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Nexus Update: I.V. Writes to Keep Plastino

Isla Vista stakeholders drafted a letter to Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown requesting Plastino’s term as the IVFP lieutenant be extended. Long-term residents, students and university and co...
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Student Group Funding Process Gets Makeover

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee (A.S. F&B) recently announced several new additions to its website for the upcoming year in an attempt to help facilitate the funding process for...
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UC Divests $200 Million From Big Oil

University of California Investment Office recently announced it divested nearly $200 million from coal mining and oil companies focused on tar sands while adding sustainability criteria to their inve...
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Celebrity Mathematician Joins UCSB Faculty

Renowned mathematician Yitang Zhang will be joining UC Santa Barbara’s mathematics faculty this fall, a development many hope will add further prestige to the university.
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CA Senate Confirms Three New UC Regents

The California Senate recently confirmed three regents nominated by Governor Jerry Brown to the University Of California Board Of Regents. Regents Eloy Ortiz Oakley and John Pérez began serving on th...
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Postdocs Petition For UC-Wide Improvements

Postdoctoral scholars across the University of California system hand-delivered over 3,000 signatures to executive vice chancellors at seven different UC campuses on Monday to demand a fair contract a...
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AB 3 Heads to Gov. Brown Following Senate Passing

California State Assemblymember Das Williams’s Assembly Bill 3 (AB 3), which seeks to create a Community Services District (CSD) in Isla Vista, passed the California Senate and Assembly on Sept. 11 ...
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Santa Barbara Ad Aims to Rebrand Isla Vista

The Isla Vista Safe Committee recently developed an ad campaign to be released this week in an effort to rebrand I.V. as safe and to notify the public of changes, including additional lighting, fences...
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An Update on Alagie Jammeh’s Story

The Nexus printed a story titled “How Social Media Created a Political Enemy” on July 30 that told the unique story of a UCSB student named Alagie Jammeh. Almost two months later, Jammeh sat down ...
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National News, International Spotlight

National and international current events in the week of Sept. 17, 2015.
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DA Report Finds Police’s Actions Last May 23 To Be Lawful and in Self Defense

On Tuesday, the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s (DA) Office stated law enforcement officers involved in the events of May 23 last year acted lawfully and in self defense during the gunfire ...
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SB County Planning Commission Finds an Increase in I.V. Parking, Community Disagrees

The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission held a meeting Wednesday morning to review recommendations from the Planning and Development staff concerning parking in Isla Vista.
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UCSB Pledges $1.4 Million to Isla Vista Self-Governance

UC Santa Barbara announced through a letter of commitment this week that the university will fund $1.4 million to the Isla Vista Community Services District (CSD) if it is established.
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SB County Young Republicans, Organization Officials Speak on Iran Nuclear Deal

Santa Barbara County Young Republicans held a roundtable briefing and a luncheon on Sunday at the Montecito Country Club to discuss criticisms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), more c...
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UCSB Library To Debut Mid-Fall 2015

The Davidson Library Addition and Renovation Project is ahead of schedule, set to be complete November 2015 with increased computers, outlets, information technology resources and study spaces.
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