Feature

December 4, 2014

Undocumented, Unafraid

By Josh Ortiz

President Barack Obama announced an executive order on Nov. 20 to defer deportation for up to five million undocumented immigrants in the United States, allowing more undocumented students to apply for Deferred Action fo...

November 14, 2014

Public Forum Discusses Options for I.V.

By Staff Report

Associated Students External Vice President of Local Affairs-elect Cameron Schunk and Santa Barbara City College Trustee-elect Jonathan Abboud held a public forum Thursday at Isla Vista resident and local business owner ...

November 10, 2014

UCSA Petitions Prospective Tuition Increase

By Peeka Zimmerman

The University of California Students’ Association (UCSA) has created a petition entitled UC Regents: Don’t Raise Our Tuition!, which calls for gradually decreased tuition instead of the UC’s plan to increase tuiti...

November 6, 2014

UCOP, Regents To Consider Tuition Increases

By Staff Report

The UC Office of the President and UC Board of Regents announced today that the Board would consider a plan to incrementally increase tuition by five percent annually for five years at its bi-monthly meeting on Nov 19.

November 6, 2014

Getting Into Focus: Nexus Explores ‘Study Drug’ Use Among Students

By Christopher Chen, Carissa Quiambao

According to statistics gathered by a Daily Nexus survey randomly sampling 376 students, 40.7 percent of students have tried some psychoactive prescription drug at least once in their life and 35 percent have tried Adder...

November 5, 2014

2014 Midterm Election Results: Capps, Williams Re-elected, GOP Takes Senate

By Staff Report

The Santa Barbara County Clerk-Recorder’s Office released its final numbers shortly after 11:30p.m. on election day yesterday evening, posting results for state, federal, and local contests relevant to California and S...

November 5, 2014

A.S. Bill Seeks to Restructure Student Advocacy

By Rachel Ann Reyes

A new bill brought forth to the Associated Students Senate, reflecting concerns pertaining to a lack of focus in the Office of the Student Advocate General, calls for a separate unit to handle individual casework for stu...

November 4, 2014

Capps, Martinez Visit I.V., Encourage Voting

By Lisa Maillard

Congresswoman Lois Capps and Richard Martinez, the father of UCSB student Christopher Michael-Martinez who died in the Isla Vista mass murder this past May, visited campus and walked along the streets of I.V. yesterday t...

October 30, 2014

History of Halloween in I.V.

By Kaitlin Cuskey

Examining Halloween’s recent evolution in Isla Vista, suspicion and uneasiness towards authority paired with extensive rules and restrictions and constraint have led to rising contentions between police and civilians, ...

October 30, 2014

County Approves Fencing Project

By Max Fernbacher

The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission voted unanimously yesterday in support of fencing six public parks that line the bluffs of Isla Vista.

October 29, 2014

Sheriff’s Department Destroys Marijuana Plants

By Anna Song

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department has destroyed 47,000 marijuana plants in the county over the past few months during the annual marijuana eradication season, resulting in a loss of $131 million in street v...

October 27, 2014

Judicial Council Rules In Favor of I.V. Pastor

By Josh Ortiz

The United Methodist Church (UMC) Judicial Council announced its ruling yesterday that the UMC appeals court acted correctly in handling the case of the Isla Vista pastor Frank Schaefer, meaning that he will be keeping h...

October 27, 2014

Sick as a Dog: Parvovirus on the Rise in Santa Maria

By Erica Loera

Santa Barbara County Animal Services has reported a high number of cases of parvovirus in dogs in the Santa Maria area, with five confirmed cases in the last few weeks.

October 27, 2014

Santa Barbara Hosts Second Annual Open Streets

By Rachel Ann Reyes

The Coalition for Sustainable Transportation, Global Good Impact and Traffic Solutions put on the second annual Santa Barbara Open Streets this past Saturday, a free community event to promote a healthy and active lifest...

October 23, 2014

Billionaire Donates Over $65 Million to UCSB

By Jackson Kerr

Charles Munger, Vice President of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., has donated just over $65 million dollars in stocks to UCSB to house visiting physicists.

October 23, 2014

I.V. Pastor Tried for Performing Same-sex Wedding

By Josh Ortiz

Pastor Frank Schaefer of Isla Vista’s University United Methodist Church faced church trial yesterday under the United Methodist Church’s Judicial Council in a hearing that could determine whether he keeps his revere...