installment of a biweekly column focusing on statewide politics, the Nexus discusses Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s recent trip to California in an effort to attract businesses away from the state with the prospe...

January 23, 2013

Increase in CA Law School Accreditation Standards Requires Greater Number of Students to Pass Bar

By Jonathan Rogers

Students looking to enter law school this year will face a system of greater scrutiny due to the California Committee of Bar Examiners’ recent decision to increase accreditation standards for California law schools. Al...