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November 8, 2018

2018 Midterm Election Results: Santa Barbara County Victories

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

The Nexus compiled information about several winners and passing measures from Tuesday's midterm election.

November 8, 2018

UCSB Works to Support Trans Students In Face of Proposed Gender Redefinition

By Sanya Kamidi

Leets said the proposed redefinition, which defines gender as the sex assigned at birth, would cause complications.

November 7, 2018

A.S. Senate Violates Brown Act With Closed Session, A.S. AG Says

By Sanya Kamidi

The Ralph M. Brown Act of 1953 “guarantees the public’s right to attend and participate in meetings of local legislative bodies,” according to a pamphlet published by the California Attorney General’s Office in 2...

November 7, 2018

Tri Delta To Suspend Operations at End of School Year

By Sanya Kamidi

Sullivan cited a decline in membership numbers as the reason for shuttering operations.

November 6, 2018

LIVE: California Midterm Election Results 2018

By Staff Report

The Nexus will be updating this page with live results from the California Midterm Election and the Santa Barbara County election.

November 5, 2018

Biko Voting Information Night Aims to Educate Student Voters

By Laila Voss

Many attendees had their phones out throughout the event, googling specific proposition language and facts to aid the conversation.

November 5, 2018

Campus Dems and College Republicans Prepare for Midterm Election

By Isabell Liu, Nyah Scott, Laila Voss

In addition to creating spaces for students to discuss and learn more about politics, both organizations have been canvassing for candidates aligned with their respective views.

November 4, 2018

BREAKING: EVPSA Seat To Be Left Vacant For Rest of Academic Year

By Evelyn Spence

Sunday’s deadline was the third extension set by the board following a continuous struggle to get students to vote in the special election.

November 4, 2018

Rockfire Rocks Into Isla Vista

By Nyah Scott

Rockfire Grill opened its doors to the Isla Vista public on Nov. 2, offering free T-shirts to the first 50 patrons.

November 3, 2018

UCSB Students Gather in Response to the Trump Administration’s Potential Redefinition of Gender

By Ashley Rusch, Emily Komessar

The effort consisted of card- and poster-making activities on Monday and Tuesday in the RCSGD room in the SRB.

November 2, 2018

Southern California Edison Admits to Being a Source of the Thomas Fire

By Amira Garewal

SCE is now awaiting permission from CAL FIRE to further its investigation into the causes of the Thomas Fire.

November 2, 2018

Halloween Brings a Decrease In Arrests, Increase in Citations

By Katherine Swartz

The exception to the general decrease in activity was the amount of citations, which rose to 35 this year, as opposed to 13 in 2017.

November 1, 2018

UCSB College Republicans Host Public Forum to Debate Validity of Cultural Due Process

By Eric Wang

While the discussion questions focused on the legal implications of due process, participants also heavily discussed Justice Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings and the national uproar left in the wake of his confirmatio...

November 1, 2018

SBMTD Moves Busses to Increase Capacity on Line 28

By Shan He

UCSB students also make up significant portions of ridership on several other lines, particularly during the academic year.

November 1, 2018

Quiet Pre-Halloween Weekend, Police Expect Next Weekend to Be Similar

By Arturo Martinez Rivera, Nyah Scott

In an effort to deter the unmanageable crowds that accompanied Halloween festivities in I.V. prior to 2014, UCSB runs an annual advertising campaign that encourages Halloween celebrants to “keep it local.”