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Students Face Laborious Job Search

April 21, 2011 by Guiseppe Ricapito

Santa Barbara County unemployment rates remained stagnant throughout March, the Workforce Investment Board reported this week. County joblessness remained at 9.6 percent, with about 21,000 people stil...
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A.S. Invests In Internet, Talks I.V. Annex Plans

April 21, 2011 by Patrick Kulp

Associated Students Legislative Council discussed topics ranging from funding Santa Barbara Hillel to investing money in a Chinese Internet provider during last night’s three-hour meeting. Having be...
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Farmers Initiate Lawsuit Against Biotech Company

April 21, 2011 by Patrick Schaeper

A group of 60 organic farmers filed a lawsuit last week, denying accusations of infringing upon biotech corporation Monsanto’s patented plant germs. The coalition — including Seedkeepers LLC of Sa...
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Site Chronicles Student Work

April 21, 2011 by Samantha Forcum

UCSB undergraduates established a blog earlier this school year featuring the ideas, experiments and findings of 11 student researchers. The blog serves as a public outlet for research discoveries, pr...
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Sea Squirt Serves as Transplant Model

April 21, 2011 by Patrick Kulp

Researchers at UCSB suggest that further study into the natural transplantation process of the sea squirt species Botryllus schlosseri could provide crucial insight into how to avoid transplant reject...
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Power Plant Faces Tremor Tests

April 21, 2011 by Erika Martin

The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been asked to delay approving Diablo Canyon Power Plant’s license renewal until the nuclear-powered facility undergoes an earthquake risk evaluati...
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Vendors Brace for Shut Downs

April 21, 2011 by Elliott Rosenfeld

Vendors who have lined the walkway adjacent to Storke Plaza for decades may not be allowed to continue selling their goods on campus after this quarter. Cindy Slater, a vendor who has sold her goods a...
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Editor’s Note

April 20, 2011 by Editor in Chief

The article “Regents Face Ethics Allegations” is once again under review by the Daily Nexus editorial staff and therefore can not currently be found on the website. The Daily Nexus apolog...
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2011 DAILY NEXUS CANDIDATE AND FEE ENDORSEMENTS

April 20, 2011 by Daily Nexus Staff

CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS If you haven’t noticed, the candidates we’re endorsing are portrayed like “Rugrats.” That’s because we’ve come to the conclusion that the governance of the ...
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PETA Challenges Neverland Zoo

April 20, 2011 by Megan Meyer

Animal rights activists sent a letter last week requesting that the owners of Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch transform the property into a wildlife sanctuary. People for the Ethical Treatment of ...
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County Reports Leading Causes of Death in SB

April 20, 2011 by Olivia Cvitanic

The Santa Barbara County Health Dept. released its annual Health Status report last Friday, listing heart disease, cancer and stroke as the leading causes of death among locals. The three leading caus...
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Students Showcase Potential Products at Corwin Pavilion

April 20, 2011 by Marissa Wenzke

UCSB’s Technology Management Program held the semifinals for its 12th annual New Venture Competition last night in Corwin Pavilion from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Twenty-one teams of undergraduate and graduate ...
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UCSB Makes Playboy List

April 20, 2011 by Mackensie Minniear

UCSB is ranked No. 10 on Playboy’s annual “Top Ten Party Schools” list, dropping two spots from last year. The campus was first noted in the magazine in 2002, coming in at No. 22, before claimin...
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TMP Students Present Business Plans

April 19, 2011 by Elliott Rosenfeld

Student entrepreneurs will pitch their business concepts at the semifinals of UCSB’s 12th Annual New Venture Competition today in Corwin Pavilion, competing for cash prizes and potential investments...
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