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Annual Mexican Literature Conference Celebrates Influential Authors, Hosts International Scholars

UCSB held its 15th annual colloquium celebrating Mexican literature, which consisted of a three-day series of events beginning last Thursday and continuing until Saturday. The colloquium took place on...
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UC Online Education Program To Open Courses to Non-UC Students

In light of plans to begin offering online UC courses to non-UC students, UC Online Education Interim Director Keith Williams discussed various short and long-term development plans regarding the futu...
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Daily Nexus Presents Proposition Endorsements

Proposition 30: yes This ballot initiative provides the students of the University of California system the long-awaited break from continuous tuition hikes they have endured and fiercely campaigned a...
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Voters To Decide on Tax Increases, Education Funding With Prop 30

With Proposition 30 on this season’s election ballot, California voters will have the chance to determine whether California’s pub- lic education sector — including the University of California ...
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SB Theatre Hosts Eco-Fundraiser

The inaugural three-city Save the Waves Film Festival Tour, a non-profit fundraising effort for clean beaches, will kick off tonight at 6 p.m. in Santa Barbara’s Arlington Theatre. Along with live m...
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UCSB Professors Receive Awards in Communication

UCSB communication professors Linda Putnam and Howard Giles will receive awards of national recognition from the National Communication Association this November. Putnam and Giles will be recognized a...
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Simpson-Bowles Legislators To Discuss America’s Financial Position, Solutions

UCSB Arts & Lectures is hosting a presentation in Campbell Hall tonight at 8 p.m. entitled America’s Debt and Deficit Crisis: Issues and Solutions, during which the National Commission on Fiscal...
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Daily Nexus Reps Lois, Hannah-Beth and Das

Lois Capps The Nexus endorses incumbent candidate Lois Capps for 24th Congressional District Representative in what has become a particularly contentious and expensive race against Republican opponent...
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UCSB Honors Lady Ridley-Tree for Outstanding Philanthropy

Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree, Campaign for UC Santa Barbara Co-chair, recently became the 50th person to be granted UCSB honorary alumna status since the university’s induction into the UC system in 1944...
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Iconic “Scarface” Residence Put Up for Rent in Santa Barbara for $30,000 a Month

Say hello to my not-so-little friend: Tony Montana’s infamous 10,000 square-foot residence located on 10 acres of Santa Barbara land at 631 Para Grande Lane is up for rent. If you recently took over...
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City of Goleta Receives Grant To Create Safer Driving Environment

As a result of a newly received traffic safety grant, the city of Goleta will be implementing an anti-DUI program in order to establish safer streets for locals. The $68,250 grant, awarded to Goleta b...
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Police Identify Suspect of Five Stabbings in I.V.

Last Wednesday, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office identified Quiana Edwards as the suspect in the Isla Vista stabbing case from Oct. 7. Edwards, a 22-year-old member of a Ventura Avenue gang...
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I.V. Foot Patrol Responds to Halloween Partiers, Attempt to Keep I.V. Streets Under Control

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to a significant increase in crime this weekend in response to the large crowds of intoxicated party-goers roaming the streets of Isla Vista. Santa Barbara County ...
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Halloween Weekend Hits Isla Vista: Part One

Over the weekend, thousands of partygoers and roughly 200 law enforcement officials crowded the streets of Isla Vista in what Playboy magazine once called the “biggest college party in America.” A...
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Brazilian Musician Pays Tribute To Baião Music at UCSB Concert

World-renowned Brazilian singer and songwriter Gilberto Gil performed at Campbell Hall last Friday as part of his ongoing tour, “For All.” The concert, the first of Arts and Lectures’ World Musi...
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