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February 21, 2008

UCSB Event Remembers 1968 Walkouts

By Elliott Rosenfeld

In 1968, close to 20,000 public school students in East Los Angeles staged an organized weeklong walkout, or "blowout" of five schools in the district.

February 21, 2008

Nava Backs Canine Initiative

By Staff

State Assemblymember Pedro Nava will announce a legislative initiative combating dog fighting today, in a move that would effectively make it a felony to watch the canine sport in California.

February 21, 2008

Who Turned the Lights Out?

By Staff

February 20, 2008

County Officials Accept Plan for New Jail Facilities

By Kristen Ferrell

Following more than a year of planning and reporting, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in support of a plan to seek state funding for a new county jail at their weekly meeting yesterday.

February 20, 2008

UCSB Loses Tobacco Co. Grant

By Nadia Ismail

Tobacco company Philip Morris USA, Incorporated has awarded over $16 million in combined grants for tobacco-related research to seven UC campuses - although UCSB is no longer attached to such funding.

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...