Nexus Staff Report

February 11, 2004

Cal Lab Director To Resign; UC Seeks Replacement

By Nexus Staff Report

The longest tenure among national U.S. Dept. of Energy laboratory directors will soon end following Charles Shank's announcement that he will step down as director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

January 29, 2004

UC Freshman Application Count Drops

By Nexus Staff Report

The number of applicants for next fall's UCSB freshman class decreased by 657 from last year to 36,651, the first decline in freshman applications in 10 years.

January 13, 2004

UC Expands Lawsuit Against Enron

By Nexus Staff Report

The University of California will file complaints today at a U.S. District Court in Houston to add three defendants to its federal class action suit to recover funds lost as a result of the Enron scandal.

January 12, 2004

Arnold Budget Increases Tuition Fees, Decreases Aid

By Nexus Staff Report

The budget proposal for the upcoming year released Friday would increase mandatory in-state undergraduate student tuition by 10 percent, from $4,984 per year to $5,482 per year.

January 8, 2004

Reps To Review Beach Plans

By Nexus Staff Report

The working group in charge of creating a master plan for Goleta Beach will meet this afternoon at 4 in the Santa Barbara Airport administration building.

January 5, 2004

Visiting Professor Wins ‘German Nobel Prize’

By Nexus Staff Report

Frank Allgoewer, a visiting professor in the Dept. of Chemical Engineering, was awarded the Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Prize on Dec. 11 by the German Research Foundation.

January 5, 2004

Scholar Wins Honor for Work in Chicano Studies

By Nexus Staff Report

A UCSB professor will receive a national award for his research and writing about Mexican Americans and for contributions to developing Chicana and Chicano studies as an academic discipline.

January 5, 2004

County Briefs

By Nexus Staff Report

On Wednesday, Dec. 10, a man walked into the South Coast Community Federal Credit Union on Calle Real with a handgun and demanded money .

November 26, 2003

Teamster Union Refuses to Deliver the Goods in Strike

By Nexus Staff Report

The Teamsters union stopped delivering goods to Southern California's three major grocery store chains Monday in support of striking and locked-out workers.

November 24, 2003

UCSB Researchers Receive Record Funds

By Nexus Staff Report

UCSB researchers pulled in an unprecedented amount of funding last year from external sources.

November 21, 2003

Texas Tech Raids Gauchos

By Nexus Staff Report

In a rematch of last season's second-round NCAA Tournament game, #6 Texas Tech again got the best of the #18 UCSB women's basketball team. The Lady Raiders (3-0) defeated the Gauchos 68-41 Thursday night in the semifinal...

November 19, 2003

Gauchos Win Conference Awards

By Nexus Staff Report

Senior midfielder Memo Arzate and CSUN's William Sims were named Big West Offensive co-Players of the Year and junior goalkeeper Danny Kennedy was named Goalkeeper of the Year.

October 28, 2003

Convict Dies From Effects of IV Drugs

By Nexus Staff Report

Tommy Martinez, 32, was transported by ambulance to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital late Saturday night and admitted to the Cardiac Care Unit, where the sheriff's department said he continued to experience instances of ca...

October 27, 2003

Gauchos Suffer Titan-ic Loss

By Nexus Staff Report

Unfortunately for the UCSB men's soccer team, all good things must come to an end. The #7 Gauchos were upset at Cal State Fullerton, losing 4-1 for their first Big West Conference loss since 2001.

September 29, 2003

Men’s Soccer

By Nexus Staff Report

With the way Santa Barbara is playing to open the season, it may be difficult to schedule games next season. Once again off to an undefeated start, the Gauchos disposed of nonconference opponent Sacramento State 3-0 at ...

June 25, 2003

UC Wins Court Approval for Merced

By Nexus Staff Report

The California 5th District Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday in favor of the University in its legal battle with three Merced-based environmental groups.