Juliet Bachtel

January 19, 2017

Kelp More Resilient Than Originally Thought

By Juliet Bachtel

As Reed's research on kelp shows the different and surprising conditions kelp can withstand, beachgoers can continue to think something is pulling them into the ocean.

January 14, 2016

Gio’s Pizza To Close After 34 Years In Business

By Juliet Bachtel

Giovanni’s Pizza Restaurant, locally known as Gio’s, will be permanently closed on Thursday, Jan. 14 after seven years under current owner Matt Metzka’s management.

November 12, 2015

The Principles Against Intolerance: Attempts to Redefine Anti-Semitism and the Potential Threat to Free Speech

By Juliet Bachtel, Josh Ortiz

In order to protect Jewish students, the UC community has been pushing for a system-wide definition of anti-Semitism The Free Speech Movement began on the steps of UC Berkeley’s Sproul Hall in 1964 when thousands of st...

October 7, 2015

Stakeholders Revisit I.V. Self-Governance

By Juliet Bachtel

Isla Vista residents, students and county officials met for the weekly stakeholders’ meeting at the I.V. Clinic Tuesday night hosted by Assemblymember Das Williams’s office to discuss self-governance in I.V.

October 3, 2015

UCSB Hosts Vigil for Umpqua Shooting

By Juliet Bachtel

Graduate Student Association President Aaron Jones and Chicano/Chicana Studies Professor Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval hosted a candlelight vigil Thursday in front of the Student Resource Building (SRB) to honor the 10 victi...

September 24, 2015

KeyRaider Steals Over 225,000 Apple Accounts

By Juliet Bachtel

The largest known Apple account theft occurred this summer when over 225,000 Apple accounts were confiscated by malware software nicknamed, KeyRaider. Cydia, a software distribution and installation tool for jailbroken i...

September 24, 2015

How to Stay Safe Without Staying In

By Juliet Bachtel

Daily Nexus sat down with three students from the Associated Students Public Safety Commission to give you the tips you need to have a safe time out on the streets of I.V.

September 17, 2015

UC Divests $200 Million From Big Oil

By Juliet Bachtel

University of California Investment Office recently announced it divested nearly $200 million from coal mining and oil companies focused on tar sands while adding sustainability criteria to their investment portfolio.

September 7, 2015

SB County Planning Commission Finds an Increase in I.V. Parking, Community Disagrees

By Juliet Bachtel

The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission held a meeting Wednesday morning to review recommendations from the Planning and Development staff concerning parking in Isla Vista.

August 27, 2015

Five Resident Assistants Give First Years Advice

By Juliet Bachtel

Balancing college courses and new extracurricular activities is hard enough as it is, but living with one, maybe even two roommates for the first time can add a whole new layer of stress. To help our freshman readers, t...

July 30, 2015

Assistant Materials Professor Wilson Awarded Keck Grant

By Juliet Bachtel

UC Santa Barbara Assistant Materials Professor Stephen D. Wilson recently received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to grow materials for advancing modern technologies.

July 20, 2015

I.V. Community Resource Deputy Search to Attract ‘Genuine’ Applicants

By Juliet Bachtel

The Associated Students Office of the External Vice President of Local Affairs (EVPLA) hosted a community meeting in the Isla Vista Clinic Thursday evening to discuss the appointment of a community resource deputy (CRD) ...

July 11, 2015

SB Conference Aims to ‘Save the Bag Ban’

By Juliet Bachtel

Environmental advocacy groups and Santa Barbara city officials hosted a conference at Goleta County Beach Park Thursday afternoon to announce the “Save the Bag Ban” campaign in an effort to maintain the ban of plasti...

June 29, 2015

Walk, Church Service Promote Anti-Gun-Violence Movement

By Juliet Bachtel

Gun-regulation activist group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and the University United Methodist Church co-hosted a walk and special service Sunday afternoon to honor the victims of the Charleston Shooting a...

June 25, 2015

Refugio Spill Prompts Legislation

By Juliet Bachtel

State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson and Assemblyman Das Williams both are continuing work on legislation drafted following the Gaviota Coast oil spill last month, and El Capitan beach is scheduled to reopen to the public o...

May 22, 2015

State of Emergency Allows Joint Cleanup Effort

By Juliet Bachtel, Beth Lebens

The City of Goleta, County of Santa Barbara and the State of California each declared a state of emergency Wednesday regarding the Refugio Beach oil spill, allowing local, state and federal entities to contribute resourc...