News

January 26, 2011

University Looks for Next Student Regent

By Samantha Forcum

The UC Board of Regents will accept applications for the 2012-13 Student Regent until Feb. 17.

January 26, 2011

Hotel Gets Makeover

By Dale Fairclough

A group of Los Angeles investors recently purchased the Hotel Californian and two neighboring properties on lower State Street with plans to begin construction of a new luxury hotel.

January 26, 2011

Council Contemplates Chamber Construction

By Megan Smith

The Goleta City Council is delaying construction on their chamber room after failing to reach a consensus regarding renovation options for its assembly hall.

January 25, 2011

Deficit Takes Toll On Development

By Doug Flanagan

Goleta Mayor Margaret Connell reprimanded Gov. Jerry Brown in a letter last week over his proposal to cut state redevelopment funding from the fiscal 2011-2012 budget.

January 25, 2011

Maya Research Resumes

By Patrick Kulp

UCSB signed an agreement with Belizean dignitaries yesterday to launch a new collaborative preservation program in the ancient Maya city of El Pilar.

January 25, 2011

Weekend Wrap-Up

By Garik Hauer

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to two sexual assaults, two burglaries and several alcohol-related incidents this weekend.

January 25, 2011

Career Expo Anticipates Increased Participation

By Milena Milojicic

Nearly 50 nonprofit organizations will be at today’s annual career fair at Corwin Pavilion from 12 to 4 p.m. to discuss career, internship and volunteer opportunities.

January 25, 2011

A.S. Sends 10 to D.C. Climate Change Event

By Zane Way-Henthorne

The Associated Students Finance Board distributed $52,760 to 21 student organizations during last night’s four-hour meeting.

January 24, 2011

Nobel Laureate Relays Research

By Andrew Gilchrist

UCSB alumna Carol Greider spoke about her Nobel Prize-winning cancer research in Corwin Pavilion last Friday.

January 24, 2011

Board Judges Jails’ Mental Health System

By Patrick Schaeper

Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown and others discussed the effects of sparse mental health spending on overcrowded county jails at last week’s Board of Supervisors meeting.

January 24, 2011

Campus Renovation Continues

By Daily Nexus Staff

Construction crews made vast progress on infrastructural renewals over winter break and expect to move their work area northward from the Arbor toward Ellison Hall within a month.

January 24, 2011

Landmark To Be Repaired After 70 Years of Ruin

By Daily Nexus Staff

Construction is underway once again on the Knapp’s Castle property after county officials halted all progress earlier this month, claiming the project violated zoning requirements.

January 21, 2011

Best of UCSB 2011

By Daily Nexus Staff

We eat. We shop. We party. We groom. We consume. We also vote — Take five minutes to answer the next 30 questions. You decide who is the "Best of UCSB" for 2011!

January 21, 2011