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April 23, 2015

Talk To Discuss Sexual Assault

By Erin Gurewitz

Santa Barbara Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson and Assemblyman Das Williams will give a talk titled “Sexual Assault on College Campuses” in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall today at 8 p.m.

April 23, 2015

Senate Covers Deltopia Stats, Food Bank, UCen

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum, Alyssa Schmidt

Associated Students Senate met last night in the UCen’s Flying “A” Room to discuss Deltopia crime statistics, A.S. Food Bank funding and events to commemorate the anniversary of the May 23rd tragedy.

April 23, 2015

Armenian Students Hold Candelight Vigil

By Erin Gurewitz

UCSB chapter of Armenian Student Association (ASA) commemorates 20th-century genocide of 1.5 million

April 23, 2015

UCSB Tackles California Drought

By Danny Kolosta

Isla Vista and university stakeholders are exploring new methods to cope with current drought conditions given California Governor Jerry Brown’s state-mandated water restrictions issued earlier this month.

April 22, 2015

I.V. Stakeholders Discuss Study Costs

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

Isla Vista residents, students and county officials met for the weekly stakeholders’ meeting held by the office of Assemblyman Das Williams to address self-governance on Tuesday night.

April 21, 2015

A.S. Finance Considers Student Funding Requests

By Megan Mineiro

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met Monday afternoon in the State Street Room of the University Center to hear funding requests from six student organizations, but funded only one organization due ...

April 21, 2015

Club Plants Trees in Memoriam

By Christopher Chen

Students from the UCSB Lions Club planted trees at the Trigo-Pasado Park on Friday in honor of the victims of last year’s May 23rd Isla Vista mass murder.

April 21, 2015

Groups Present Speakers on Food Systems

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Environmental Affairs Board (EAB) and the I.V. Food Co-op will host an informational event on local and global food systems Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Food Co-op on Seville Rd.

April 19, 2015

Fraternity Brothers Walk a Mile in Heels

By Juliet Bachtel

The Sigma Pi and Kappa Sigma fraternities hosted Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Friday night, leading a march from Storke Tower to Embarcadero Hall as part of a movement to end rape, sexual assault and gender violence.

April 18, 2015

Statement on Internal Vice President Endorsement

By Staff Report

The Daily Nexus has issued an endorsement for Associated Students Internal Vice President. The initial endorsement was retracted because the same evaluation process for one candidate for the position was not carried out ...

April 17, 2015

Take Back the Night Event Advocates For Women’s Safety

By Alyssa Schmidt

The Associated Students organization Take Back the Night hosted their annual rally and march on Thursday night at Anisq’Oyo’ Park to address sexual assault in Isla Vista and to protest the climate of fear and violenc...

April 16, 2015

A.S. Food Bank Aims to Educate Students

By Kelly Lin

The Associated Students Food Bank and UCSB Sustainability held a Food Justice Forum on Wednesday for students, staff and faculty to discuss food issues on campus.

April 16, 2015

A.S. Candidates Discuss Community Issues

By Alyssa Schmidt, Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

Candidates for the offices of Associated Students (A.S.) President, Internal Vice President, on-campus senator and university owned off-campus senator discussed key issues in an open forum Thursday afternoon at the Hub.

April 16, 2015

Divestment Fails to Pass Again

By Peter Mounteer, David Jackson

For the third consecutive year, the Associated Students Senate did not pass a resolution to divest from companies allegedly profiting from human rights violations in Israel-Palestine, voting 13-12-1 in a private vote not...

April 16, 2015

Divestment Resolution Falls Two Votes Short of Passing

By Staff Report

The Associated Students Senate voted against Students for Justice in Palestine’s resolution to divest from companies profiting from human rights violations in Israel-Palestine by a tiebreaker secret ballot of 13-12-1 a...

April 16, 2015

Retraction: A.S. Internal Vice President Endorsement

By Staff Report

The Nexus hereby retracts its endorsement for Kimia Hashemian for the position of Internal Vice President. The endorsement process was not appropriately carried out for all candidates for this position. In an effort to e...