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January 29, 2014

Ballin’ Workshop Teaches Students Budgeting Basics

By Michael Coronado

“Ballin’ on a Budget,” a workshop which took place last night in the Student Resource Building, tutored students in “financial basics,” such as creating and managing a budget and applying for a credit card.

January 29, 2014

UC Pres. Hosts First Web Chat

By Carissa Quiambao

UC President Janet Napolitano hosted a live web chat via Google Hangout yesterday with specially-selected student panelists to speak about topics such as tuition, undocumented students, campus diversity and student veter...

January 29, 2014

CCS Welcomes Japanese Shinto Art

By Leon Freyermuth

Internationally renowned photographer Masuura Yukihito introduced his work at the opening of the Shrine Photography Exhibit, a temporary installation located in the gallery of the College of Creative Studies that feature...

January 28, 2014

Police Recover Stolen Items, Search for Suspects

By Jimmy Chang

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to a series of drug and alcohol-related offenses this weekend, as well as a strong-armed robbery and another incidence of theft.

January 28, 2014

New Scholarship Program for Middle Class Families Begins Next Fall

By Emani Oakley

Starting next fall, a new program called the Middle Class Scholarship will offer a scholarship to students in California whose annual parental income is in the range of $100,000 to $150,000.

January 28, 2014

Film & Media Seminar Showcases A-List Screenwriters

By Jimmy Chang

The UCSB Film and Media Department held its 11th annual Word Farm, a three-day screenwriting seminar at the Social Science and Media Studies building, where UCSB students and alumni got a chance to learn from prominent s...

January 27, 2014

Campus Comment: What Is Your Advice For Finding a Good Living Situation?

By Jimmy Chang

Campus Comment offers a random sampling of student opinion. In this issue, students offer tips for finding the ideal housing situation.

January 27, 2014

A Talk With Lois Capps

By Staff Report

The Daily Nexus sat down with UCSB alumna, former Santa Barbara public school nurse and current U.S. Representative for California’s 24th congressional district Lois Capps to discuss her history with UCSB, her views on...

January 27, 2014

This Connection Won’t Evaporate

By Aditya Tadanki

Vapor bar and e-cigarette lounge Vapor Connection officially joined the Isla Vista community on Saturday with a Grand Opening event that featured a live DJ and the store’s selection of over 80 different flavors of smok...

January 27, 2014

UCSB Adds Housing for Future Students

By Wyatt Smith

Construction on a new UCSB housing complex near the West Campus Apartments on Storke Road is currently underway and due to be completed in Fall Quarter of the 2015-2016 school year.

January 27, 2014

UC Calendar To Accommodate Jewish Holidays

By Elliott Wright

January 23, 2014

Regents Deliberate on Salaries, Transfer Support, Academic Calendar, Other Topics

By Carissa Quiambao

At yesterday’s meeting at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay Conference Center, the University of California Board of Regents discussed the issue of sexual assault against women on UC campuses, salaries for UCSB basketba...

January 23, 2014

UC Students Petition Against 2014-15 Academic Calendar

By Elliott Wright

Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, the starting instruction date for any University of California campus with a quarter system will be bumped down to Oct. 2 to avoid conflict with the Jewish High Holy Days of Rosh Has...

January 23, 2014

Dave Barry Causes Santa Barbara To Erupt with Laughter

By Peter Mounteer

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and humorist Dave Barry spoke to a nearly sold out crowd of about 1,500 people last night at 8 p.m. at the Granada Theatre downtown, in a UCSB Arts & Lectures-sponsored performance entitled ...

January 23, 2014

A.S. Senate Focuses on Budgets, Deltopia, Other Projects

By David Jackson

Associated Students Senate met Wednesday night to review California’s state budget, discuss upcoming events for the quarter, such as Deltopia and examine food budgets for different campus Boards, Committees and Commiss...

January 23, 2014

Is Isla Vista Rent Too Damn High? A Closer Look Into Housing in I.V.

By Shannon Ham

With ‘For Rent’ signs slapped on almost every house or apartment in Isla Vista, thousands of students are now joining the annual housing rush that begins around the end of every Fall Quarter and beginning of every Wi...