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April 23, 2014

Fee Initiative Requested To Aid MCC Services

By Jackson Kerr

This year’s campus elections ballot includes a proposed fee increase for the MultiCultural Center of $6.77 per undergraduate student per quarter.

April 23, 2014

Well-Known Violinist Brings Bach Back to SB

By Elliott Wright

Famed violinist Jennifer Koh will perform a celebrated tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach titled “Bach and Beyond Part III” tonight at Hahn Hall in downtown Santa Barbara in an event hosted by UCSB Arts & Lectures.

April 23, 2014

UCSB Admits Record Number of Students

By Dustin Chan

The UC system was more selective and admitted more prospective first-year students than in previous years, and Latino students reflected higher admission rates than white students for the first time in the University’s...

April 22, 2014

Senior Book Staff Proposes New Fee Initiative

By Heeba Kaleem

The Senior Book staff introduced a new fee initiative of $2.68 on this year’s election ballot to help alleviate the Senior Book production costs and allow senior students to take free on-campus portraits to be included...

April 22, 2014

Proposed Initiative To Promote Sustainable Agriculture, Reduce Waste

By Dustin Chan

The Associated Students Department of Public Worms has proposed a new $1.29 fee initiative titled Composting Program on the Spring ballot for the ongoing A.S. elections in an effort to further develop its composting prog...

April 22, 2014

History Department’s ‘Great Society at Fifty’ Series Explores Healthcare Reform

By Aditya Tadanki

Last Friday, the UCSB History Department hosted a symposium on healthcare reform as a part of the “Great Society at Fifty: Democracy in America, 1964/2014” series.

April 21, 2014

2014 Daily Nexus Candidate and Fee Endorsements

By Staff Report

The Daily Nexus editorial staff reveals its candidate and fee endorsements for A.S. Elections.

April 21, 2014

Undercover Police Issue Citations at House Parties

By Jimmy Chang

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol is now using undercover operations to enter local house parties and bust partygoers for minor alcohol crimes, and at least two sting operations took place at parties on Sabado Tarde this past w...

April 18, 2014

A.S. Presidential Candidates Debate in Final Forum

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Last night at the Hub, Associated Students Internal Vice President candidate Angela Lau and Presidential candidates Navkiran "Navi" Kaur and Ali Guthy discussed their qualifications, plans and values in the last night of...

April 18, 2014

Students Divided Over UC Divestment Issue

By Lannhu Khuat

Students for Justice in Palestine and American Students for Israel have set up signs opposite each other in the Arbor in preparation for a resolution regarding UC divestment from Israel, which will be a topic of discussi...

April 18, 2014

A.S. Senate Discuss Involvement in USSA, Divestment, Deltopia

By David Jackson

Wednesday night’s Associated Student Senate meeting focused on the controversial bill to withdraw funding from the United States Students Association, the upcoming divestment debate and the future of Deltopia, amongst ...

April 18, 2014

A.S. Ballot to Determine Fate of Goleta Sobering Center

By Leon Freyermuth

During this year’s Associated Students elections, students will have the opportunity to vote on a ballot initiative to fund a sobering center in Goleta for first-time drunk-in-public offenders, avoiding the costs of a ...

April 17, 2014

A.S. Bikes To Retract Lock-in Fee Initiative

By Loree Lewis

The Associated Students Bike Committee is in the process of retracting its fee initiative from the Spring 2014 ballot after the UC Office of the President suggested withholding the initiative and having the University pr...

April 17, 2014

Queer Commission Fees To Appear on Upcoming A.S. Ballot

By Dustin Chan

The upcoming Associated Students election ballot will include a new lock-in fee initiative of $2.12 per quarter for undergraduate students to support the Associated Students Queer Commission, an educational and advocacy ...

April 17, 2014

The Catalyst Requests Lock-in for Print Costs

By Max Fernbacher

The students behind The Catalyst, a new student-run literary arts magazine, have requested a lock-in fee in the upcoming Associated Students election in an effort to ensure continued quarterly publications.

April 17, 2014

Prospective A.S. Senators Debate in the Hub

By Daniella Chung

During the Associated Students On-Campus and University-Owned Housing Senator debates, senatorial candidates for the 2014-15 academic school year congregated in the Hub yesterday to discuss their views on specific campus...