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March 27, 2011

Scher Takes Barona Collegiate Cup, Becomes First Gaucho with Overall Victory Since 2001

By Joshua Greenberg

As Spring Break drew to a close, UCSB sophomore golfer Glen Scher became the first Gaucho to take the title in an individual golf tournament since 2001, finishing seven-under par at the 2011 Barona Collegiate Cup in Lake...

March 15, 2011

Campus Groups Address Major Events

By Jack Crosbie

Campus groups including the Associated Students and the Office of Student Life met this week to plan and discuss major upcoming UCSB community events. During spring quarter Isla Vista and campus see some of the largest e...

March 15, 2011

Art Project Seeks to Inspire Students Fatigued By Finals

By Christina Lavingia

Normally when you’re in the library during finals week and John Lennon appears in the bathroom mirror, you can write it off as a study-induced hallucination. This quarter however, inspirational cut-outs and quotes are ...

March 14, 2011

MTD Contract Approved, Strike Avoided

By Daily Nexus Staff

Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District employees effectively avoided a threatened strike after members of Teamsters Local 186 union voted to adopt a new contract on Friday. After nine months of negotiations, union m...

March 14, 2011

UC Confirms Safety of Students, Staff in Japan

By Maane Khatchatourian

In the wake of the recent earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan last Friday, University officials recently confirmed the safety of all 80 University of California students studying abroad on the island nation. The stu...

March 12, 2011

Spring Forward for Daylight Savings

By Jack Crosbie

Time will spring forward an hour for daylight savings on March 13. Just in case you thought you were on top of your finals, the time change means that all clocks should be set forward one hour on Saturday night. Accordin...

March 12, 2011

I.V. Park To Receive Renovations

By Garik Hauer

Construction on the Little Acorn Park at the corner of El Embarcadero and Sabado Tarde Roads began earlier this month to renovate the area and add new amenities. The $80,000 plan, put forward by the Isla Vista Recreation...

March 12, 2011

Man Commits Suicide

By Daily Nexus Staff

44 year-old Santa Barbara resident Danny Lee McLaughlin leapt to his death from the Santa Barbara court house clock tower on the afternoon of March 8. A group of tourists called police after seeing McLaughlin climb over ...

March 11, 2011

Tsunami Warning Issued For Western U.S.

By Daily Nexus Staff

The Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for the entire U.S. west coast earlier this morning following an 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan.

March 4, 2011

Sex Demonstration Drives Controversy

By Daily Nexus Staff

Northwestern Professor John Michael Bailey sparked controversy after he allowed his human sexuality lecture to view a live after-class sex-toy demonstration.

March 4, 2011

Scientists Mouth Off About Cancer, Risks of Oral Sex

By Daily Nexus Staff

Thought cigarettes were the ultimate cancer-sticks? Think again.

March 4, 2011

Festival To Honor History of Women

By Megan Meyer

The fourth annual International Women’s Festival will take place at Santa Barbara’s Earl Warren Showgrounds today and Saturday.

March 4, 2011

UC Budget Cuts Spur Action

By Jack Crosbie

Following organized protests from over 400 University of California students — including 40 from UCSB — who lobbied in the capitol last weekend against statewide cuts to higher education, UC Berkeley students chained...

March 4, 2011