Feature

April 29, 2009

Feature Photo

By Staff

Around 200 people showed up to the Sigma Nu house last night to see musician Afroman play two and a half songs after arriving two hours late to the performance.

August 30, 2008

Busted

By Travis Miller

"There are so many drunk people here, I don't know why you chose us."

May 19, 2008

The Trail Needs Dusting: A Nexus Goodbye

By Staff

I've learned a lot of things in the past four years and many of them I learned while working at one of the best damned college papers in the state.

May 7, 2008

Judge Joseph Lodge — 1932-2008

By David Ferry

In his almost 50 years on the bench in Santa Barbara County, Judge Joseph Lodge had a reputation that preceded him. Seasoned trial lawyers and fresh faces out of law school knew that with a gavel in hand, the UCSB crimin...

March 10, 2008

Five Years… and Counting

By David Ferry

For Maj. Mike Salvo, a UCSB associate professor of military science, Americans seem to have simply forgotten the pain of September 11 and the threat Islamofacism represents.

February 26, 2008

Astronomers Strive For Global Network of Telescopes

By Sabrina Ricci

Santa Barbara's Las Cumbres Observatory is as immaculately clean as an operating room. On the ground leading to the entrance of its lab lies a four-by-six white sheet, which at first seems insignificant in a room full of...

February 14, 2008

Gang Busters

By Lauren Crecelius

While some residents worry about a growing epidemic, other local organizers and prosecutors are committing themselves to decreasing gang violence in Santa Barbara and its surrounding areas.

January 30, 2008

You’re Paying for the View

By Lauren Crecelius

With a beautiful view of the ocean, sunny weather and a campus within walking distance, it is no surprise that thousands of UCSB students crowd into Isla Vista each year like clowns into a circus car. However, these luxu...

December 3, 2007

Billion Dollar Building Plan

By Lauren Crecelius

UCSB is currently in the middle of a $1 billion capital program to construct new buildings and revamp infrastructure.

November 26, 2007

Siesta, Fiesta and Flying Tomatoes

By Megan Snedden

I never guessed that coming to Spain meant I would learn more sign language than Spanish.

October 31, 2007

Mine Shafts Below UCSB

By Lauren Crecelius

Long before professors and administrators dined on Thai chicken in the Faculty Club or drama majors performed in Hatlen Theater, the land these facilities now stand on was once home to Goleta's very own asphalt mines.

October 24, 2007

Serving With the Surfriders

By Benjamin Gottlieb

0500 hours: The lights of the first platoon barracks illuminate the room, still dark from the past evening. Cadets struggle to come to their senses because it is only 20 minutes until first formation and they still have ...

August 29, 2007

Hot Fuzz, Cold Beers and Open Containers

By Lauren Crecelius

The anticipation is palpable in the Isla Vista Foot Patrol office as more and more officers file into the room.

May 29, 2007

Universities Get Schooled by Rising Dropout Rates

By Lee Desser

In response to the rising high dropout rate plaguing many California high schools, the California Dropout Research Project, founded at UCSB's Gevirtz Graduate School in December 2006, will investigate the "dropout crisis...

May 24, 2007