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November 21, 2011

Protests Result in Police Violence

By Erika Martin

During a non-violent ‘Occupy’ demonstration at UC Davis on Friday afternoon, Chancellor Linda Katehi called in a retinue of riot police to disperse student activists, resulting in 10 arrests and two hospitalizations....

November 21, 2011

Community Convenes for Social Change

By Rosalinda Diaz, Michelle Wu

Associated Students’ Human Rights Board brought students, faculty and community members together for a “Peace in the Park” demonstration in Isla Vista’s People’s Park on Saturday. The rally featured local artwo...

November 21, 2011

Regents Set New Date to Discuss Administration

By Daily Nexus Staff

Amid growing demonstrations against fee hikes across UC campuses, the Board of Regents announced that it will hold its postponed meeting, originally scheduled for last week, via teleconference on Nov. 28. Although the bo...

November 21, 2011

Blue Man Group To Take Center Stage in S.B.

By Rilla Peng

The azure entertainers of Blue Man Group will make their Santa Barbara debut at 8 o’clock tonight at the Granada Theatre downtown. The internationally renowned squadron of bald, blue-skinned men combines rock music, tr...

November 18, 2011

Students Protest UC Failings

By Erika Martin

UC students across the state have answered violence from university police and the administration’s indefinite postponement of this week’s Board of Regents meeting with numerous peaceful demonstrations to demand grea...

November 18, 2011

County Denies Appropriations for Bag Inquiry

By Sam Chung

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted down a motion to contribute $15,000 toward an Environmental Impact Report on banning single-use plastic bags in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties in its meeting this p...

November 18, 2011

Writers Share Selected Stories

By Amy Hou

The College of Creative Studies hosted its second Penny Reading, a monthly event featuring oral storytelling by students, alumni and other local writers, yesterday at the Blue Agave in downtown Santa Barbara. The series ...

November 18, 2011

Institute Educates Despite Persecution

By Carissa Quiambao

Prior to receiving his Ph.D. at Princeton University, UCSB postdoctoral physics researcher Pedram Roushan graduated from the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education. The BIHE is an underground university in Iran seeking ...

November 18, 2011

Club To Reappropriate Surplus Finances

By Han Bae

The UCSB Office of Student Life recently established the After Dark Club to create non-alcoholic weekend social events for students in Isla Vista. The club receives excess funds from the university’s similarly-named Af...

November 18, 2011

Scientists Find Algae-Clearing Fish Foster Coral Growth

By Derek Rueschenberg

Researchers at UCSB’s Marine Science Institute recently discovered a link between the behavior of algae-eating fish and the resiliency of coral reefs. At the Moorea Coral Reef in French Polynesia, one of 26 sites of th...

November 17, 2011

Cal Community Condemns Violence During Shooting

By Erika Martin, Katherine Friedman

As ‘Occupy’ protesters from across the Bay area gathered at UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza on Tuesday to join a university-wide strike against police violence and privatization, a UC police officer shot and killed an a...

November 17, 2011

IVFP Endures Arson Attack

By Megan Meyer

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. is conducting an investigation into an arson attempt on the Isla Vista Foot Patrol Station late Tuesday night. At around 7:45 p.m., an unidentified suspect dressed in black thre...

November 17, 2011

Film Festival To Screen at UCSB

By Madeline Nelson

The third annual Festival of (In)appropriation will debut tonight in Santa Barbara at 7 in Pollock Theater. Filmmakers edited previously existing movies with other media sources, including television, recordings, histori...

November 17, 2011

Council Hears Budget Review, Discusses Rally

By Patrick Kulp

The Associated Students Legislative Council received its annual budget audit report and advice on how to effectively allocate funding during last night’s weekly meeting. Auditing firm Nasif, Hicks, Harris & Co. rev...

November 16, 2011

Chumash Tribe Solicits Support For Development

By Christine Cha

The Chumash Indian tribe is seeking the community’s help developing a 1,400 acre parcel of land purchased last year to reduce overcrowding on its Santa Ynez Valley reservation. The Chumash purchased Camp Four in 2010 w...

November 16, 2011

Professor Discusses Italian Fiscal Woes

By Michael Dean

In the European Debt Crisis’s latest development, Italy is attempting to reshape its government in the wake of its massive national debt. UCSB political science Professor Benjamin Cohen spoke to the Daily Nexus about t...