News

February 20, 2008

ICB Relocates Conference Amid Protest

By Staff

Contrary to a previous Daily Nexus report and claims made by protesters last week, the 2008 Army-Industry Collaboration Conference was not canceled following last week's anti-war protest.

February 20, 2008

IRS Decision Strikes Millions From SB Revenues

By Staff

The city of Santa Barbara stands to lose a third of its annual utility tax revenue after a recent Internal Revenue Service ruling.

February 20, 2008

Staying Vigil

By Mark Diment Daily Nexus

February 19, 2008

Reno Police Find Body of Brianna Denison in Field

By David Ferry

Nearly a month after she was first reported missing, police officers found the body of Santa Barbara City College student Brianna Denison on Friday almost eight miles away from where she was first abducted.

February 19, 2008

Lunar Eclipse To Attract Local Attention

By Evan Wagstaff

The night sky will darken even more for an hour tomorrow evening, as the Earth, the Sun and the Moon become perfectly aligned and Santa Barbara experiences its last total lunar eclipse until 2010.

February 19, 2008

Program Aims to Help Faculty With Ventures

By Maane Khatchatourian

Technology fans may start seeing some new "Made at UCSB" stickers the next time they head to the market.

February 19, 2008

Where’s the Rodeo?

By Staff

February 15, 2008

UC Employees Rally for Better Wages

By Elliott Rosenfeld

Following an impasse between the University of California and service workers, nearly 50 community members gathered at Cheadle Hall yesterday to demand higher wages.

February 15, 2008

County Employee To Face Charges of Embezzlement

By Staff

County employee Steven Frank Ruiz, 39, was arrested earlier this week for allegedly embezzling $15,000 of county funds, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept. announced yesterday.

February 15, 2008

Vandalism Reduces Campus Resources

By Taylor Haggerty

With anywhere from $25,000 to $40,000 spent each year in clean-up, graffiti is serious business for university workers and campus law enforcement – even if the paint in question is one man’s declaration of de...

February 15, 2008

From Alaska, With Love

By Staff

February 14, 2008

Excavation Uncovers Chumash Adobe

By Bianca Licata

For researchers at Mission Santa Barbara, the former location of La Huerta Project's tool shed has become the most interesting 12-square-foot space in the area.

February 14, 2008

UC Associations Urge Boycott of Housing Complex

By Chris Stein

The Graduate Students Association and University of California Student Association have officially boycotted the San Clemente Graduate Student Housing complex after contract painters at UCSB alleged that their wages were...

February 14, 2008

Protest Disrupts Campus Conference

By Aria Miran

Following Tuesday's anti-war rally, a planned second day of the 2008 Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies Army-Industry Collaboration Conference was cancelled.

February 14, 2008

Capps Advocates Heart Legislation

By Tom Standifer

In an effort to call attention to healthy hearts, members of Congress are asked to shed their normal business attire today and throw on their favorite red shirt in support of new legislation this Valentine's Day.

February 13, 2008

Anti-War Rally Intensifies After Arrests

By Benjamin Gottlieb

With heavy police presence and two aircrafts hovering above UCSB, as many as five hundred anti-war protesters marched across campus yesterday, resulting in the arrest of three participants.