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December 3, 2014

Memorial Walk Remembers the Fallen

By Addie Burk

In honor of lives lost to alcohol and drug use as well as to the six students who passed away in the 2014 Isla Vista mass murder, a crowd of students trekked from Embarcadero Hall to the streets of I.V. Tuesday night in ...

December 3, 2014

I.V.: A History — Part III

By Peter Mounteer, Megan Mineiro

The self-governance conversation came up again for Isla Vista when Goleta sought cityhood in 2001. However, the resulting proposal to include I.V. and the university in the incorporation plan was voted down by the Santa ...

December 2, 2014

Das Williams Introduces I.V. Self-Governance Bill

By Megan Mineiro

Assembly Bill 3, a bill aimed to create the Isla Vista Community Services District (CSD) in order provide infrastructure and services to the residents of I.V., was introduced to the California State Assembly yesterday by...

December 2, 2014

A.S. Finance and Business Committee Hears Funding, Reallocation Requests

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee held its last meeting of the quarter on Monday in the UCen’s State Street Room, where they heard six requests for funding.

December 2, 2014

I.V.: A History — Part II

By Peter Mounteer

Although Isla Vista tried and failed for cityhood in 1973, the I.V. Community Council (IVCC) made several other attempts to give I.V. a more sustainable form of government in the years following.

December 2, 2014

Students Respond to Recent Executive Order

By Teddy Krolczyk

President Barack Obama took executive action two weeks ago to temporarily grant legal status to unauthorized immigrant parents of children who are United States citizens or permanent legal residents.

December 1, 2014

Fire Dept. Extinguish I.V. Theater Fire, Cause Unknown

By Staff Report

At approximately 2:04 a.m. on the morning of Monday, Dec. 1, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept. and UCPD responded to reports of a fire at I.V. Theater.

December 1, 2014

I.V.: A History — Part I

By Peter Mounteer

In Isla Vista’s nearly 70-year history as the primary home of UCSB students, various residents and activists have made multiple attempts in the 1970s, 1980s and early 2000s to establish a form of governance within the ...

November 26, 2014

IN PHOTOS: Protests in Santa Barbara

By Daily Nexus Photography

Local activists and students protesting the recent Missouri grand jury decision to not indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown assembled in front of the Santa Barbara County Courthouse ...

November 26, 2014

Protesters Flood Santa Barbara Streets In Wake of Ferguson Verdict

By Carissa Quiambao, Peter Mounteer

Hundreds of students, Santa Barbara residents and other local community members rallied and marched throughout the streets of downtown Santa Barbara last night in protest of Monday’s grand jury decision not to indict a...

November 26, 2014

New UC Program To Provide Legal Services to Undocumented Students

By William Leiva

Last Friday, University of California President Janet Napolitano announced a pilot program at the UC Davis School of Law that will provide legal services for undocumented students at the six UC campuses without law schoo...

November 26, 2014

Video Reaches Out to Those Affected by Recent Shooting

By Teddy Krolczyk

Fourth-year film & media studies major Carter Hiyama produced and distributed a video message to the students and faculty of Florida State University in response to a shooting at the campus last Thursday.

November 25, 2014

Associated Students Discuss Student Organization Financial Requests

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Student Finance and Business Committee met yesterday evening at the State Street Room in the UCen to hear requests from 18 student organizations for funding.

November 25, 2014

Cliff Fall Victim Paralyzed From Waist Down

By Josh Ortiz

Santa Barbara City College student Tanner Gage, who fell from an Isla Vista balcony at 6693 Del Playa Drive last month, recently disclosed that the fall paralyzed him from the waist down.

November 25, 2014

Gaucho Health Insurance Most Expensive at the UC

By Adelaide Burk

Santa Barbara’s high cost of health care coupled with the wide range of services offered by Gaucho Health Insurance (GHI) mean undergraduate students pay more for health insurance than students attending any other camp...

November 23, 2014

NASA Engineer Lectures on Mars Exploration

By Josephine Niu

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) engineer Kobie Boykins delivered a presentation about the ongoing exploration of Mars yesterday at Campbell Hall in a lecture called Exploring the Red Planet. Boykins was part of the ...