News

November 18, 2008

Kresge Foundation Funds Gevirtz

By Staff

The Girvetz Graduate School of Education recently received a $500,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation to spark further fundraising for a new facility on campus.

November 18, 2008

A.S. Funds Gaming Party, Thanksgiving Dinner

By Maane Khatchatourian

In a brief meeting last night, the Associated Students Legislative Council distributed $6,455.33 to 10 student organizations. Next Tuesday will be the last Finance Board meeting of the quarter.

November 17, 2008

Fire Displaces Thousands

By Travis Miller

The expansive fire that cut through Montecito and Santa Barbara this weekend has died down, but over 200 homes have been destroyed.

November 17, 2008

Tibetan Leader To Visit Campus

By Chris Stein

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama will travel to UCSB this spring to deliver two public talks on ethics and Buddhist thinking.

November 17, 2008

UCSB Wins Death Cab for Cutie Concert

By Jessica Mullen

After a last minute surge in registered voters pushed UC Berkeley ahead of UCSB in the college voter drive, a recent recount invalidated enough registration forms to give the grand prize concert to UCSB.

November 17, 2008

County Schedules Furlough

By Taylor Haggerty

In an effort to alleviate the county's financial crisis, county employees will go on a work furlough this December to potentially save the county $10 million in salaries.

November 14, 2008

UPDATED Nov. 14 at 11:06 a.m.: Live Blogging the Tea Fire

By Daily Nexus Staff

Updates on the substantial fire burning in Montecito and Santa Barbara.

November 14, 2008

Inferno In The Hills

By Staff

An enormous blaze -- dubbed the Tea Fire --ripped through the hills above Santa Barbara last night, potentially burning over a hundred homes and threatening thousands more. As of press time, the fire was still not contai...

November 14, 2008

Photos of the Fire

By Photos by Jarrick Goldhamer and Cameron Boulton

Photos of the Tea Fire from Storke Tower and the UCSB campus.

November 14, 2008

Navy To Keep Up Sonar Operations

By Michael Hinrichs Reporter

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Wednesday to allow the Navy to continue the use of sonar in submarine training operations off the Southern California Coast, despite the potential risks the practice poses to the marine mam...

November 14, 2008

New Tool Helps Inform UCSB Hopefuls

By S.F.

The University of California recently launched an online financial aid estimator for prospective students.

November 14, 2008

Knife Fight Leaves Three in Hospital

By Staff

Three individuals, including two juveniles, were stabbed during a gang-related mêlée in downtown Santa Barbara yesterday.

November 14, 2008

New Wiring Electrifies UCSB

By Evan Sherwood

UCSB has recently completed a massive $22 million upgrade of the campus' electrical infrastructure.

November 13, 2008

Gauchos Put Ponies to Pasture

By John Greely

As if the first two meetings this year between Cal Poly and UCSB were not intense enough, the third meeting raised the bar entirely... and then some.

November 13, 2008

UCB Gives Concert to Berkeley

By Marie V. Recalde

After falsely promising the student body a "free" Death Cab for Cutie concert, Associated Students has now admitted to jumping the gun.

November 13, 2008

Police Catch Prostitute Ringleader

By Staff

The ten-year search for a fugitive Santa Barbara woman accused of running a whorehouse ended Tuesday when detectives caught up with her outside her Oakland residence.