News

April 26, 2011

$8,000 Remain in Spring Budget

By Christina Lavingia

The Associated Students Finance Board doled out over $19,000 to 15 student organizations during last night’s three-hour meeting. The board voted to fully fund 12 campus groups, leaving over $8,000 in the Spring Quarter...

April 26, 2011

Nobel Laureate Discusses Conflicts

By Lexi Pandell

“War and violence are constantly in our eyes and ears,” acclaimed economist and Harvard professor Amartya Sen told a full house in Campbell Hall last evening.

April 26, 2011

Weekend Wrap-Up

By Garik Hauer

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to two burglaries and several alcohol-related crimes this weekend. Deputies received a report of a theft on the 6500 block of El Greco Road at 10:30 p.m. Friday. According to IVFP Lt....

April 26, 2011

Screenings Highlight Global Issues

By Kristin Crosier

UCSB’s sixth annual Human Rights Film Festival kicks off today at 4 p.m. in Campbell Hall, offering three nights of award-winning independent cinema to the campus community. The event will showcase three different moti...

April 25, 2011

Government Briefs

By Daily Nexus Staff

Santa Barbara City Council The council will examine the city’s effectiveness in enforcing existing state laws and city municipal ordinances regarding transient-related street crimes such as panhandling, public d...

April 25, 2011

KCSB To Broadcast Al Jazeera English

By John Leach

KCSB 91.9 FM is broadcasting international news channel Al Jazeera English twice a week this quarter to expand its current program. The university’s radio station will relay the 24-hour coverage on Tuesdays and Thursda...

April 25, 2011

Extravaganza Restricted To Campus, Kept Private Event

By Jack Crosbie

Associated Students Program Board will keep the Extravaganza music festival local this year by banning all non-UCSB attendees. Extravaganza, slated for 1 p.m. on May 15, will be open exclusively to UCSB students, faculty...

April 25, 2011

Celebrated Economics Theorist Visits Campus

By Marissa Wenzke

Economics Nobel Prize laureate Amartya Sen will discuss the field of welfare economics tonight at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall. Sen is the Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and an economics and philosophy professor at Har...

April 25, 2011

Students Reject Bulk of Fees

By Daily Nexus Staff

The results of the Spring Elections’ Campus Elections Commission ballot were released Friday, establishing one new fee and upholding five reaffirmations. Students approved a fee increase of $4.24 per quarter for Arts &...

April 25, 2011

Nexus Deems Future Editor “Trainwreck”

By Lexi Pandell

The Daily Nexus editorial staff selected Katherine “KittyKat” Friedman — Zumba enthusiast, onesie-wearer and self-proclaimed “gremlin” — as the next editor in chief in last Thursday’s controversial and poss...

April 24, 2011

Sports Briefs: Softball

By Kristen Henneman

UCSB softball won its third consecutive Big West series this weekend, this time against Cal State Northridge 5-4, 2-9 and 4-2 at Campus Diamond.

April 24, 2011

Campus Elections Commission Results

By Multimedia Editor

Campus Elections Commission Campuswide New Fees – 2011 Voter turnout exceeded the five-year average. A measure passes if 50% plus one voters vote “yes” Recreation Facility Enhancements Total votes: 65...

April 22, 2011

UCSB Professor’s New Book Reinterprets Cold War

By Michael Dean

A new book edited by UCSB history professor Tsuyoshi Hasegawa indicates that East Asia was a “second front” of the Cold War — aside from the conventionally recognized European Cold War front — that was critical t...

April 22, 2011

Demand for Crude Oil Makes Venoco Executive Millions

By Daily Nexus Staff

Venoco Chairman and CEO Timothy Marquez saw his personal fortune increase by $38.6 million last week, according to a Forbes blog post. Freelance journalist Brendan Coffey’s blog posting on Forbes.com, which credits Mar...

April 22, 2011

UCSB Appoints New Engineering Dean

By Kristin Crosier

Rod C. Alferness, the chief scientist for Bell Laboratories, accepted an appointment to serve as UCSB’s next Dean of the College of Engineering. Alferness will assume the position of Dean’s Chair and the Richard A. A...

April 22, 2011

Skate Shop To Fill Empty Niche

By Dominic LoBuglio

Two UCSB students will operate a skateboard business inside Sweet Jane in Isla Vista next month. Fourth-year business economics major Sam Gerner and third-year communication major Taylor Suiter are scheduling to open Swe...