Lucy Dixon

May 28, 2026

Letter from the Opinion Editor: Goodbye to love!

By Lucy Dixon

Lucy Dixon can’t believe she’s writing her last byline.

April 23, 2026

I walk through Isla Vista

By Lucy Dixon

Lucy Dixon loves these roads where the houses don’t change. 

April 9, 2026

Deltopia, Deltopia. Wherefore art thou?

By Lucy Dixon, Carly Rattner, Juliana Chandler, Shivum Ganesh, Ethan Griffin, Monica Rivera

The Daily Nexus Opinion Staff is apprehensive about the future of Soltopia. 

February 18, 2026

SBIFF 2026: Old friends reunite at Outstanding Directors of the Year Award

By Lucy Dixon, Kira Logan

Directors Ryan Coogler, Chloé Zhao, Josh Safdie and Joachim Trier were honored with the award.

October 30, 2025

AITO: To ghost or not to ghost

By Lucy Dixon, Kira Logan

Lucy Dixon and Kira Logan debate the ghosting epidemic.

October 2, 2025

Letter from the editors: Trump’s war on speech is more than just rhetorical

By Kira Logan, Lucy Dixon

Opinion Editors Kira Logan and Lucy Dixon reaffirm the Daily Nexus Opinion Section's commitment to free speech.

September 5, 2025

Japanese Breakfast brings melancholic melodies to the Santa Barbara Bowl

By Lucy Dixon

American indie pop band Japanese Breakfast performed a whimsical fairytale set at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Aug. 23, 2025.

July 26, 2025

Sunset Diaries: Future Nostalgia

By Lucy Dixon

Lucy Dixon finds that sunset is always her most contemplative time.

July 11, 2025

Your Fourth of July playlist is full of dissent

By Lucy Dixon

Lucy Dixon discusses "patriotic" music and the American tendency to misunderstand it.

May 8, 2025

U-MAIL: I miss you, I’m sorry

By Lucy Dixon

Lucy Dixon misses the UCSBear every day.

May 1, 2025

A new American order: The embrace of fascism and crusade against education in Trump’s first 100 days

By Lucy Dixon

Lucy Dixon reflects on the troubling first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second term.

April 17, 2025

The Avett Brothers kicks off 2025 season at Santa Barbara Bowl

By Lucy Dixon

The North Carolinian band, featuring brothers Seth Avett and Scott Avett, has been defined by their distinct musical and lyrical range.

April 10, 2025

AITO: Out-of-Towners at Deltopia?

By Lucy Dixon, Nina Rossi

I.V. felt like Disneyland this past weekend By Nina Rossi As I walked down the streets of Isla Vista on Deltopia Eve felt like our town had been invaded. But oddly enough, it gave me a huge ego boost. Every time my frien...

February 20, 2025

SBIFF 2025: Outstanding Directors of the Year Award celebrates five ‘radical, daring, original’ films

By Lucy Dixon

This year's honorees include Brady Corbet, Coralie Fargeat, Jacques Audiard, James Mangold and Sean Baker. All five directors are nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.

January 14, 2025

U-Mail: Oh Euro-trash, my Euro-trash

By Lucy Dixon

To: <eurotrashclub@eumail.paris.fr> From: Lucy Dixon <lucydixon@umail.ucsb.edu> Subject: Oh Euro-trash, my Euro-trash Dearest Euro-trash club,  I always knew I would miss the inescapable aura of the Euro-tra...

November 10, 2024

Wrex Coast Tour 2024 opens in Santa Barbara: Wrexham AFC and AFC Bournemouth draw 1-1

By Lucy Dixon

Fans from all over the Central Coast welcomed Welsh football club Wrexham AFC and English Premier League team AFC Bournemouth to UC Santa Barbara’s Harder Stadium on July 20, 2024.  Harder Stadium was the first stop o...