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October 13, 2014

This Week in Photos: Oct. 7 – 12

By Daily Nexus Photography

We look back at this past week in photos. Credits: John Clow, Eric Swenson, Kenneth Song, Christine Skari

October 13, 2014

Pardall Carnival Brings Food, Fun, Games and Community Gathering

By Carissa Quiambao

This past Saturday afternoon marked the sixth annual Pardall which took place on Pardall Road in Isla Vista between Embarcadero del Norte and Embarcadero del Mar.

October 13, 2014

Train Collision Kills One, Injures Two

By Staff Report

Four individuals, three who were researching at UCSB as visiting scholars, were involved in a train collision Saturday evening on a bridge near Vista Point that left one woman dead and two other people injured.

October 12, 2014

Third District Supervisor Doreen Farr Discusses Isla Vista Self-Governance at Coffee Collab

By Jackson Kerr

Santa Barbara County Third District Supervisor Doreen Farr held her first office-hours-style open meeting of the new school year last Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Coffee Collaborative in Isla Vista. The Daily Nexus ...

October 12, 2014

Local Group Dedicates Library for IV Kids

By Cheryl Sun

Local nonprofit Isla Vista Youth Projects (IVYP) held a ceremony last Monday at Isla Vista Children's Park to dedicate a Little Free Library, which will provide children in I.V. easier access to books.

October 9, 2014

Fall from Balcony on Del Playa

By Staff Report

Santa Barbara County Fire Dispatch responded to a report of a cliff fall from 6693 Del Playa Drive at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 9, 2014. Updates to follow. Photo Courtesy of Ryan Mandell

October 9, 2014

A.S. Senate Convenes for First Meeting of Fall Quarter

By David Jackson

The Associated Students Senate held their first meeting of the academic year this Wednesday in the Flying A room at the UCen.

October 9, 2014

SB Devises Plan For Response to Ebola Outbreak

By Conner Boehm

Following the first diagnosis of the Ebola virus in Dallas, Texas, over a week ago, the Santa Barbara County of Public Health as well as Student Health is preparing a reaction plan in the event of a local ebola outbreak....

October 9, 2014

UC Neuroscientists Secure $10m in Federal Funds

By Megan Mineiro

The National Institute of Health announced on Sept. 30 that University of California researchers have been awarded more than $10 million of the $46 million in grants given to laboratories across the country for neuroscie...

October 9, 2014

IVFP Discusses Halloween With Residents

By Erica Loera

Isla Vista residents met with I.V. Foot Patrol officers yesterday morning during “Coffee with a Cop,” an event held to allow I.V. community members to ask questions to local law enforcement at the Starbucks on Embarc...

October 9, 2014

I.V. Discusses Self-Governance

By Lannhu Khuat, Ava Talehakimi

Residents gather for second town hall meeting to discuss plans for the community Members of local law enforcement, student representatives, local government officials, students and other Isla Vista residents and stakehol...

October 9, 2014

Jack Johnson Performs at “Come Together: Remember, Reconnect, & Unite”

By Carissa Quiambao

Around 5,000 students gathered at Storke Plaza yesterday afternoon to promote a safer, healthier UCSB and Isla Vista community in commemoration of the six students who lost their lives during the May 23 Isla Vista traged...

October 8, 2014

KCSB To Broadcast “Come Together: Remember, Reconnect, and Unite” Live from Storke Plaza

By Audrey Bachelder

Later this afternoon, Wednesday, Oct. 8th, at 4pm, KCSB-FM will broadcast UC Santa Barbara’s commemorative event “Come Together: Remember, Reconnect, and Unite” LIVE from Storke Plaza. This special assembly will ...

October 7, 2014

UCSB Professor Shuji Nakamura Wins Nobel

By Peter Mounteer, Max Fernbacher

Materials professor Shuji Nakamura was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics this morning for the invention of the blue light-emitting diode, or LED, together with Japanese colleagues Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano.

October 7, 2014

I.V. Food Co-op and A.S. Food Bank Host Community Potluck

By Kaitlin Cuskey

The Isla Vista Food Co-op teamed up with the Associated Students Food Bank to host a community dinner potluck on the Co-op courtyard this past Friday. The potluck kicked off A.S. Food Bank’s “Hunger Month,” a month...

October 7, 2014

UCPD Releases Past Year’s Campus Crime Statistics

By Max Fernbacher

Last Wednesday, University of California Police Department released its annual crime statistics report as required by the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. The report, for...