Megan Snedden

October 24, 2006

Finance Board Funds Groups, Exhausts Budget

By Megan Snedden

At its third meeting of the school year, the Associated Students Finance Board drained the remainder of its account for the quarter in less than two hours, distributing $2,500 to three out of four student groups that req...

October 17, 2006

Finance Board Dispenses Funding to Three Groups

By Megan Snedden

At yesterday's Associated Students Finance Board meeting, board members determined the budget for the school year and distributed $2,900 between three student groups.

October 12, 2006

Leggies Back Fellow Students, Weekend Noise Law Resolution

By Megan Snedden

At yesterday's Associated Students Legislative Council meeting, Leggies unanimously approved two bills and two resolutions after witnessing two presentations - one about Isla Vista's noise ordinance and the other regardi...

October 11, 2006

Cause of Death Remains Unclear

By Megan Snedden

The Spanish & Portuguese Dept. is mourning the loss of director and professor Timothy McGovern who passed away Monday morning from unknown causes. Undergraduate Advisor Molly Okuneff said McGovern, 41, was at his mother'...

October 6, 2006

Students

By Megan Snedden

Associated Students executive officers and a few other organizers are finalizing the cost and structure of the Student's Initiative lock-in fee increase, slated to be on a special election ballot this fall.

October 5, 2006

Leg Council Passes Initiatives

By Megan Snedden

The Associated Students Legislative Council kicked off the 2006-07 school year by approving a plethora of committee appointments and passing a resolution that had been tabled since last school year.

October 4, 2006

Lobby Asks for Chancellor’s Aid

By Aria Miran, Megan Snedden

A group of six individuals approached Chancellor Henry T. Yang in his office yesterday afternoon to ask for his support on two issues - the Cedarwood Apartments evictions and the University of CaYang spoke with the group...

October 2, 2006

Greek System Begins Fall Recruitment

By Megan Snedden

A plethora of students attempted to go greek last week during a rush that has seen no parallel in over a decade. UCSB Greek Affairs Director Stephan Franklin said this year's recruitment has been the largest he has witne...

September 29, 2006

Triple Rooms Multiply in Dorms

By Megan Snedden

Three is company - or a crowd - this year as increased freshmen admission rates have lead to an increase in triple dorm rooms. According to the UCSB Housing and Residential Services website, in a normal year, UCSB

September 29, 2006

Two Leggies Resign, VP Proposes a Third

By Megan Snedden

In order for this week's special election for the Students' Initiative to count, 1,133 more students need to vote today by 4 p.m.

September 24, 2006

Law Protects Newspaper Rights, Distribution

By Megan Snedden

The Daily Nexus and many of its colleagues received a legal boon this summer as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill protecting college publications' freedom from censorship and another bill creating consequences for...

August 30, 2006

Come Live in UCSB’s Big Blue House

By Megan Snedden

Your room lacks the familiar feel and smell of home. Your resident assistant doesn't read you bedtime stories, and if she or he does, the voices aren't as good as the ones your dad did.Your bathroom is never as private a...

June 28, 2006

UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Dies Unexpectedly Amidst Criticism

By Megan Snedden

In what appears to be a suicide, UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Denice Dee Denton fell from the roof of a 43-story luxury apartment in San Francisco called The Paramount on June 24.

June 1, 2006

Leggies Vote to Support L.A. Farmers

By Megan Snedden

The 2006-07 Associated Students Legislative Council held its first full meeting yesterday to discuss various resolutions, including one asking the University of California Regents to sever ties with two research laborato...

June 1, 2006

New Freshmen Registration to Increase

By Megan Snedden

The University of California released statistics yesterday about the number of freshmen who will be attending the nine undergraduate UC campuses in fall 2006.

May 25, 2006