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June 8, 2012

Local Organization Creates Beach Help Application

By Carissa Quiambao

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper recently launched a new Smartphone application called “Swim Guide” that allows users to get directions, view photos and pinpoint the cleanest beaches in the area. Santa Barbara Channelkeep...

June 8, 2012

Bill To Raise Funds For Colleges Through Property Leases and Sales

By Rilla Peng

State Assemblymember Das Williams, who represents California’s 35th District, has proposed a new bill that could provide additional funding for public higher education through revenue generated by state-owned propertie...

June 8, 2012

Rec Sports Says Goodbye to One Influential Leader and His Legacy

By Han Bae

UCSB Recreational Sports Director Paul Lee will officially retire on June 29 after 35 years of serving the campus and promoting what he called “the power of play.” Throughout his career, Lee created the Student Medic...

June 8, 2012

Criminal Seeks Release From Mental Hospital

By Daily Nexus Staff

The Santa Barbara County Superior Court heard additional testimonies on Monday regarding the legal fate of David Attias, who struck and killed four people in a 2001 vehicle/pedestrian collision now known as the “Isla V...

June 8, 2012

Event To Highlight Engineering Projects

By Chris Nebergall

The College of Engineering will showcase student projects today and tomorrow during its free, annual Senior Capstone exposition. Senior engineering students in the Capstone Design class spend September through June under...

May 31, 2012

UC Receives Joint Research Grant

By Rosalinda Diaz

The National Science Foundation recently awarded a grant of $3.3 million to UCSB and University of Texas at El Paso to establish a long-lasting partnership in materials research and engineering and increase opportunities...

May 31, 2012

Study Tests Cure for Alzheimer’s

By Chris Nebergall

Neuroscience researchers will launch a project analyzing the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease in a five-year-long study beginning next year, with research focusing primarily on prevention of the illness rather than pos...

May 31, 2012

Senatorial Debate Will Center on Urgent Financial Issues for Local Politicians

By Staff Report

Santa Barbara business owners will host a debate featuring candidates for 19th District Senator — Republican Mike Stoker and Democrats Hannah-Beth Jackson and Jason Hodge — at 5 p.m. at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Res...

May 31, 2012

Bioengineers Construct Flexible, Polymer-Based Blood Platelets

By Han Bae

UCSB researchers have discovered a new and more effective method of constructing synthetic platelets — the building blocks of blood that assist with clotting — with the help of collaborators at Sanford-Burnham Instit...

May 31, 2012

Newest A.S. Senate Members Pass First Legislation

By Arda Jooharian

The new A.S. Senate held their first full meeting of the year last night, as the new Senate members officially took over their new positions. Last year’s Internal Vice President Chloe Stryker has left her mark on the A...

May 31, 2012

UCSB Professor Examines Importance of Ethics in Secular, Spiritual Societies

By Nexus Staff Report

Religious studies professor Ann Taves’s new book What Matters?: Ethnographies of Value in a Not So Secular Age investigates the use of spiritual labels to define ethical values in today’s society. Taves’s work comb...

May 30, 2012

Nexus Weighs in on Candidates for Local Office

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Das Williams: Assemblymember, 37th District Democrat Das Williams and Republican Rob Walter are competing for the position of assemblymember representing California’s 37th district, the recently redrawn region encompas...

May 30, 2012

Experience Lends Farr Notable Advantage in Tense Campaign

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

The Daily Nexus editorial board endorses Doreen Farr for the position of Santa Barbara County 3rd District Supervisor. Working within the con- fines of constant state budget reductions, current 3rd District Supervisor Fa...

May 30, 2012

Shuttle Travels to the ISS, Delivers Supplies

By Derek Rueschenberg

The first privately owned spacecraft to reach the International Space Station was launched from a Florida facility last Tuesday. Assistant Professor of Physics Benjamin Mazin spoke with the Daily Nexus about the event. T...

May 29, 2012

June 5th Election Endorsements: Measures

By Staff Report

Measure 28: No This proposal would reduce the total time that one person can serve in the state legislature from 14 to 12 years and eliminates house-specific term limits, which currently stand at a maximum of six years i...

May 29, 2012

Coastal Fund To Hold Forum on Marine Environmental Reserves

By Arda Jooharian

A.S. Coastal Fund will host an educational workshop this Wednesday delving into the ecology of UCSB’s Marine Protected Area as well as the policies regarding its preservation. Speakers from the Bren School of Environme...