News

February 26, 2009

U.S. Funds May Benefit SB

By Taylor Haggerty

With President Barack Obama's $787 billion Economic Recovery Package signed into law, local officials are scrambling to cash in.

February 26, 2009

Suicide Attempts Concern Officials

By S.F.

Student suicide attempts are on the rise at UCSB according to campus mental health experts.

February 26, 2009

UCSB Economists Depart for CLU Offer

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Bill Watkins will leave his post as Executive Director of the UCSB's Economic Forecast Project this spring.

February 26, 2009

Farr Moves Into I.V. HQ

By Nico Kiefer

Following through on a campaign promise, 3rd District Supervisor Doreen Farr invited students to join her for a reception at her new Isla Vista district office yesterday.

February 26, 2009

A.S. Meets for Eight Hours

By Maane Khatchatourian

Minutes before the Associated Students Legislative Council meeting was set to end, members of Don't Cut Us Out - a coalition of students fighting the administrative tax on non-state funded entities - stormed in with news...

February 25, 2009

Pappas Queries Registrar

By Kristin Ferrell and Lexi Pandell Staff Writers

On the second day of Steve Pappas' trial to unseat 3rd District Supervisor Doreen Farr, his legal team continued to lay the foundation for a case based on widespread voter fraud.

February 25, 2009

UCSB Groups Sells Organic Fertilizer

By Kristen Peters

Compost junkies have opened a whole new can of worms on campus - literally.

February 25, 2009

Gauchos Aid Cancer Studies

By Todd Prodanovich

If real men wear pink, then UCSB's baseball team is not afraid to model their manhood.

February 25, 2009

Police Arrest Local Stabbing Suspects

By Staff

The Santa Barbara Police Dept. has released the names of six individuals arrested in connection to a fatal stabbing downtown Saturday night.

February 25, 2009

Map Puzzle Fudraises for Peace

By Jeff Nettleton

A UCSB student is attempting to put world peace together "piece-by-piece" with a new Web site engineered to raise funds for charity.

February 24, 2009

Deficit Leaves UC to Confront Tight Budget

By Benjamin Gottlieb

With the recently approved state budget slashing even more funding from the University of California - and aid from the economic stimulus package still unknown - UCSB administrators aren't sure how the campus will cope w...

February 24, 2009

I.V. Remembers 2001 Massacre

By Kristin Ferrell

A small crowd gathered in Little Acorn Park on Sabado Tarde Road yesterday to pay their respects to the victims of the David Attias' 2001 vehicular rampage.

February 24, 2009

From the Nexus Archives: Police Hold Student on Vehicular Homicide Charge

By Marisa Lagos and Jennifer Siverts Staff Writers

Yesterday marked the eighth anniversary of the David Attias killings. The following is the Nexus' original account of the event.

February 24, 2009

Farr Set To Open I.V. Office Doors

By Staff

Almost two months after replacing Brooks Firestone as I.V.'s only elected county official, 3rd District Supervisor Doreen Farr will open her Isla Vista office tomorrow.

February 24, 2009

University Earns Service Award

By Niree Perian

For the second consecutive year, UCSB student volunteers have earned the university a place on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

February 24, 2009

SB Professor Earns Grant

By Staff

A professor at UCSB recently received a research fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for her groundbreaking research involving organic semiconductor materials.