Tamari Dzotsenidze

Tamari Dzotsenidze, Managing Editor, first started at the Daily Nexus her first quarter freshman year as an assistant news editor. When not in the dungeon under Storke tower, she likes to make weird art and go to the beach with her dog Duke.

February 23, 2017

Senate Meeting Focuses on Displaced Students, Deltopia

By Tamari Dzotsenidze

Associated Students (A.S.) Senate passed three resolutions Wednesday concerning students displaced by Del Playa cliff erosion, the Isla Vista festival ordinance and Deltopia advertisements.

February 16, 2017

A.S. Aims to Lower Student Fees

By Tamari Dzotsenidze

Associated Students is currently considering two referendums and a bylaw change aimed at decreasing student fees, which currently total $200.22 per student each quarter.

February 9, 2017

Newly Renovated Faculty Club Opens Its Doors

By Tamari Dzotsenidze

The Club & Guest House, formerly known as the Charles Moore Faculty Club, held its grand opening Jan. 31 after undergoing extensive renovation and expansion since 2014.

February 9, 2017

All-Around Sustainability Gets UCSB ‘Gold Rating’

By Tamari Dzotsenidze

UC Santa Barbara received an award recognizing it for creating an environmentally, socially and economically sustainable campus.

February 2, 2017

Basketball Takes a Knee to Take a Stand

By Sean White, Jorge Mercado, Supriya Yelimeli, Tamari Dzotsenidze

The women’s basketball team is inviting all game attendees to kneel during the national anthem Saturday, kicking off Black History Month with an act of protest against social injustice.

January 26, 2017

Capps Donates 20 Years of Documents to Library

By Tamari Dzotsenidze

Lois Capps, former congresswoman for the United States who retired in November, has donated 20 years’ worth of documents to the UC Santa Barbara Library’s Special Research Collections.

January 24, 2017

In Photos: Women’s March Takes on Los Angeles

By Tamari Dzotsenidze

Laverne Cox, Miley Cyrus, and Barbara Streisand were a few of the many celebrities who made speeches, though the intense crows made it impossible for most to see or hear. These protests were held on every continent, and ...

January 20, 2017

Students March Through Rains Against Inauguration of 45th President

By Josie Baez, Tamari Dzotsenidze

The protest, organized by the Student Activist Network, marched from Campbell Hall through the UCSB Library before making a stop at Storke Tower, after which they marched down Pardall Road to Anisq'Oyo park.

January 19, 2017

Despite Calif. Rains, SB Sees No Drought Relief

By Tamari Dzotsenidze

Lake Cachuma, now filled to only 9.2 percent capacity, is unlikely to see significant changes in its water level.

January 12, 2017

UCSB Freshmen Applicants Hit All-Time Record in 2017 for New Class

By Tamari Dzotsenidze

UCSB has set a record for the highest number of first-year applicants, up six percent from last year with a total of 81,782 applications.

January 12, 2017

ESTEEM Program to Guide Engineering Students

By Tamari Dzotsenidze

UC Santa Barbara’s College of Engineering has introduced a new program to support engineering students, funded by a $4.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

November 18, 2016

Student Protesters Force Regents to Table Tuition Hike

By Tamari Dzotsenidze

Approximately 150 students from several UC campuses gathered outside the UC Regents meeting Thursday in protest of a proposed tuition hike, forcing the Regents to table its approval until January.

November 18, 2016

UC Regent Sexual Harassment Accusation Leads to New Training Policy

By Tamari Dzotsenidze

Pattiz, who was appointed to the Board in 2001, was accused of sexual harassment earlier this month when a recording surfaced of him asking if he could hold a female colleague’s breasts.