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February 8, 2010

Roberts Wins Legal Suit Against McCaw

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Jerry Roberts, former editor at the Santa Barbara News-Press, will receive nearly $750,000 in compensation following a legal battle with the paper's owner.

February 2, 2010

Stimulus Gives More to Colleges

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Under President Obama's proposed $3.8 trillion federal budget, unveiled yesterday, California students would benefit from a $3.9 billion increase in the state's Pell Grant funding.

February 1, 2010

Budget Woes Rain on UCSB’s Parade…

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Everyone knows the University of California is facing a major budget crisis. What people may not know, however, are the specific ways these issues are affecting UCSB. The Nexus asked faculty, staff and students to tell u...

February 1, 2010

Armchair QB

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The AFC bested the NFC in an especially irrelevant edition of this year’s Pro-Bowl. With 34 players sitting out, the MVP ended up being Matt Schaub. That alone shows how little the game truly meant.

January 27, 2010

Armchair QB

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The Raiders have hired Hue Jackson (not the Wolverine) to try and do for JaMarcus Russell what he did for Joe Flacco. That’s right, Joe “who?” Flacco is the new role model for the 2007 first overall dra...

January 25, 2010

Prizes Honor Young Researchers

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UCSB's physics department garnered national fame last week when two of its junior faculty received prestigious awards in the field.

January 25, 2010

Armchair QB

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Another season-ending interception for Favre is like the groundhog seeing his shadow: Three more weeks of winter. Except in this case, winter means unbearable media fixation on retirement drama. Great.

January 21, 2010

UC May See Increase in Enrollment

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The UC Board of Regents considered relaxing the University's system-wide enrollment reduction target for the 2010-11 school year during yesterday's meeting at UC San Francisco.

January 20, 2010

Surf’s Winter Wonderland

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Life is full of little changes. In I.V., we tend to move every year to escape the filth that we have created, likely losing the ridiculously high security deposits that we have to pay to the sadistic creatures known as p...

January 20, 2010

Armchair QB

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And now things get as petty as jilted middle school lovers talking smack to their friends. UT: "Lane smashed a leased Lexus!" Lane: "Yeah, well I was just using you so USC would like me!" Their words, not mine... ish.

January 14, 2010

Armchair QB

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Who cares about Lane Kiffin pissing off a bunch of Tennessean hicks? Fact is, that douchebag’s smoking hot wife is now only two hours out of I.V. MILF stalking? Oh yeah.

January 13, 2010

Armchair QB

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34-year-old Lane Kiffin has become the new head coach at USC, and he’s just in time! After all, soon he’ll be old enough for the the Trojan girls with Daddy issues to find him attractive. Well played, Lane.

January 11, 2010

Governor Introduces New Financial Plan

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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger submitted his 2010-11 budget proposal last Friday, outlining an 18 month plan to close the $19.9 billion gap.

January 8, 2010

Letters to the Editor

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Political Columnists Miss the Mark in Terror Debate Your “Left Said/Right Said” excels in offering the disappointing shallowness that college newspapers are so predictably famous for. I’m referring to t...

January 6, 2010

Armchair QB

By Staff

So, ESPN is creating a 3D network for 2010, starting with a broadcast of the World Cup opener. This is great and all, but will we need ridiculous 3D glasses to watch? And do they come in monocle form?

January 6, 2010