Michael Dean

October 8, 2012

Left Said: Beyond the Rhetoric and the Lies: Why Obama Is Still the Man for the Job

By Michael Dean

Frustrating. That is how I would describe last week’s “debate.” Let’s start with the president. Historically speaking, incumbents typically underperform in the first of the debates for two reasons. First, the pre...

October 2, 2012

Left Said: Chicago Teachers’ Strike To Help Overcome Pre-Existing Inequalities

By Michael Dean

Rejoice! The NFL’s referee lockout has ended! But remember there was another strike, one that will affect our lives as students and future parents more directly — the Chicago Teachers Union strike. For seven days, 35...

November 16, 2011

Professor Discusses Italian Fiscal Woes

By Michael Dean

In the European Debt Crisis’s latest development, Italy is attempting to reshape its government in the wake of its massive national debt. UCSB political science Professor Benjamin Cohen spoke to the Daily Nexus about t...

November 2, 2011

Seven Billion MarkWorries SB Professor

By Michael Dean

The United Nations declared Monday the symbolic date the human populace reached seven billion, with an infant in Manila, Philippines claiming the landmark birth. Official acceptance of the world population’s staggering...

October 26, 2011

Professor Considers Result of Libyan Leader’s Death

By Michael Dean

Former Libyan head of state Muammar Gaddafi was killed under uncertain circumstances near his hometown of Sirte last Thursday. Christopher McAuley, an associate professor of black studies, spoke to the Daily Nexus about ...

October 19, 2011

Youth Groups, Candidates Deliberate Issues

By Michael Dean

Santa Barbara City Council candidates met with a coalition of regional youth groups to discuss high school students’ political concerns on Monday night at the Louise Lowry Davis Center. The Future Leaders of America, P...

October 19, 2011

Proposed Oil Tax To Fund Education

By Michael Dean

Rescue Education California is spearheading a campaign to pass a public referendum to directly fund the state’s public education system with revenue from a severance tax on oil and gas companies operating in California...

October 17, 2011

Brown Halts SB 185

By Michael Dean

Governor Jerry Brown vetoed State Senate Bill 185 earlier this month on the grounds that it would go against the precedent set by Proposition 209, a related public referendum passed in 1996. If passed, SB 185 would have ...

October 12, 2011

Chileans Display Global Cry for Free Education

By Michael Dean

Since June, students and professors in Chile have boycotted their classes to protest the country’s profit-driven education system, preventing many people from pursuing degrees and leaving many others strapped with debt...

October 5, 2011

Professor Afifi Ponders Palestinian Statehood

By Michael Dean

CSB professor of communication Walid Afifi  spoke to the Daily Nexus about the implications of the Palestinian bid for statehood as part of a new weekly column that allows professors to share their perspectives on curre...

September 28, 2011

Bake Sale Raises Discrimination Discussion

By Michael Dean

While yesterday marked a day of advocacy at 10 UC campuses for the approval of a proposed state measure that would authorize public universities to consider factors such as gender and race in the college admissions proce...

September 27, 2011

Grocery Unions Reach Contract Compromise

By Michael Dean

Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons workers voted to ratify a new labor contract this past Sunday, narrowly avoiding a possibly detrimental strike. Labor unions and representatives from the supermarkets’ parent companies reach...

September 27, 2011

Research Team Wins Gulf Grant

By Michael Dean

UCSB Marine Science Institute’s research professor of oceanography Uta Passow and her team received a $22.5 million grant from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative to continue research on the Deepwater Horizon oil sp...

September 15, 2011

Council Unifies Programs to Address Transiency

By Michael Dean

The Santa Barbara City Council unanimously passed a motion on Tuesday endorsing the consolidation of regional homeless advisory committees with several nonprofit organizations in an effort to minimize homelessness in the...

July 13, 2011

Regents Deliberate New Increases

By Michael Dean

The UC Board of Regents met yesterday in San Francisco to discuss potential increases in tuition for the 2011-2012 academic year following California Governor Jerry Brown’s state budget approval last week.

June 22, 2011

UCSB Green Initiative To Finance New Campus Sustainability Projects

By Michael Dean

The UCSB Green Initiative Fund will distribute a total of $177,080 to 18 projects over the next year as part of its ongoing environmental sustainability efforts on campus.