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April 23, 2013

UC Application Numbers Rise, Admission Difficulty Increases

By Hannah Nelson

This year’s admission process was the most selective in UCSB history, with just 39 percent of the over 62,000 prospective applicants being admitted for the 2013-2014 school year. According to the Office of Admissions, ...

April 23, 2013

Weekend Wrap-up April 23, 2013

By Jimmy Chang

During this past weekend, the Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to several burglaries and alcohol-related crimes. According to IVFP Lieutenant Ray Vuillemainroy, while the weekend was relatively quiet, there were a number...

April 23, 2013

Fire Department Responds to Man’s Fall From DP Cliff

By Staff Report

Early Sunday morning, a call was made to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department reporting a man’s fall from the oceanside cliffs off of Del Playa Drive. A 22-year-old male, whose identity has not yet been released, w...

April 23, 2013

A.S. President Invites UC Board of Regents to Host Meeting at UCSB

By Rilla Peng, Carissa Quiambao

Associated Students President Sophia Armen drafted a letter to the UC Board of Regents on Friday, requesting that the board hold their next meeting at UCSB. In her letter, Armen called on University officials to hold the...

April 22, 2013

Campus Environmentalists Organize Earth Day Forum

By Kelly Lin

UCSB Fossil Free and UC for Clean Energy are hosting “Energy: Reclaim the Name,” an event that educates students on clean energy investments, today at Storke Plaza from noon to 3 p.m. and at Campbell Hall from 7 p.m....

April 22, 2013

2013 Daily Nexus Candidate and Fee Endorsements

By Daily Nexus Staff

As another year of A.S. Elections have come to purview, “accountability,” “affordability,” “transparency” and “accessibility” are just some of the overtly vague keywords to once again form the pillars of ...

April 22, 2013

Student Group Celebrates Holi Through Festival of Color

By Samhita Saquib

On Saturday, the South Asian student group UCSB Indus hosted the annual celebration of Holi at Goleta Beach, where roughly 500 participants threw the colored powder gulal at each another to bring in the spring season. UC...

April 19, 2013

UCSB Performers Collaborate for Gauchella

By Rosalinda Diaz

The second annual Gauchella performing arts festival will take place this Saturday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the UCSB Theater and Dance courtyard. The event, which is put on by all-female a cappella group VocalMotion, con...

April 19, 2013

Assemblyman Das Williams Introduces Bill to Implement Extension-Type Courses at Community Colleges

By Jonathan Rogers

37th District Assemblyman Das Williams has introduced AB 955, a bill which would allow community colleges to implement extension-type programs similar to what many UC and CSU campuses currently employ. With AB 955, stude...

April 19, 2013

A.S. Senate’s Meeting Discusses Library Renovations, Nonprofits, Divestment Resolution

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

During last Wednesday’s six-and-a-half-hour Associated Students Senate meeting, Public Forum speakers addressed renovations to Davidson Library, a nonprofit called Swipes For The Homeless and last week’s divestment r...

April 19, 2013

Candidates Discuss Student Conduct, Compete for Advocate General Position

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

In the last candidate forum before elections next week, Jorge Villela and Kristian Whittaker took part in a debate for the position of Student Advocate General, discussing topics such as the Conduct Board proposed by the...

April 19, 2013

UCSB To Participate in First Suicide Prevention Walk

By Carly Bates

On April 21, UCSB will be hosting its first Suicide Prevention Walk through a collaborative effort between Associated Students and The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). The AFSP works to promote the unde...

April 18, 2013

A.S. Commission on Student Well Being Hopes to Expand Services With New Student Lock-In Fee

By Jimmy Chang

Next week’s Associated Students election ballot will include a new lock-in fee initiative of $1.03 per undergraduate per quarter to support the A.S. Commission on Student Well-Being, an organization dedicating to promo...

April 18, 2013

UCSB Ranks Second Among Research Universities Globally

By Staff Report

UCSB has recently been ranked number two in the world, based on global impact in the field of sciences, by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Netherlands’ Leiden University. The rankings — which are bas...

April 18, 2013

A.S. Plans Alternative Intoxication Solution

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Rather than being arrested, finger-printed and sent to court, students found to be drunk in public may soon find an alternative solution in the Isla Vista Sobering Center. The AssociatedStudentsLegalResourceCenter has sp...

April 18, 2013

Gauchos Organize Innovative Weekend Leadership Forum

By Tiffany Park

Next Generation Summit — a university-represented conference centered on learning, collaboration and networking — will be hosting their first conference at Corwin Pavilion on May 4 and 5. Represented by nearly all UC...