Feature

June 7, 2018

Warm & Wild Nights at Woodstock’s Trivia

By Shomik Mukherjee

College kids everywhere take to trivia events about as well as they do to pizza and beer, but there’s something distinctly Isla Vistan about the tradition at Woodstock’s, which opened its I.V. location in 1982.

June 7, 2018

Bong, Bong, Bong: The Hands Behind the Carillon Bells

By Sanya Kamidi

As a member of Adjunct Professor Margo Halsted’s carillon bells class, Sophia Tao has spent the last two years making the trek up the tower at least once a week to play the bells.

June 7, 2018

Letter From the Editor: For Fox Sake, 4 Years Sure Flew By

By Maura Fox

I’m a little confused by it all, to be honest; how do four years go by so quickly?

May 8, 2018

Daily Nexus: Best of 2018 Survey

By Daily Nexus Staff

The Nexus presents its annual "Best Of" voting for 2018. Choose your favorite food, music and places at UCSB and in Isla Vista.

April 11, 2018

UCSB Spanish and Portuguese Department Hosts Indigenous Writers Conference

By Stephany Rubio

For the first time at UC Santa Barbara, indigenous writers, poets and scholars gathered for “A Verbal Kaleidoscope,” a conference aiming to challenge how indigenous literature and practices are studied in Western aca...

October 26, 2017

Flag Expert Tucked Away in UCSB Library

By Hannah Jackson

With a collection of 3,000 flags, leading North American flag expert Annie Platoff keeps her award-winning wisdom tucked away in the UC Santa Barbara Library.

October 12, 2017

IVYP’s LuAnn Miller Set to Retire After 33 Years of Nonprofit Work

By Miranda O'Brien

Toddlers run after her asking to be held, staff members light up when she walks into a room and she ends each interaction with a hug — it’s clear LuAnn Miller is a beloved Isla Vistan.

October 12, 2017

Tattoo Parlor’s Precious Dogs Leave Their Prints on Isla Vista Community

By Maura Fox, Melanie Voskanian

Precious Slut Tattoo, a local piercing and tattoo parlor, has long grabbed the community’s attention with its risqué name. Now, students have five more reasons to flock to the shop.

May 26, 2016

Gambian UCSB Student Granted Political Asylum in the United States

By Megan Mineiro

Once living out of his car and contemplating suicide, student Alagie Jammeh now has a bright future in the U.S.

November 25, 2015

Students Combine Cultures in Thanksgiving Traditions

By Effie Sklavenitis

Thanksgiving has been a tradition in the Americas since 1621 when Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared a meal to celebrate the autumn harvest. Today, Thanksgiving traditions vary family to family. With many UC...

November 12, 2015

The Principles Against Intolerance: Attempts to Redefine Anti-Semitism and the Potential Threat to Free Speech

By Juliet Bachtel, Josh Ortiz

In order to protect Jewish students, the UC community has been pushing for a system-wide definition of anti-Semitism The Free Speech Movement began on the steps of UC Berkeley’s Sproul Hall in 1964 when thousands of st...

August 27, 2015

Five Resident Assistants Give First Years Advice

By Juliet Bachtel

Balancing college courses and new extracurricular activities is hard enough as it is, but living with one, maybe even two roommates for the first time can add a whole new layer of stress. To help our freshman readers, t...

July 28, 2015

International Student Alagie Jammeh Risks Life To Speak Out Against Homophobia

By Emile Nelson

“No one should be denied their fundamental basic human rights because of their sexuality,” Alagie Jammeh posted on Facebook in September 2014. By November of that same year, Jammeh found his world crumbling around hi...

June 28, 2015

Activist Malala Yousafzai Makes an Impact on Santa Barbara Audience

By Beth Lebens

UCSB Arts & Lectures hosted 2014 Nobel Peace laureate, women’s education activist and international bestselling author Malala Yousafzai at a sold-out event on June 27 at the Arlington Theatre, with simulcasts at Campbe...

May 15, 2015

Azeem Ward: Overnight Flute Sensation

By Emile Nelson

Over the past couple days, fourth-year music major Azeem Ward has gone from graduating senior to Facebook and Buzzfeed celebrity, following the enormous following his senior flute recital has gathered.

January 15, 2015

Psychology Alum Turns Singer-Songwriter: The Beauty of the Party-Study-Play Music Balance at UCSB

By Audrey Bachelder

More than any other California school, UC Santa Barbara students have a tendency to get defensive about their alma mater. It’s a delicate topic. Is this a party school, or is this a world-class research university? The...