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November 6, 2013

UC Protestors Discuss Financial Issues

By Carissa Quiambao

UC Workers Discuss the Possibility of a Strike at Press Conference

November 6, 2013

Guitarist Buddy Guy Played at Campbell Hall

By Elliott Wright

Blues guitar living legend Buddy Guy performed to a sold-out show last evening at Campbell Hall, with an opening performance by 14-year-old American singer and guitarist Quinn Sullivan.

November 6, 2013

Patricia MacCormack Talks About Ahuman Theory, Importance of Non-Speciecist Ways

By Suzanne Becker

Scholar Patricia MacCormack spoke to a full audience about her recent work on an “ahuman” theory of ethics in the McCune Conference Room of the Humanities and Social Sciences Building yesterday.

November 5, 2013

Halloween Turnout Falls Short of Expected Attendance Count

By Daniel Slovinsky

Isla Vista’s infamous Halloween festivities attracted crowds of 12,000 to 15,000 people on the peak nights of Thursday and Friday, according to data just released by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.

November 5, 2013

UCSB Alum Creates New Chatroom App Inspired by I.V. Local Gatherings

By Jackson Kerr

Created by a UCSB alum, Popcorn Messaging is a new free mobile application that connects people with their neighbors through anonymous chatrooms.

November 5, 2013

Acclaimed Historian and Biography Author Discusses Previous Presidents at UCSB Arts & Lectures Event

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Speaking to a sold-out Campbell Hall, renowned historian Doris Kearns Goodwin came to campus last night to tell stories of three of America’s most lauded presidents, in the first stop of her five-week book tour.

November 5, 2013

I.V. Individuals Charged With Illegal Trafficking of Pharmaceutical Drugs

By Staff Report

Three Isla Vista residents were taken into custody for drug trafficking charges this past week, when 21-year-old Gabriel Yanowitz and 19-year-old Tyler Peltier were arrested for working together to illegally sell mass am...

November 4, 2013

Common Misconceptions vs. Your Legal Rights

By Mark Signa

Sergeant Mark Signa explains that sometimes you are not right about your rights.

November 4, 2013

Graduates Granted National Science Foundation Award to Research Big Data

By Peter Mounteer

After receiving a $3 million Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship, or IGERT, award from the National Science Foundation, the UCSB Graduate Division will be enrolling Ph.D. candidates for a new five-yea...

November 4, 2013

UCSB B.A., Ph.D. Sociology Students To Participate in United Nations’ Conference of the Parties

By Kelly Lin

Students from the B.A. and Ph.D. Sociology programs are traveling to Poland, alongside sociology professor John Foran and other UCSB alumni and affiliates, for the 19th annual United Nations’ Conference of the Parties ...

November 4, 2013

Annual Surf Fest, Swap Meet Takes Place at SBCC

By David Jackson

Santa Barbara City College held the Sixth Annual Surf Fest and Swap Meet in the parking lot across from Leadbetter Beach, raising funds for the SBCC women’s basketball team, on Saturday.

November 1, 2013

A.S. Senate Discusses Projector Installation, New Annex, Community Financial Fund

By Elliott Wright

This Wednesday’s Associated Students Senate meeting focused on several upcoming projects, including a $7,000 projector to be installed near the dorms at San Miguel Stage, the Associated Students Annex in Isla Vista and...

November 1, 2013

Drug Bust Leads to Two Arrested I.V. Residents

By Staff Report

Santa Barbara Regional Narcotic Enforcement Team Agents seized 156 grams of cocaine, 49 tablets of MDMA (ecstasy) and 40 pills of an unidentified drug last weekend, according to a SBRNET press release.

November 1, 2013

UCSB Theater and Dance Professor Discusses Upcoming Book, “Carmen – A Gypsy Geography”

By Carly Bates

The Daily Nexus talked to UCSB Theater and Dance Professor and performance theorist Ninotchka Bennahum to discuss her latest book, Carmen — A Gypsy Geography, which examines the novel by Prosper Mérimée set to music ...

October 31, 2013

Napolitano Announces Aid for Student Groups

By Staff Report

UC President Janet Napolitano announced a new initiative yesterday in her first major speech as UC President that will allocate $15 million of non-state funds toward undocumented students, post-doctoral fellows and gradu...

October 31, 2013

‘The Wilde Circus: Vitriol’ Opens at Santa Barbara Art Foundry

By Elliott Wright

Local Santa Barbara theatre company, Sexy Sandwich Productions, will be performing their third and newest opus, The Wilde Circus: Vitriol, this weekend at the Santa Barbara Art Foundry.