News

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.

February 13, 2008

Clean Air Bus Goes Up in Smoke

By Staff

Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to an acute case of irony yesterday when they arrived at the scene of a fiery Clean Air Express bus billowing thick plumes of black smoke into the air.

February 13, 2008

Habitat for Humanity To Construct Four SB Houses

By Taylor Haggerty

For the price of a mortgage and a couple hundred hours of "sweat equity," Habitat for Humanity looks to give a few local families new homes within two years.

February 13, 2008

Surfing, Rockin’ Rabbi To Jam in I.V.

By Mackenzie Weinger

As a surfer, mountain biker and musician, one might say UCSB alum Yom Tov Glaser is not your average rabbi.

February 13, 2008

Sheriff’s Dept. Offers Plans for Congested Jails

By Travis Miller

Last year, over 1,700 inmates in Santa Barbara County were released early due to jail overcrowding.

February 13, 2008

Anti-war Rally Photo Page

By Sabrina Ricci Orlando Giumarra Rickey Mizuno

Photos from the protest that occurred on Feb. 12, 2008 at Pardall Tunnel in I.V.

February 12, 2008

Protesters To Rally Against War in Iraq

By Benjamin Gottlieb

After covering the campus with signs reading "No more blood for oil" and "Last year... We took the 217. This year..." activists will attempt to top last year's massive anti-war protest today.

February 12, 2008

Two Assailants Attack Student Near Manzanita

By Staff

A UCSB student was mugged on Friday night by two unidentified male suspects who fled into Isla Vista after beating the victim and stealing his cell phone.

February 12, 2008

Sun Rays Boost Business in Santa Barbara; Crowds Flock to Beaches

By Mareisa Weil Reporter

As heavy snowfall layers states from Maine to as far south as Kentucky, Isla Vista has received a taste of summer in the heart of February - and everyone from storeowners to beachgoers have benefited.

February 11, 2008

UC Police Arrest Nexus Employee for Campus Theft

By Staff Report

A Daily Nexus assistant editor and another suspect were arrested on charges of grand theft Friday night after the two were found with a university bike rack from the UCSB Thunderdome.

February 11, 2008

Gaucho Sharpshooter Posts New World Record

By Aria Miran

In the course of 60 intense seconds, Dan Loriaux broke a basketball world record - hitting 25 three pointers in just one minute. The undeclared UCSB freshman made the shots on video, beating the previous Guinness Book of...