News

November 2, 2012

SB Theatre Hosts Eco-Fundraiser

By Jennifer Chang

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 music, the eco-friend...

November 1, 2012

UCSB Professors Receive Awards in Communication

By Hannah Nelson

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 alongside other top c...

November 1, 2012

Simpson-Bowles Legislators To Discuss America’s Financial Position, Solutions

By Scott Camp

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 Responsibility and ...

October 31, 2012

Daily Nexus Reps Lois, Hannah-Beth and Das

By Staff Report

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 Abel Maldonado. Due...

October 31, 2012

UCSB Honors Lady Ridley-Tree for Outstanding Philanthropy

By Han Bae

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. Lady Ridley-Tree i...

October 31, 2012

Iconic “Scarface” Residence Put Up for Rent in Santa Barbara for $30,000 a Month

By Staff Report

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 a Miami drug cartel...

October 31, 2012

City of Goleta Receives Grant To Create Safer Driving Environment

By Staff Report

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 by the California Off...

October 30, 2012

Police Identify Suspect of Five Stabbings in I.V.

By Staff Report

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, is suspected of st...

October 30, 2012

I.V. Foot Patrol Responds to Halloween Partiers, Attempt to Keep I.V. Streets Under Control

By Garik Hauer

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 authorities enforced...

October 29, 2012

Halloween Weekend Hits Isla Vista: Part One

By Staff Report

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.” As Halloween festivit...

October 29, 2012

Brazilian Musician Pays Tribute To Baião Music at UCSB Concert

By Daniel Slovinsky

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 Music series, paid tribu...

October 29, 2012

Professors, Students Debate Potential Impact of California Proposition 32

By Carissa Quiambao

Last Thursday, professors, students and other community members gathered at the Lobero Room of the University Center to discuss various issues surrounding Proposition 32. Proposition 32 would ban unions and corporations ...

October 26, 2012

Storke Tower Tours To Offer Unique Views

By Kelly Lin

UCSB’s Associated Students offered student tours to the top of Storke Tower for the first time in the school’s recent history earlier this quarter, and is seeking approval to continue the excursions. In honor of Nati...

October 25, 2012

Various UCSB Campus Organizations To Host Alternative Sober Halloween Weekend Programs

By Jimmy Chang

UCSB campus groups are offering various events this weekend designed to accommodate students who are striv- ing to steer clear of what is predicted to be Isla Vista’s biggest weekend event of the year. The Residence Ha...

October 25, 2012

TBL Staff and Finance Board Critical of A.S. Senate’s Decisions

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Last night’s Associated Students Senate meeting witnessed heavy student participation with representatives from the Finance Board, The Bottom Line, several campus queer groups and other organizations all asking for sup...

October 25, 2012

UCSB Prepares for Flood of Visitors as Halloween Weekend Approaches

By Adam Courtin

This weekend, Gauchos and the UCSB community will witness thousands of out-of-towners flood the streets of Isla Vista in its highly-anticipated and heavily- policed celebration of Halloween. Groups within Associated Stud...