Travis Hunter

May 14, 2004

Surf Team Film To Make a Splash at I.V. Theater

By Travis Hunter

The UCSB surf team will be larger than life Saturday on the silver screen in Isla Vista Theater. "Vinyl," a surf film composed exclusively of UCSB team members, will be shown at a premiere party beginning at 8 p.m.

May 12, 2004

DLG Remodeling Lags Again

By Travis Hunter

Another proposed completion date has come and gone for the oft-delayed De La Guerra Dining Commons renovation project. Project officials said in fall 2003 they hoped the facility would be ready by early May 2004.

May 6, 2004

Surge Blows Hub Concert Into May

By Travis Hunter

A Distillers concert in the Hub has been rescheduled for May 12 due to a blown amplifier that forced Associated Students Program Board to cancel the original show.

May 6, 2004

Press Council, Nexus Pick New Editor in Chief

By Travis Hunter

The precocious Daniel Haier continued his meteoric rise up the Daily Nexus totem pole when he was named editor in chief of the paper for the next school year.

May 4, 2004

Grant to Aid Optic Router Research

By Travis Hunter

A $6.3 million grant will help a research team led by a group at UCSB revolutionize Internet routers. The university announced Monday that the federal Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) had awarded $6.3 mil...

April 30, 2004

Animator to Return for Career Panel

By Travis Hunter

One of the best artists in Nexus history will sit alongside Hollywood heavyweights in a panel discussion today. Kazu Kibuishim, Nexus art director from 1997 to 2000, will participate in the Film Studies Dept.'s Career Pa...

April 28, 2004

UCSB Gambler Holds Ground Against Pros

By Travis Hunter

A UCSB senior will return from Las Vegas nearly a half million dollars richer after taking fourth in the most lucrative poker tournament in history. Richard Grijalva, 22, won $457,408 at the World Poker Tour Championship...

April 27, 2004

UCLA Text Price Cut Gives Gauchos Hope

By Travis Hunter

A major publisher reached an agreement with the UCLA Bookstore that will have three editions of a popular calculus textbook selling for an average of almost $23 cheaper than before, and UCSB could soon be in on the disco...

April 22, 2004

Various Artists | Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 | Fat Wreck Chords

By Travis Hunter

A compilation intended to express outrage at George W. Bush ultimately falls short in the outrage department. As with any comp, this disc is hit-and-miss, especially since 18 of the 26 tracks were previously unreleased.

April 21, 2004

California Wears Jeans for Justice

By Travis Hunter

Jeans will be particularly in fashion Wednesday as UCSB joins the rest of the state in demonstrating for the rights of sexual assault victims.

April 20, 2004

UCSB Dominates Model Arab League

By Travis Hunter

UCSB students who spent a weekend in San Francisco playing the part of Saudi Arabian diplomats are not being diplomatic about the results of the conference.

April 16, 2004

Voters To Decide on Fee for New Broida Bikepath

By Travis Hunter

Students who have demanded a bikepath between Broida and Webb halls will have a chance to put their money where their mouth is during next week's campus elections.

April 14, 2004

Student Health Requests Raise in Lock-in Fee

By Travis Hunter

This election, Student Health Services will ask students again for additional funding in the face of impending University budget cuts.

April 13, 2004

UCSB Hosts Sublime Snapshot Show

By Travis Hunter

A well-traveled wildlife photographer came to UCSB Monday to share images that helped convince a president to save a huge part of an African forest.

April 8, 2004

NOFX vs. G.W. Bush

By Travis Hunter

NOFX's The War on Errorism hit the shelves May 2003, while Baghdad was still being shocked and awed. The band's most focused album in nearly a decade took some of the most vicious shots on record at President George W. B...

April 6, 2004

UC Briefs: April 6,2003

By Travis Hunter

University of California President Richard Dynes announced his selection of a finalist for the chancellor position at UC San Diego 10 days before he planned due to a news leak.