News

April 29, 2011

Two Campus IT Departments To Merge

By Angelina Ward

The College of Letters and Science Information Technology department will merge with the Office of Academic Programs’ Instructional Computing on May 1 to streamline the university’s electronic resources. The consolid...

April 28, 2011

Cops Are Elected To Keep Order, Not Create Chaos

By Chris Benham, Opinion Editor

Sometimes I fear for the Bear Flag Republic. I was walking through our beloved Isla Vista around midnight. It was a weekday and the streets were quiet. The air was warm and peaceful, pregnant with the reek of the juicy, ...

April 28, 2011

Muralists on Mason: Artists Work to Create Outdoor Gallery Downtown

By Derek Boeckelmann

On the corner of State Street and West Mason Street in downtown Santa Barbara exists a peculiar sight. Upon first glance, there might not be much to notice about the area apart from the vacant storefront that greets moto...

April 28, 2011

A.S. Holds Event to Inform Students About Budget Issues

By Dominic LoBuglio

Associated Students will host a public forum to discuss the state budget and its effects on the University from 4 to 6 tonight in the Student Resource Building’s Multi-Purpose Room. The open event, organized by the Bud...

April 28, 2011

Transportation Lines Face Cutbacks

By Dominic LoBuglio

The Santa Barbara County Metropolitan Transportation District held a public meeting yesterday to discuss a potential four to five percent reduction in services scheduled to take effect August 22. The proposed cutbacks ...

April 28, 2011

Protest Highlights Concerns Over Oil Policies

By Tina Petrosian

Associated Students’ Environmental Affairs Board organized a silent walk through campus yesterday to commemorate last year’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill and protest U.S. dependence on foreign oil. The walk began at D...

April 28, 2011

Legislative Council Discusses Next Year’s Budget

By Patrick Kulp

Associated Students Legislative Council spent the majority of last night’s meeting discussing the specifics of their impacted 2011-2012 budget. Next year’s proposed budget contains $284,953 in unallocated funds — a...

April 28, 2011

Local Organization Holds Benefit for Japanese City

By Megan Meyer

The Santa Barbara-Toba Sister City Organization will host a fundraiser tonight at the Cabrillo Arts Pavilion to support a coastal city damaged in the earthquake that struck Japan last month. The “Oysters and Pearls” ...

April 28, 2011

UCSB Rides Crest of Surf Schools

By Michelle Molin

UCSB grabbed rail and pulled into the number one spot of Surfer Magazine’s Top 10 Surf Colleges last week, cruising past top rivals UC Santa Cruz, Pepperdine University and UC San Diego. The publication judged the nati...

April 27, 2011

AQB: Good Luck San Antonio

By Sports Editor

Congrats to San Antonio for staying alive, but it’s too bad they aren’t the Lakers. The league doesn’t care if the Spurs lose, so chances are good they won’t get any calls. No rating drop if the Grizzlies advance...

April 27, 2011

Dare to Discover Different Flavors of Sexual Deviancy

By Opinion Editor

Sex can be compared to many different things, but I like to compare it to flavors of ice cream. I mean, everyone likes ice cream, right? Just as there is an endless variety of flavors of ice cream, there is similarly an ...

April 27, 2011

Angry Bees Cause Buzz on Campus Bicycle Path

By Daily Nexus Staff

A swarm of bees engulfed the bike path near the Student Resource Building yesterday morning, disrupting students’ routes and causing at least one collision. The incident occurred around 10 a.m. near the bike loop adjac...

April 27, 2011

New Executive Board Takes Office May 18

By Marissa Wenzke

Members of Associated Students’ recently elected 2011-12 executive board have begun organizing plans for next year before taking office on May 18. Board members plan to streamline expenditures in response to severe pro...

April 27, 2011

EENG Competes in Final Tier to Win $100k

By Tina Petrosian

Nonprofit UCSB student organization Environmental Education for the Next Generation is eligible to win $100,000 in the Dockers “Wear the Pants” contest. Founded by UCSB students in 2009, the EENG is one of five final...

April 27, 2011

Esteemed UCSB Grad Student Passes Away

By Patrick Kulp

UCSB physics graduate student and teaching assistant Mananya Tantiwiwat passed away on April 18 after a three-year battle with breast cancer. She was 28 years old. Tantiwiwat, known to friends and family as Nammon, died ...

April 27, 2011

Funds Focus on Locals in Need of Aid

By Daily Nexus Staff

The Goleta City Council distributed a federal grant of roughly $40,000 between several local organizations to support low-income residents in the community. The Santa Barbara Food Bank and Community Action Commission’s...