Stephanie Tavares

January 16, 2007

A.S. Boycott of Nexus Is A Counterproductive Reaction

By Stephanie Tavares

As a UCSB alumna, a journalist and a former Nexite, I was disgusted upon hearing that members of the Associated Students Legislative Council were calling for a boycott of the Daily Nexus ("A.S. Mulls Sanctioning Nexus fo...

April 14, 2004

Art of the Body

By Stephanie Tavares

Takahiro Kitamura, also known as Horitaka, one of the premiere Japanese tattoo artists of the Japanese Horiyoshi III family, came to UCSB Monday to speak to a packed Girvetz 1004. He was invited by Art Studio 4D Professo...

April 9, 2004

Army Recruitment Dangles Deceptive Bait

By Stephanie Tavares

My younger brother's friend George is in Iraq. At least, I'll call him George although that's not his real name. He is a happy-go-lucky, lanky guy. Like all of my younger brother's friends, he is a bit mischievous in tha...

May 23, 2003

Students Seek Summer Units

By Stephanie Tavares

With the cost of attending the University of California on the rise, students have turned to summer school as a way to save money and graduate sooner.

May 23, 2003

Luau To Aid Injured Fraternity Brother

By Stephanie Tavares

Alpha Tau Omega is holding a Hawaiian luau to raise money for the hospital bills incurred by fraternity brother Kyle Engelbert, who was paralyzed April 28 after falling on his head while wrestling with a friend on the la...

May 22, 2003

Students Can Study, Travel

By Stephanie Tavares

UCSB has a plan to enable more students to travel and go to school at the same time with more off-campus extension programs and two summer sessions programs abroad - one in Mexico and a new program starting this year in ...

May 19, 2003

Future Student Regent Named

By Stephanie Tavares

Jodi L. Anderson, a 30-year-old doctoral candidate in UC Los Angeles' school of education, was chosen to follow current student regent-designate Matthew J. Murray, a UC Berkeley senior architecture major, as the 2004-05 ...

May 19, 2003

She Said: Nude Dancers—Demeaning or Delightful?

By Stephanie Tavares

I'm not quite sure what it is about stripping that makes people become the morality police. Is it nudity that they find immoral? Is it the display of sexuality that they have a problem with? These both seem like perfectl...

May 15, 2003

MTD Plans Better Ride for Students

By Stephanie Tavares

Metropolitan Transit District representatives presented a proposal for changes to next year's rates and services provided to students and the community in a meeting Tuesday at the Graduate Student Lounge.

May 14, 2003

MTD Contemplates Bus Costs

By Stephanie Tavares

Proposed changes in bus service for next school year could leave students a little poorer, but potentially with improved transportation services.

May 7, 2003

Belly Flop Turns Rotten With Dead Fish Antic

By Stephanie Tavares

A belly flop contest at Campus Pool this weekend got a little fishy during one fraternity's performance. Junior business economics major Kevin Sanderson was sent to the hospital Sunday after a mishap in the belly flop co...

May 7, 2003

Design Firm Welcomes Student, Faculty Input on UCSB

By Stephanie Tavares

The head planner for a firm hired by the university to design UCSB's future development has returned to campus to gather more input from the campus.

April 28, 2003

UCSB Kicks Off Queer Pride Week

By Stephanie Tavares

Today is the first day of Queer Pride Week - a week of discussion, exploration and celebration of queer culture at UCSB. The week's events will include an ice cream social, drag show, queer wedding and two nights of film...

April 23, 2003

UC Waits for C.U.E. Contract Vote

By Stephanie Tavares

After over a year of working without a contract, the Coalition of University Employees will finally get the chance to vote on a contract.

April 11, 2003

Volunteers to Walk For Children’s Fund

By Stephanie Tavares

Associated Students Community Affairs Board is hosting the first annual UCSB "Walk for Good Times" this Sunday from 10 a.m. to about 1 p.m. All proceeds will go to Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, a camp for children...

April 9, 2003

Bill Aims To Keep UC Student Fees Low

By Stephanie Tavares

State politicians may be able to control UC students' tuition if a bill amendment passes in the State Assembly. The bill will amend Assembly Bill 550 to establish a student fee advisory committee in each of the three Cal...