Staff Report

March 6, 2014

New Bioengineering Building To Be Built

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The UC Office of the President has secured funding for a new bioengineering building to be erected on campus between Davidson Library and the Psychology building, with construction scheduled to begin this summer.

March 3, 2014

Author Lectures On Newest Book

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Timothy Egan, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the New York Times Bestseller The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America, will give a lecture at Campbell Hall tomorrow night discussing hi...

February 27, 2014

UCPD Releases Sketches of Sexual Assault Case Suspects

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The UCSB Police Department released composite sketches of two of a group of suspects wanted for the beating and gang rape of a 19-year-old student that took place on Feb. 23.

February 24, 2014

Persian New Year

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The UCSB Persian Student Group celebrated the Persian New Year with a colorful array of traditional Iranian dishes and musical performances hosted in the MultiCultural Theater.

February 24, 2014

Sexual Assaults Reported in I.V.

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Two separate sexual assault crimes in Isla Vista occurred this past weekend, with suspects in both cases currently at-large, according to statements released by the Santa Barbara County Sherriff’s Office.

February 20, 2014

A.S. Election Season Starts With Information Sessions

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Both the Democratic Process Party (DP) and Open People’s Party (OPP) — the two dominating political parties in Associated Students elections — have begun their informational sessions regarding the upcoming spring e...

February 10, 2014

Man Survives Fall From Isla Vista Cliffs

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A man survived a 40-foot fall off a cliff along the 6600 block of Del Playa Drive at about 1:15 a.m Sunday morning, according to the Santa Barbara Fire Department.

February 3, 2014

Nexus Competition Winner Recounts Luxury Experience Courtesy of Uber

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A sleek black car driving through a seaside road in Santa Barbara pulls up to the curb in front of oceanfront hair studio Salon Del Mar to reveal Daily Nexus Uber contest winner and fourth-year biopsycology major Roxy Ma...

January 30, 2014

A.S. Groups Protest New Food Budget Bill

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During the public forum portion of last night’s Associated Students Senate meeting, several members of various student government organizations stood in opposition to a bill passed last week that would place restrictio...

January 30, 2014

UCen Evacuated Due to Smoke From Faulty Motor

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The University Center was evacuated yesterday afternoon after a broken motor in the building’s duct system filled the area around Panda Express with smoke.

January 27, 2014

A Talk With Lois Capps

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The Daily Nexus sat down with UCSB alumna, former Santa Barbara public school nurse and current U.S. Representative for California’s 24th congressional district Lois Capps to discuss her history with UCSB, her views on...

January 23, 2014

I.V. Couple Arrested For Drug Hoard

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Law enforcement officials arrested an Isla Vista couple Friday for conspiring to sell drugs, after one pound of marijuana was discovered in a car owned by one of the individuals.

January 22, 2014

Regents Meeting Today

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The UC Board of Regents will meet today at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay Conference Center to discuss issues such as online education and the expected budgets for both federal and state funding to the UC next year, wi...

January 21, 2014

Police Arrest Group on Suspicion of Theft, Rape

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Officers with the Isla Vista Foot Patrol and UC Police Department arrested three suspects in Isla Vista early Saturday morning for rape in concert, after a witness reported a woman being sexually assaulted on the 6500 bl...

January 16, 2014

Police Arrest Student With Child Porn

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On Tuesday, detectives with the Santa Barbara County Criminal Investigations Division arrested 19-year-old UCSB student Scott Lienhart for possession of child pornography found on his cell phone.

January 16, 2014

Fulbeck’s Talented Students Return to SOhO

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Next Wednesday, Jan. 22, local spoken word group Right Side Up Poets (RSU) will bring their remarkable performances back to SOhO for the second annual “Talking to Strangers: An Evening of Spoken Word,” starting at 8 ...